New York Times Drops Subscription Fees (Because Of SEO)
The New York Times has anounced that it is to drop TimesSelect, the subscription service it set-up which charged users to view certain parts of its website. Launched in 2005, it is reported that TimesSelect brought in around $10 million in revenues, but that it is expected that this didn’t match the predictions for revenue […]
Google’s Birthday, Celebs Saving The World & Making The Brylcreem Ad
Well, it has been a very busy week & we’ve been a bit slack on the blog because of that. Matters haven’t been helped by the fact that New Media Age were buying me drinks all last night at the Bladdered Again event. Anyway, to make up for that we thought that we would share […]
Google Earth & Amazon Join Search For Steve Fossett
A lot of the main stream media are covering the fact that Google Earth & Amazon (via its Mechanical Turk project) are working to help the search for missing aviator Steve Fossett. Images from Google Earth are being fed through Mechanical Earth, a collaborative system, to allow anyone to join the hunt to try and […]
Altogether To Speak At a4uexpo/SES
A while back James wrote about the news that a4uexpo, one of the UK’s leading events for the affiliate marketing industry, is teaming up with Search Engine Strategies, the biggest name in search marketing events. At the time he explained why we think this is a good thing (search & affiliate should go hand in […]
Brylcreem’s Effortless Ad
We’re very pleased to anounce that the new ad for Brylcreem, which stars a chap who entered their MySpace competition, is now live. It was put together by our friends at WCRS whilst we’ve built the new Brylcreem site (it’s not finished yet) and will be working with them to promote the new ad online.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOYTQKoJ1N8
It’s […]
IRB And Newspapers Fight Over Images: Will Users Care?
The Guardian reported this morning on the growing boycott by press agencies & newspapers of coverage of the Rugby World Cup in France. It all stems from restrictions placed by the International Rugby Board (IRB) on the amount of photos that the media can use when covering matches.
Now I’m no expert on matters like these, […]
Blog Spammers Offer Protection Services: Thank God For Askimet
I was just checking the comments on our blog to see if there were any that needed approval (like all sensible people, we use comment moderation). There were two, and one really caught my eye.
hello , my name is [deleted] and I know you get a lot of spammy comments ,
I can help you […]
Now Anyone Can See Your Facebook Profile
Today, upon logging into Facebook, I was greeted by a message that my limited profile would soon be open to search engines, meaning that it could potentially turn up in the results if someone searched for my name. This is quite an interesting discovery in & of itself, as it suggests that Facebook isn’t prepared […]
28 Days Later Sequel To Use QR Codes (28 Days After We Wrote About It)
Back in August, Medwyn wrote about how he had been playing with QR codes (the widgets that allow mobiles to access large amounts of information).
And now, 28 days later, The Guardian reports that these codes are to be used in the UK for the first time to promote the DVD release of 28 Weeks Later, […]
Let The Web Get You Home
I’m about to take my cold and try to get home through Tube-free London. The lovely folks over at the Media Guardian blog have put together a list of some of the more interesting sites relating to travel, particularly in London. For the majority of the country not stuck in London, I apologise - although […]
