Over at Fanboy.com, Michael Pinto laments the volume of social media tweets and tweeple he’s coming across on the popular social network, Twitter. He is frustrated about the constant stream of social media dribble that self-proclaimed social media gurus and experts put forth in their tweets. He says they autofollow and soon have upwards of 5,000 followers and followees alike.
Forbes just published a piece about “Google as Economic Barometer”. It has some merit and a lot of details. Basically stating “Investors searching Google’s fourth-quarter earnings may see clues about the state of the Internet ad business, the economy and the future of the company itself.”
Google announced it is discontinuing its print advertising program February 28 and stop running ads March 31. Seems even Google cannot help the slow demise of print media.
Seems Twitter may be the “next big thing” in social media. Hitwise reports it has surpassed Digg for usage - but realistically the two are different types of social media, though Twitter does have the recommendation aspects of Digg. Comparisons to Facebook may be more realistic.
Marcus Tander - aka Mediaadonis - has discovered a way to check if your site has been penalized or banned in Google. How long this flaw in the system will remain open one cannot tell, but it is working right now.
Google Analytics has updated the code snippet that is placed on websites. The update fixes the rare display of a JavaScript message that can be seen by visitors to sites using Google Analytics.
Execs from Google and Microsoft are ponying up big time for President-elect Barack Obama’s big day. On January 20, the former junior Senator from Illinois will become the 44th President of the United States.
Bloomberg is reporting that China plans to crack down on search engines, among other sites they deem harmful. This certainly wouldn’t be the first time.
Last week, Frank Watson reported to you that Steve Jobs health was in question. If you read a bunch of tech blogs, you’ve seen the rumors. Jobs once had cancer, and bloggers, journalists and Wall Street analysts have been wondering if it had returned because Jobs had lost a lot of weight.
The good news is that the cancer is not back. According to Fox Business (which I have on in the background, sorry no link yet, but check out the screen shot below) Steve Jobs has released a letter to shareholders acknowledging the weight loss and explaining that the doctors have finally determined that it is a hormonal imbalance. He is being treated and expects to gain the weight back.
This morning, I received a direct message from one of my Twitter friends. It was a very strange message. Check it out:
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