Diggers unite to force Digg's management to stop censoring stories about a digital rights management code; Citysearch upgrades its local search; should you fear the grey, Google Toolbar gray, that is? And more in today's episode!
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- Digg Gives
In To User Revolt; Are Those DMCA Takedown Notices Even Valid?
After a grassroots revolt by Digg users, Digg has decided to stop censoring posts about an HD-DVD decryption number used by the industry-backed Advanced Access Content System to protect HD-DVDs. The AACS claims that anyone publishing the number may be violating US laws against circumvention of copy protection. How the... - Citysearch
Gets New Look And Video
Citysearch, one of the more venerable names in local search, has relaunched its site with an updated look and other "new and improved" features, including video. Video is currently available for New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles and has prominent placement at the top of the home page. It's... - 5 Reasons To
Put Viral Content On Mini-Sites
As search marketers, mini-sites might not seem to make sense. Why put content on a new domain when you could just put it on your existing domain, so it can benefit from all the link love? Mini-sites have been around forever, but with a new report from eMarketer showing... - Key
Differences Between Yahoo Search Marketing & Google AdWords
You're probably tired of reading about cultural differences between the two search marketing leaders, Google and Yahoo. Does Semel have better hair than Sergey? Does Yahoo really hire people based on softball prowess? If you're actually using the search marketing platforms, or for that matter, interacting with Googlers or... - The Return of the Grey PageRank Score in the Google Toolbar?, Search Engine Roundtable
- Finding what you need with the best search engines, Phil Bradley
- Search Engine Reputation Monitoring, ClickZ
- Google Love Affair with Wikipedia, Graywolf
- Yang & Filo
Sumo Each Other To Save The World
Will wrestle for climate change from the Yodel Anecdotal blog covers that the co-founders of Yahoo have put on sumo suits to wrestle each other. Jerry Yang and David Filo agreed to this match after "Yahoos" did their part to "reduce our impact on the environment." Why sumo wrestle?...
