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Yahoo Music Unlimited Shutdown A DRM Mess (Top News - WebProNews)
The Electronic Frontier Foundation criticized Yahoo's planned shutdown of DRM servers for its music store and asked the company to take care of its customers.
Yahoo Geeks Out Over Semantic Search (Top News - WebProNews)
One word may have two different meanings, depending on the context of their usage. Yahoo hopes to find the key in search that enables its engine to understand the difference.
Yahoo Disappoints Wall Street (Top News - WebProNews)
A nearly 19 percent drop in net profits gave Yahoo investors no joy during the Internet company's second quarter earnings call.
Web Site Warns Drivers About Speed Traps (Top News - WebProNews)
Njection.com is a Web site that provides drivers information on the location of red light cameras and speed traps by allowing users to upload locations of such places which are then displayed on a map
Drivers in the U.S. can download information directly to their in- car GPS device for $40 a year and have access to continually updated files pointing out the locations of speed traps and red light cameras. Access to information about speed traps on the site is free.
Viacom CEO: Google's Infringement A Calculated Risk (Top News - WebProNews)
No doubt the high priced attorneys working for Viacom will have to prove CEO Philippe's Dauman's words in court—or at least sell them well enough to convince those that matter.
The rhetoric reporters recorded last night was far from clouded: Eric Schmidt and Google had no intention of fighting copyright violations on YouTube so long as it helped them get to the top of the online video market.
UK Cracks Down On Internet Music Piracy (Top News - WebProNews)
Britain's major online service providers have joined a government initiated plan to deal with the illegal downloading of music and films.
Internet service providers will send warning letters to users who are suspected of illegal file sharing. Around 6 million Britons are believed to have downloaded files illegally over the past year, costing the music and film industries millions in lost revenue.
Twitter Bug Torches Follower Lists (Top News - WebProNews)
A slew of Twitter users posted this morning the disappearance of significant portions of followers and followees from their accounts. Has Twitter lost swaths of user data? Or is it the side effect of ousting "aggressive followers," who Twitter equates with spammers? Are followers worth much?
TrueAnthem Next Nail In Music Label Coffins (Top News - WebProNews)
Widgets, advertising, and a couple of prominent music acts listed among the early participants in TrueAnthem's efforts show us why the music world doesn't end at the labels' doorsteps.
Tired Old Goodmail Regroups, Becomes Net Neutrality Issue (Top News - WebProNews)
Two year's ago there was a bit of a media frenzy surrounding Goodmail's apparent arrangement with AOL; if you don't recall the exact players you might remember national news coverage of the "email postage" scare in spring 2006. Well, Goodmail's back with a new CEO and a new plan: certifying video email.
Sphinn Takes On Upcoming Spammers (Top News - WebProNews)
The SEO-friendly social media site Sphinn may have been a little too friendly with submitters, something they addressed with a recent site change.
Spam King Makes Jail Break (Top News - WebProNews)
A man dubbed "The Spam King" has escaped from a minimum-security federal prison in Colorado.
Edward "Eddie" Davidson, 35 was sentenced in April to 21 months in prison for sending massive amounts of unsolicited fraudulent emails promoting penny stocks as good investments.
Davidson was also ordered to pay $714,139 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service and ordered to turn over gold coins and other property he purchased through his scheme.
He had been in the Florence, Colorado prison for about a month and a half when he escaped.
Online Presence Vital For Offline Retail (Top News - WebProNews)
The Internet plays an increasingly essential role in retail for brick and mortar retailers, even for purchases made in-store according to a new survey from Nielsen Online.
People who had recently made consumer electronics purchases in a brick and mortar store, 80 percent bought from a store whose Web site they visited first. In addition 53 percent purchased from a retailer on whose Web site they had spent the most time.
Old News Is Good News For Bible Fans (Top News - WebProNews)
If you can read Old Greek, you're in for a real treat. If not, you're in for "selected translations," which is almost as nice. Hey, at least the Codex Sinaiticus, scribed about 350 A.D. and containing the oldest known versions of the New Testament and some of the Old, won't be translated by Google's (or anybody else's) automated mess.
For you Biblical scholars out there, the codex is disappointingly post-Constantine, but delightfully (presumably) pre-Jerome.
Miri Systems Aims To Reduce Online Fraud (Top News - WebProNews)
Miri Systems, a privately owned developer of the Miri Card designed to allow credit card users make secure transactions online by providing a unique number for each purchase recently spoke to WebProNews about its technology.
