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There’s gold to be made in techno-pessimism
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Yes, improving content could really hurt your site’s search ranking
My recent post about Google’s battle with spammers seems to have confused some people in the Search Engine Optimization industry. There’s a perception that…
Black hat, White hat: everyone could be an SEO spammer
I’ve always advised people not to worry about search engine optimization (SEO) with the explanation that it’s the job of the search engine to…
Why should Facebook’s board members wait to sell their shares?
The decision by early Facebook investor Peter Thiel to unload the vast bulk of his shares in the massive social network was explained easily…
What happens when PR companies go into social consulting?
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Has TED become a place for useless technobabble and ‘meme laundering’?
TED (the Technology Entertainment and Design conference) has expanded its brand across the globe over the past two years, with hundreds of local TEDx…
Hyperlinks are dying and Google’s to blame
There is something extraordinary taking place. Google’s war on spam sites is tipping the online world upside down and now threatens that most fundamental…
Why an Amazon smartphone makes complete sense
You may have seen reports of an Amazon smartphone kicking around recently. Some people, like MarketWatch columnist Therese Poletti, think it’s a terrible idea….
How big tech companies keep journalists under their thumbs
David Weidner, a 15 year veteran reporter on the Wall Street beat, recently wrote an interesting article about the time he spent reporting on…
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