Google has left the table in the third part of the acquisition dance, that is where you sign the paperwork and pay up
TechCrunch has now reported that Google has left the Digg table. Be sure to read the comments and I use “Social Marketing” in my name field when the situation calls for it.
Rather than [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Google Dumps Digg and Walks Out as Acquisition Seems Near
July 27, 2008 – 5:21 am
Top Ten Reasons Google Will Buy Digg as Aquisition Seems Near
July 22, 2008 – 9:30 pm
I have predicted the Google – Digg acquisition / integration but now TechCrunch says that a Digg acquisition by Google is closer than ever!
With TechCrunch’s post late today that: “Google’s on and off negotiations with Digg have been back on in a big way for the last six weeks, we’ve heard from multiple sources inside [...]
Google Testing Digg Like Interface with Voting Features called Edit Search Results
July 16, 2008 – 6:24 am
Google has been seen testing a Digg like voting search results page and it looks like it is not a hoax as first thought and Google is calling it Edit Search Results
I first saw this here and we all believed it to be a hoax since it was on a web designers blog that has [...]
Google Friend Rank or FriendRank to Rank Social Marketing Profiles
July 15, 2008 – 9:13 am
FriendRank, the new PageRank for Social Marketing Profiles
FriendRank is actually called “NETWORK NODE AD TARGETING” in the patent application but has already been dubbed FriendRank or FriendRank ala PageRank.
Filed on December 29, 2006, Google has been tweaking this Friend Rank algorithm for quite a while. Now public as of July 3, 2008.
Google describes this in [...]
Digg and Google Photographed Smiling Like They Just Had Sex
July 11, 2008 – 9:35 am
Jay Addleson (digg ceo) and Larry Page (duh, google founder) at top corporate retreat
As the rumors still mount and actual lobbying by Google VPs for a Google / Digg acquisition continue, we still try to hope for the best. A clean up of the mess that is currently Digg would be welcome. They have become [...]
Don’t Use Social Bookmarking Submission Software
July 7, 2008 – 1:59 am
Remember the old FFA sites and submitters? Now we have Social Bookmarking Submission Software
Holy frakin (bsg reference) crap, this is just way TOO ironic. I was just thinking about how I see social bookmarking software as the next FFA submitters and the “Submit you site to 100,000 search engines instantly” ads of 10 years ago.
Remember [...]
Social Bookmarking Spam – Will it Hurt You in Google?
July 6, 2008 – 10:14 am
Social bookmarking sites are filling up with spam from marketers, but will following their lead hurt you in Google Rankings?
Social bookmarking is being abused and spammed by Bloggers as social bookmarking users to gain traffic and create backlinks in Google. I do this as well, but I teach NOTHING but social bookmarking tactics that are [...]
Social Marketing Questions and Chris Lang’s Answers
July 3, 2008 – 8:15 am
Social Marketing and Social Bookmarking and how to do it right are many of the questions asked of Chris Lang, what did they ask Chris Lang you say?
I participate in 20 different social marketing networks. That is what I do to learn what social marketing questions people have about social sites. Then I am able [...]
