Pay Per Post the sponsored blogging company has acquired Zookoda, a blog-emailing firm with 10,000 users. The deal is apparently for less than $500,000 and all cash according to PPP CEO Ted Murphy . PPP has generated a lot of controversy for spreading paid blogging, but I think its great for bloggers to be able…
After deep reservations of the MySpace generation getting their collective american idol voting mentality in the world I have to admit I’m impressed at the news stories. Myspace News currently has real news stories! Im absolutely stunned that the organization that is organizing the world’s preteen blogs, drunken photos and pop music has engaging and…
Its like the horror movie the reanimator where a mad scientist wants to get even with the world and prove their ideas to a disinterested public. Richard Rosenblatt is MySpace founder who sold his web 2.0 empire to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp for $580 million and immediately regretted it bigtime. His company Demand Media purchased…
Successful websites have a lot of links pointing to them. People link to websites they like and sites that make their life easier. Encouraging linking is done by creating linkbait. Here is a great post about linkbaiting that includes interviews with top line link builders Eric Ward, Rand Fishkin, Roger Montti, Todd Malicoat and Rae…
The W3 Schools has an in depth report of user browser stats. This is an important read for all web designers. The statistics show that Internet Explorer 6 is the most common browser, XP is the most dominating operating system, and most users are using a display with 1024×768 pixels or more, with a color…
I read an interesting post about Hiro, a software program to force feed users ads. The technology allows broadcast networks to send television programs digitally with advertisements that cannot be skipped or fast forwarded. The day after an internet video player appears that disables fast forwarding through specific pieces of content (glorious advertisements) a hack…
It appears that Stumbleupon.com will be acquired by Ebay and not Google. In response, Google is launching a similar feature in their toolbar that suggests potentially interesting websites based on your browsing history. Man I would love to see what some other peoples’ browsing history is, wouldn’t you? This would give you keen insight into…
SEOMoz has created a list of the top current Search Engine Ranking Factors as defined by 37 top search engine optimization specialists, including Search Engine Watch/Land founder Danny Sullivan. Below are the main on and offsite factors examined. Top 10 Positive Factors 1. Keyword Use in Title Tag 2. Global Link Popularity of Site 3.…
If you are trying to artificially boost your link popularity in Google, watch out – they are watching you. Many webmasters, including Reality Wired have received friendly notices from San Jose that their sites are violating SEO best practices. This follows an update on spam reporting on how google is trying to provide SEO’s and…
Periodically I write about companies I have had positive and negative experiences with. Today it is Radtech, makers of computer accessories and bluetooth wireless mice. I bought a BT500 wireless mouse for my Mac laptop from them about 2 years ago, and the battery contacts broke making the mouse inoperable. I called their toll free…