Microsoft, Facebook Seal Search And Ad Deal (Top News - WebProNews)
Not happy with Facebook's search and advertising system? Well, Microsoft's going to try its hand at improving things. A new deal between the two companies should bring Live Search aboard before winter begins.
Microsoft Reorgs, Johnson Prunes Juniper CEO Post (Top News - WebProNews)
Another executive shuffle took place at Microsoft after Platform & Services Division president Kevin Johnson ditched the company in favor of the CEO role at Juniper Networks.
Mexico?s Telmex Set To Launch IPTV (Top News - WebProNews)
Mexico's primary provider of fixed-line phone service, Telmex, is prepared to introduce Internet-based television and is waiting for the government's approval to launch the service.
Telmex, controlled by Carlos Slim, one the world's wealthiest men has seen profits and ad revenue decline in the last several quarter's, due to increased competition from cell phone and cable providers.
LinkedIn Learns Spanish (Top News - WebProNews)
Spanish is everywhere; there may be around 360 million native speakers worldwide, and even little children in Lexington, Kentucky are being taught it in school. So LinkedIn is leaping at a big opportunity by making its site available in Spanish.
Is Knol A Fast-Track To High Google Placement? (Top News - WebProNews)
Well-respected search pundit Danny Sullivan put the newly-launched Google Knol to the test, to see if contributed pages found their way into a top-ten placement in Google's search results.
How Long Does It Take To Find Porn On YouTube? (Top News - WebProNews)
If you understood the subtitle reference, congratulations, you're old enough to watch porn, and probably run for President. If you didn't get it, you're awfully young and let me explain something before we move on: My understanding is that there are dirty movies on the Internet; I am told dirty movies are also called "porn" and you can't see them on TV or YouTube.
Hitwise: Still Hope For YouTube Competitors (Top News - WebProNews)
YouTube is dominant enough among video websites that, in order to keep its rivals from getting squished together at the bottom, it had to be removed from a graph showing Australian market shares. Still, MSN Video and CNET TV are doing well under its rule.
Hasbro Sues Creators Of Scrabulous (Top News - WebProNews)
Hasbro has sued the makers of the popular Facebook App, Scrabulous, saying it infringes on the copyrights of its game, Scrabble.
Scrabulous has more than half a million players on Facebook while Hasbro licensee Electronic Arts launched its version of Scrabble on the social network this month has just over 8,000 players.
Google Says Google News Not Priceless (Top News - WebProNews)
Despite no ads or any obvious revenue generation, Google News is worth $100 million to Google, according to VP Marissa Mayer.
How does zero equal $100 million? As one of Google's many for free peripheral services, enough people sort of ride the Google wave over to the search engine from the News page. In Google's estimation, all that referral traffic is worth a pretty penny.
Google Opens Knol For Knowledge-Sharing (Top News - WebProNews)
We've noted time and time again the way in which Wikipedia receives loads of traffic from Google, and to be honest, there's no clear sign that this will change. But Google has gone so far as to launch Knol, a sort of would-be competitor.
Google Loses Head Of Sales And Finance To Glam (Top News - WebProNews)
Google North America finds itself down a head of sales and finance this morning. Michael Adair has moved away from the search giant and is joining Glam Media as vice president of corporate development and finance.
Google Hearts Digg Rumors Resurface (Top News - WebProNews)
For the third time this year speculation has aroused around an impending sale of Digg.com to Google. Is the third time a charm? We may not know for a couple of weeks, but at least this latest round of slow-news-day maybes has a rumored letter of intent and a believe-it-or-not deadline.
Facebook Preparing To Give Some Apps An Edge (Top News - WebProNews)
Some Facebook apps are useful, polished pieces of software. Others are examples of spammy, unattractive crap. And Facebook seems ready to separate the two, as it's introducing at least that many tiers into which apps will be divided.
Facebook Connect Hooks Up With Sites (Top News - WebProNews)
Logging into Facebook provides access to a variety of other content sites like Digg and Citysearch, with Facebook Connect serving as a single sign-on ID.
Esquire Embracing E Ink In October (Top News - WebProNews)
For their 75th Anniversary, Esquire Magazine plans something special: an electronic paper cover, complete with moving words and images.
Digg Offers Little To Rumored Buyer Google (Top News - WebProNews)
Eric Schmidt and company could have a $200 million check waiting for social media site Digg. Google shareholders may be wondering why.
Cutts: Look For New Toolbar PageRanks Soon (Top News - WebProNews)
Users of the Google Toolbar will see updated PageRank values for websites become available over the next few days.
