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Google News Gives Comments A Nudge

Google News started allowing experts to comment on articles about seven months ago, but it's highly unlikely that the average person knows this.  The simple reason: the comments are rare and hard to find.  A new feature solves half of this problem by gathering all the comments in a single place.

Rep. Couch Feeling Heat from Ban on Anonymous Web Postings

WebProNews previously reported how Kentucky State Representative, Tim Couch, proposed a bill that would not allow Kentuckians to comment anonymously on the Internet.

Zune Software Download Now Available!

Hey Everyone, The Zune Software is currently up on Zune.net. » You can find the software HERE. System Requirements

Bloglines Beefs Up

Before we had Google Reader, the biggest kid on the RSS reader block was Bloglines. While Google has taken that title, away from the Ask.com owned service, Bloglines has been back to the gym recently and added some bulk. Bloglines has rolled out a slew of new features today, including:

Search Engine Vanity Percentages

In case you haven’t noticed, I’m a little obsessed with online reputation management.

Wordpress Sees Huge Growth in 2007

Here are some numbers about blogging and social networking sites according to Nielsen Online. They just released November’s numbers on the top 10 social networking sites. The biggest gainers are Flixster (where you share movie reviews) and LinkedIn, a social network for professionals. 

Social Media Rule Breaking

Conformity often creates a feeling of comfort, but it also starts to generate acceptable social norms that soon become the de facto standard for the way things get done.

The Importance of SEO Copy Writing to High Rankings

In this MSNBC interview the Snr. V.P. of Network Solutions covers what any business needs for page one search rankings. 

Amazon's "Open Infrastructure"

Dave Winer: Amazon removes the database scaling wall.

The Year's Most Overused Metrics

We all know marketers love metrics.  Flashy award winning campaigns are great and celebrity spokespersons are always appealing, but most of the time we try to base judging the success of a campaign on hard and fast metrics.  The only problem is, many times the metrics that marketers use to gauge success are wrong, inaccurate, incomplete or just plain useless.  There are two main reasons this happens ...