March 2011
Company Settles with FTC for $250,000 Over Misleading Online
A company that sells guitar-lesson DVDs online has settled with the Federal Trade Commission for a whopping $250,000 over charges that the company “deceptively advertised its products through online affiliate marketers who falsely posed as ordinary consumers or independent reviewers”. The company supposedly schemed to have fake positive reviews po
December 2010
Problems with Google Places Uncovered
Google’s recent search update where they have pulled places listings into the organic results is generating some errors in accuracy. Rob over at Standing Dog has uncovered some pretty interesting issues regarding Google Places and their integrated search results. Read the Google Places blog post to earn exactly what the problems that have been unco
August 2010
Is there a Best Time to Make a Blog posting?
I've been asked more than and more than again by many different people. And almost certainly you've most likely been wondering. When may be the greatest time to post a blog post? Is there a certain time of day time and day time of the week when it is perfect to post your write-up or blog post on your weblog? Yes, there definitely is really a much better time than other people. And there even is really a much better day of the week. But, the real answer is this: it is dependent.
Report Shows Explosive Twitter Growth in Brazil, Indonesia a
comScore has just released a report on Twitter’s explosive growth worldwide. The comScore study found that in June 2010, about 93 million Internet users visited Twitter.com. This is an overall increase of 109 percent over last year.
June 2010
Setting the Record Straight Over Google Matt Cutts Impostor
I would like to set the record straight over some recent events that have caused quite a stir on the social sphere. There was never any Matt Cutts’s imposter Facebook Page, it was a Facebook FAN Page about Matt Cutts, BIG difference.
March 2010
CheapTweet Upgrades Its Social Deals Search Engine
CheapTweet.com, a major Twitter-based social deals search engine site, has launched CheapTweet Version 2, in celebration of indexing over 5 million deals online to offer users an better social shopping experience.
February 2010
Google Executives Convicted in Italy
An Italian court has convicted three Google executives in a trial over a video showing an autistic teenager being bullied.
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