Apr
24
I haven’t touched much on the Sitemeter/Spyware saga as of late. The original post, which made it to the homepage of Digg and has had more than 15,000 readers since it was published, is now ranking fairly well in search engines and I believe it is keeping the debate alive and well.
I then followed it [...]
Apr
22
WashingtonWatch.com is now a part of the wiki using family. It’s a choice that I believe will have negative effects on the quality of the site.
Washington Watch has been a great place for me to find information on bills. The site tracks bills in Congress, providing a fair amount of sound estimates about costs or [...]
Apr
22
Rachael Bell, an 18 year old MySpace user in the United Kingdom, learned a very hard lesson in what you should and shouldn’t post online.
Recently Rachael posted an invite on her MySpace site for a house party at her place while her mom was away. Instead of the handful of friends she had intended on [...]
Apr
17
Matt Cutts really knows how to stir controversy. In a recent post titled, “How to report paid links“, Cutts lays out the simple process on how to bring paid links to the attention of the Google team.
Sign in to Google’s webmaster console and use the authenticated spam report form, then include the word “paidlink” (all [...]
Apr
17
Google’s purchase of Doubleclick is stirring a lot of discussion. Most of it isn’t pretty.
Cocoa & Medicine says:
If you aren’t familiar with them, DoubleClick is in the business of selling banner ads — those flashing, annoying advertisements that sit above, beside, and even above those web pages you visit. That, in and of itself, is [...]
Apr
17
TellMe, a new company seeking to get in while the getting is good, has just launched its 100% FREE 411 information service!
To find a phone number, simply call 1-800-555-TELL. When prompted say “business search”. The fully automated system will then search its database to find a relevant result for your query.
No more cell phone bill [...]
Apr
12
This is a great video that explains the dangers posed by search giant Google and several other online companies who support net regulation.
The video was created and provided by NetCompetition.org.
-Eric Odom
Apr
09
The following is a comment just published to this post about Sitemeter and Spyware.