Social Media's Role in Search Visibility

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1. Social Media's Role in Search Visibility - 2007-07-04 22:10:00-04
   iCrossing's VP of corporate strategy explains that social media sites are increasingly visible in, and important to, political search results.
   
2. Microsoft's Easy Easier Tries Hard, Harder - 2007-07-05 02:11:00-04
   In its ongoing attempts to demonstrate it does have a sense of humor, Microsoft put together Easy Easier for potential Forefront users in Canada. The premise is actually kind of cute, as you learn how to defend your operating...
   
3. Hey, Disease Prevention Can Be Sexy Too - 2007-07-05 02:27:00-04
   Cummins & Partners, Melbourne put together this ad for Multiple Sclerosis in Australia, in which the various body parts of a naked model are stamped with blank expiration dates. The text reads, "When you have Multiple Sclerosis you never...
   
4. Mr. Burns Trashes JetBlue's 'Interwebular Chronicle' - 2007-07-05 02:43:00-04
   The Simpsons' Mr. Burns has hacked into the Flight Log of David Neeleman of JetBlue to show him what it really takes to run a successful business. "Your rates make a mockery of the corporate greed our great confederacy...
   
5. Respectance: Social Networking for the Bereaved - 2007-07-05 06:30:00-04
   Yet another niche social networking site has launched, this time for those who've passed on, according to TechCrunch. Called Respectance, the site "provides a space for family and friends to honor...

   

   
   
6. eBay Cleans Up Site so Sellers Can Clean Up on Sales - 2007-07-05 06:45:00-04
   eBay has announced plans to dust up what some feel is a site that's become too cluttered, reports Bloomberg News. The online auction site has seen sellers complain about lower sales resulting from...

   

   
   
7. Microsoft's Xbox Earns Double-Digit Growth from VOD Service - 2007-07-05 07:15:00-04
   Microsoft's Video on Demand service, offered on the Xbox Live Marketplace, is growing by double digit figures month after month, according to The New York Times. Xbox Live currently offers members...

   

   
   
8. Virtual Property Ownership Heats Up Over Sex Bed - 2007-07-05 07:30:00-04
   A copyright infringement claim in Second Life is heading to a court in the real world, reports Reuters. In "Eros LLC vs John Doe," Second Life entrepreneur Kevin Alderman is suing user Volkov...

   

   
   
9. Google Flips 'Free' Switch on Premium FeedBurner Services - 2007-07-05 07:40:00-04
   Google has decided to make two paid services, from the newly-acquired FeedBurner, free for all, reports TechCrunch. FeedBurner publishers now have free access to Stats PRO and MyBrand products....

   

   
   
10. Wealth of Gadgets Creates Energy Demand - 2007-07-05 08:05:00-04
    A British energy conservation group has said new high tech devices are drawing more and more power, reports The Globe & Mail. The report from Britain's Energy Savings Trust assesses both the...

    

    
    
11. Scion's Online Strategy Favors Niche Over Reach - 2007-07-05 08:07:00-04
    Scion has adopted an online strategy that eschews reach in favor of niche, reports ClickZ. The car maker uses display ads and more on sites that reach urban audiences like Blastro.com, HipHopDX and...

    

    
    
12. China Unicom Tests Music Download Service on Grand Scale - 2007-07-05 08:08:00-04
    China's second largest mobile carrier has begun testing a music download service, reports The Globe & Mail. China Unicom has rolled out the test with 23 record companies on board. The Xuan Qu music...

    

    
    
13. UK Online Ad Spend to Top 4.5B Pounds in 2011 - 2007-07-05 08:09:00-04
    Online advertising spending growth in the UK is well ahead of the US and other developed nations, and it is forecast to account for more than half of all online ad spending in Western Europe in 2010...

    

    
    
14. LG Working on YouTube-Ready Phone - 2007-07-05 08:10:00-04
    Europeans will see a new LG mobile phone with direct access to YouTube later this year, reports Agence France Press. Users of the new phone will be able to shoot video on their LG devices and upload...

    

    
    
15. eBay Takes on Craigslist With Kijiji - 2007-07-05 08:12:00-04
    eBay has launched a new online classifieds service that competes directly against the popular listings site craigslist.org , reports The New York Times. Kijiji, which takes its name from the Swahili...

    

    
    
16. Consumers Who Search Online for Electronics Spend More in Stores - 2007-07-05 08:15:00-04
    Consumers who search online for televisions and digital cameras on average choose to spend 10 percent more when making their purchase in-store, compared with those who did not use a search engine,...

    

    
    
17. Russia's AllOfMP3.com Sqashed, Reincarnated as MP3Sparks.com - 2007-07-05 08:25:00-04
    Buying MP3s for pennies, courtesy of Mother Russia, is a practice that is finally seeing its close. As a condition for Russia's entry into the World Trade Organization, the Russian government has...

    

    
    
18. Study: Mobile Advertising Formats the Key to Audience Response - 2007-07-05 08:27:00-04
    Mobile advertising must match specific audience requirements as responsiveness to different kinds of advertising changes according to age and gender, according to a study by mobile media publisher...

    

    
    
19. Broadcast Radio May Face Same Royalties as Webcasters - 2007-07-05 08:30:00-04
    After working to extract larger royalty payments from webcasters, the music industry is now gunning for more money from terrestrial broadcast radio, reports BusinessWeek. Royalty payments from...

    

    
    
20. MPAA Launches Torrent Site to Catch Pirates Red-Handed - 2007-07-05 08:45:00-04
    The Web is truly a Wild West. With a deceptive new torrent offering, the MPAA is trying to net users in the act of illegally downloading movies, according to ZeroPaid. A company called MediaDefender,...