Thursday, November 5, 2009
Does Your Mom Edit Your Blog? Google Wants to Know.
Why did Google start labeling blogs as “blogs” in its search results? Eric Schmidt thinks it may have to do with your mother.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Dear FTC: Is This the Kind of Thing You Want Me to Disclose?
A marketer offers to pay me per post. I don’t know whether to be flattered or offended.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Exposed “Skank” Blogger Threatens Google With Privacy Suit, Is Happy to Talk About It
What do you do if you’re a blogger who thinks your privacy has been unfairly violated? If you’re Rosemary Port, you threaten to file a high-profile lawsuit, then go to newspapers and TV networks to talk about it.
That’s the strategy Port is pursuing now that she’s been outed as the “skank blogger”–the person who used Google’s Blogger service to anonymously insult former model Liskula Cohen.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
On the Internet, Everybody Knows You’re a Name-Caller: Google Unmasks the “Skank” Blogger
Want to call someone a “skank” on the Web while remaining anonymous? Might want to rethink that: Following an order from a New York court, Google has outed a woman who insulted a former model using the company’s Blogger service.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
YouTube’s Most Popular Clips: Still Mostly Ad-Free
Google says its oft-maligned video site is going to start making lots of money soon. But it still has some work ahead of it. Right now, for instance, just four in 10 of YouTube’s most popular clips carry advertising.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Bill Gates, Blogger
Now that Bill Gates isn’t running Microsoft day to day, he is primarily focused on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which is tackling big hairy problems like malaria. But apparently he still has enough time to moonlight as a free-lancer for Gizmodo.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Blogger to Guns N’ Roses: Sorry I Shared Your Album. Best Buy to GNR: Sorry We Bought Your Album
No one wants to buy, or listen to, the supposedly long-awaited Guns N’ Roses album. Before anyone gets tempted to put two and two together here and blame the Internet for poor music sales, be warned: The music that is most popular among file sharers is the music that is most popular among buyers.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Which Media Mogul Would You Rather Be Right Now: Arianna Huffington or Jim Cramer?
TheStreet.com is worth about $100 million. So is The Huffington Post. But investors are much more optimistic about one of these Web businesses.
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Peter Kafka has been covering media and technology since 1997, when he joined the staff of Forbes magazine. Most recently, he has been the managing editor of the tech and media Web site, Silicon Alley Insider.
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Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.
