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Entries for July, 2008

“Rules of Engagement” or “Too Many Teenagers”

Frustrated with too many of her teenage daughters (she has 4 daughters 17-20, and a 2 year old) actually at home for the summer, my friend has developed her own version of house rules that gave me such a laugh I just had to share:
Rules of Engagement
[address redacted to protect the not-so-innocent]
but the emphasis below [...]

Yahoo! Ambassador Program Closing Date

For those who squeaked in to the lingering Yahoo! Ambassador Program by taking, but not passing, the Exam, the final deadline to complete Yahoo! Ambassador Certification on July 31st looms nearer and nearer.
With the addition of Google Advertising on the Yahoo! Network, will the Ambassador Badge mean anything at all?
Maybe just a ’sign’ of [...]

“New citizen journalism site AllVoices launches”

Lost Remote reports:
“AllVoices.com bills itself as “the first open media site where anyone can report from anywhere.” You can send in reports via voice, email, SMS or MMS, and it’s pinpointed on a large map on the home page. But instead of just relying on citizen journalists to send in all the news, ”
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Slowing Economy Hits Online Advertising

The slowing economy is cutting into online ad growth — although it is likely to take a greater toll on offline media, according to a new survey.
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“YouTube to split revenues with users”

Variety journalist Scott Kirsner reports on the YouTube about face on the issue of Pre Roll as monetization for online video.
The surprise is that the Google-owned company would break down on an anti-pre roll stand, and actually finally choose revenue over user experience.
It sounds like admitting that we are still stuck where no one has [...]

“Craigslist Rivals Struggle to Succeed in Web Classified”

You’re telling me.
I’ve been watching the potential of the Wal-Mart Oodles deal, and, while we prepare to “re-negotiate” with our classifieds provider, I can’t help notice that they don’t seem to be providing the marketing support either.
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“Improved flash indexing”

The Google Webmaster Central Blog has officially announced improved ability to read and spider SWF files.
Site designers pushing musical elephants and spinging flowers alike rejoice!
Seriously though, with the popularity of widgets, this could mean a major flexibility bonus for developers concerned with SEO.read more | digg story