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Stories Discussed In The Show

• US Candidates Hit Digg, Fail To "Get" Social Media
  Digg The Candidates is a new area on Digg that allows you to see what US presidential candidates are digging and doing on Digg. That's right, you can check out what Barack Obama (with about 3,200 Digg friends) and Ron Paul (with about 6,000 friends) are up to. But...
• The Social Media Manual: Read Before You Play
  I get so many questions from people about Digg, Propeller, Reddit, Stumbleupon and other social news sites every day, that I decided to write this little "manual" as something to read before you jump in head first into any social site, and to keep by your side as you...
• New Clean Look For The Google Base Bulk Upload Dashboard
  The Google Base Blog has announced that they have cleaned up and streamlined the Google Base Bulk Upload Dashboard. Google said the new dashboard provides "a better overview of the status of your bulk uploads and your items."...
• What If Google Had Released Its Own Kindle?
  With all the talk of Amazon's new $399 ebook reader (and blog, newspaper, magazine) Kindle, it made me think: What if Google had developed this or a similar device (the Gindle? Goodle?) instead of putting out Android? Of course there's nothing that precludes Google from doing such a thing in...
• Privacy Group To Attack Facebook's Beacon Ads
  Facebook's Tracking of User Activity Riles Privacy Advocates, Members from the Wall Street Journal reports privacy group, MoveOn.org, is attacking Facebook over their Beacon Ads product. MoveOn.org has an online petition that asks:...
• The Politics & Policy Of The Google-DoubleClick Acquisition
  Yesterday, Danny wrote a lengthy piece dispelling some of the myths and misinformation surrounding the pending Google acquisition of DoubleClick. Today CNET has two articles, one on the EU decision to apply more scrutiny to the proposed deal, as we expected, and another on privacy advocates' concerns about the acquisition...
• Are Your Customers Looking For A Problem? Solutions Are Search Marketing!
  The main problem with marketing is it's too much marketing and not enough problem—your customer's problem. Too often, we focus on our product instead of what our customer needs. Instead of trumpeting how great our products are, the Internet rewards companies that let their customers come to them. And just...
• The Big Search Faceoff: Corporate vs Franchise
  This summer the National Hockey League took a cheap shot. No, they didn’t redesign the league’s uniforms, or put a team back in Winnipeg. Rather, they took control of overseeing the league’s websites. Since the domains had previously been run by each franchise, naturally the move has some team...
• Never a dull moment, Official Google Blog
• Flight Tracking, Airport Conditions, Real-Time Traffic & Other Thanksgiving Search Tips
  With the US about to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday tomorrow, how are the major search engines gearing up to support an onslaught of Thanksgiving queries? Let's take a look at how you can use them, ranging from flight tracking tools to special "shortcut" or "smart answer" boxes leading to...
• Corporate Logos From Space: KFC Edition
  The Google Earth Blog has a humorous discussion of the "world's largest KFC logo" in the Nevada desert. KFC stands for Kentucky Fried Chicken, the US-based fast-food chain. This stunt is about being visible in satellite mapping applications (such as Google Earth) and takes the rooftop logo craze to new...