Compete: The Kids Are Alright On Facebook (Top News - WebProNews)
A first glance at a comparison of social networks today - Facebook and LinkedIn - appeared to show Facebook losing its young college audience.
Click Fraud Rate Up, Botnets Blamed (Top News - WebProNews)
Criminals who automate their way to profit at the expense of pay per click advertisers likely drove an increase in illicit clicks in Q2 2008.
China Cracking Down On Online Dissidents (Top News - WebProNews)
Chinese police have arrested a well-known online dissident for violating his terms of probation, as the country seeks to crackdown on critics in the run up to the Olympic Games.
Du Daobin, from the central province of Hebei, received a suspended sentence for what the Chinese government says was subversion in 2004 and was detained by police for posting online essays in support of another dissident.
Child Online Protection Act Struck Down (Top News - WebProNews)
A federal court has upheld a ban on a law that would criminalize protected speech on the Internet.
The American Civil Liberties Union challenged the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) on behalf of a coalition of writers, artists and health educators who use the Internet to communicate constitutionally protected speech.
British Man Wins Facebook Libel Case (Top News - WebProNews)
A UK businessman has won a libel case and $44,000 in damages at London's High Court after false allegations were made about him on Facebook.
Mathew Firsht sued a former friend for creating a bogus profile on the site that featured personal information about him and untrue claims about his sexual orientation.
Baidu Reports Positive Second Quarter (Top News - WebProNews)
While that Microsoft-Yahoo business stole the show for a while, Baidu's found its way into the spotlight again. The Chinese search engine company had an admirable second quarter, beating analysts' estimates in some important respects.
Amid Economic Woes, Microsoft Pushes Into Your Home (Top News - WebProNews)
More money spent on gas and groceries means less for luxuries. In the past that meant more people going to the movies and picking up used musical instruments. Now, Microsoft wants to be an entertainment outlet, serving games, videos, and oh yes, advertising.
Americans Favor Movie Downloads Over Video Stores (Top News - WebProNews)
The majority (94%) of Americans believe they make a bigger impact on the environment by downloading a movie online instead of renting or buying a movie at a video store according to a new survey from digital entertainment company CinemaNow.
According to the survey downloading movies is more convenient and environmentally friendly then driving to a local video store. Sixty-four percent said the biggest advantage of downloading online was not having to drive to get a movie or wait for a movie in the mail.
Full RSS Feeds Won't Get You Banned (Top News - WebProNews)
Toads cause warts; new clothes on Easter bring good luck; and Google penalizes sites for having full RSS feeds. MentalFloss.com issued a "never mind" on that last superstition after Matt Cutts dropped a little science.
Pay any attention at all in this industry and you'll find desperate Web marketers and publishers grasping at any explanation of why their site has suddenly been delisted from Google's search rankings. As all of us know, that's the Power of the Goog.
Text Sells (Search Engine Optimization, Google Optimization - RSS Feeds)
A picture may be worth a thousand words but you still need the words to get the job done. That s what I found out when I read an article written by Robert Gorell recently about updating a website that sells to a niche audience. If you think you can t improve the way your site sells its goods to your customers keep reading....
Protect Your Online Reputation (Search Engine Optimization, Google Optimization - RSS Feeds)
In this day and age it shouldn t surprise anyone that our reputation matters in the online world too. It is definitely a no-brainer that we should do our best not to ruin our reputation across the virtual world. But we all know that things can go wrong others may intentionally try to degrade your image or brand for example. In this article we re going to cover some of the most effective ways to protect your online reputation....
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Popular SEO Myths (Search Engine Optimization, Google Optimization - RSS Feeds)
Search for the phrase SEO myths in Google without quotes and you ll get 243 hits. With all the major search engines keeping their algorithms under lock and key and making modifications without notice it s no wonder that false beliefs get perpetuated. It s time to clear the air....
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Meta Elements: A Field Guide (Search Engine Optimization, Google Optimization - RSS Feeds)
Metadata in its simplest form is information about data. In this tutorial we are going to look at the HTML and XHMTL elements known as Meta Elements and learn to use them. Not all are still used by search engines to determine rank but they still have their purpose and that is what this article is all about....
Ask the Right Questions Before You SEO Your Site (Search Engine Optimization, Google ...
Every web site owner wants more traffic and higher rankings in the search engines. In the midst of an SEO campaign however it s easy to lose sight of the forest for the trees. So before you change a single title you might want to shift your focus to answer some important questions....