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- Nothing is viral, but everything is contagious
- We trust George Carlin. We trust the celebrity. We don't trust random, unknown bloggers or Twitter users that no one has heard of. by Jennifer Leggio
- Tags: Twitter Inc., Celebrity, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-11-04
- IAB to FTC: Rescind blogger rules
- Completely self-servingBy this rationale, why does anyone ever have to disclose anything? You can apply this logic to traditional media as well. Afraid to admit in the blog that you got the stuff you rave about was free? The real impact is it opens a channel for the vendor to...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, blogger, free speech, traditional media, blog, blogging, Interactive Advertising Bureau, FTC
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- IAB to FTC: Rescind blogger rules
- The Interactive Advertising Bureau's President and CEO has called on the Federal Trade Commission to rescind its new "blogger rules" because they create an unfair distinction between traditional media and online media. More specifically, they revoke from online media a First Amendment protection that's afforded traditional media for generations. ...
- Tags: Online Media, Interactive Advertising Bureau, FTC, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Welcome Doug Hanchard, our new government blogger
- I'd like to welcome Doug Hanchard, our new government blogger, to the ZDNet network. Doug is principal of Rapid Response Consulting and is an IT veteran with knowledge of government IT issues. He will be examining the intersection of IT and government, one of the few...
- Tags: Information Technology, Hot Button, Blogger, Doug, Government, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Blogo 1.2.10 (Mac)
- Blogo is a weblog editor for Mac OS X designed for speed and ease of use. Blogo is simple enough for a new blogger to quickly get started, but powerful enough to serve the needs of serious bloggers. Blogo supports Wordpress, Blogger, Typepad, MovableType, Drupal, Joomla, and ExpressionEngine among others....
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Blog, Blogger, Blogo, Blogging, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Internet, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-10-12
- Retraction: Yahoo and Iran
- how about retracting other articlesespecially those from Paul Murphy and Dana Blanakahorn, who constantly keep writing distorted blogs.RE: Retraction: Yahoo and IranWhat's this? Bloggers posting untruths for attention?I thought that's what a blogger does.
- Tags: Blogging, Retraction, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-10
- FTC endorsement rules were inevitable
- wishfull thinkingenforcement of this rules is virtually impossible since you can't spy on what the blogger in PJ gets in the mail.The only way arround is to force the companies to reveal their special promo/giveaways to select people.Wishful ThinkingConcur. There is no way to enforce this without enforcement becoming intrusive.Hey...
- Tags: Blogging, INTERNET, FTC, endorsement rule, blogger
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- The FTC's guidelines raise ruckus, but are (mostly) unenforceable
- I'm Fer It.If bloggers want to be thought of as journalists, they will have to adopt the ethics of journalism, which call for a separation of editorial and advertising and disclosure when an opinion or fact is written about someone or something that pays the journalist and/or is owned by...
- Tags: Blogging, Taxes, Free trade, blogger, tax, FTC
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- The FTC's guidelines raise ruckus, but are (mostly) unenforceable
- The Federal Trade Commission published controversial guidelines for bloggers and Facebook and Twitter users, but they are largely unenforceable. The FTC's rules are an encroachment on free speech, absurd in parts and far reaching. On the surface, the FTC's laws boil down to disclosure: ...
- Tags: FTC, Blogger, CNet News, Blogging, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- FTC targets bloggers for disclosure about perks, freebies
- that would put many sites out of businessincluding this one.It is also impossible to enforce it since shoddy or overseas sites will fill the void left by reputable sites.
- Tags: Blogging, FTC
- Discussion threads 2009-10-05
- FTC targets bloggers for disclosure about perks, freebies
- The Federal Trade Commission wants me - the blogger - to inform you - the reader - about any financial ties I might have with the companies or the products I write about, just to make sure there's no conflict of interest there. That's fine. I have...
- Tags: FTC, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-05
- FTC publishes final rules on blogger payola, endorsements
- It's about time!It's only fair that if somebody refers you to a product or a service through their blog, and they have received any sort of remuneration, that they reveal this information to you.won't workhow are you going to find the ofenders?padded reviews, stuffed 'online polls' is just something we...
- Tags: Blogging, FTC, advertisement, blogger, blog
- Discussion threads 2009-10-05
- FTC publishes final rules on blogger payola, endorsements
- Bloggers must reveal freebies, cash payments when promoting products. by Richard Koman
- Tags: FTC, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-10-05
- Should the anonymity shroud be lifted online?
- With a blogger now suing Google for breaching her anonymity, after the blogger was sued defaming a celebrity on gratuitous levels, questions about online anonymity have been raised once again. Thoughts spoken aloud by Zack Whittaker
- Tags: Anonymity, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
- Where have all the blogs gone?
- Once readers decide that real news...is what they want instead of misinformation, consistently wrong analysts' opinions, unresearched information pieces all of which is brought to them with terrible spelling and grammar, they will ditch bloggers for more professional media content. Blogs will be for those that enjoy trolling through talkback...
- Tags: Blogging, blog, blogger
- Discussion threads 2009-08-29
- "Meat has a carbon footprint?" This blogger must be ignorant!
- One talkback on my locavore blog says; "Meat has a carbon footprint? I guess all the carbon in that cow comes from pixie dust, eh? Or maybe we drill oil out of the ground and grow cows out of it." Wow! Carbon footprint is a tough concept, I see....
- Tags: Cow, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Footprint, Blogger, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-22
- Defamation or free speech? U.S. court orders Google to hand over identity of blogger
- Should your Internet anonymity be pulled back if you call someone a "psychotic, lying, whoring...skank" online? That's what Liskula Cohen, a 37-year-old fashion model, was called by an anonymous blogger. by Andrew Nusca
- Tags: Google Inc., Identity, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-08-20
- 5 years of insights and lessons as a professional "journalist - blogger"
- It was about five years ago that I left my job as a reporter and columnist for the Financial Times in the San Francisco bureau. And it's been a tremendous journey. I didn't realize at the time that I would become the first reporter to leave a...
- Tags: Newspaper, Blogger, Blogging, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-08-19
- Google reveals identify of Cohen 'skank' blogger
- Welcome to the Internet only AOL ex/users give real info.Welcome to the internet everyone. It is amazing how many dummies give out real information to services that should not be given real information. This is a product of AOL where dummies who shouldn't have been on the internet got onto...
- Tags: Blogging, INTERNET, Cohen, blogger, defamation, real name, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-19
- Google reveals identity of Cohen 'skank' blogger
- There's no denying the sex appeal of a story featuring a gorgeous model, a mean-spirited name-calling detractor, allegations of sleazy sexual behavior, blogs and Google. That's a hit-chaser's wet dream. But of meatier concern: does a court's order that Google turn over the identity of the blogger who called Liskula...
- Tags: Google Inc., Identity, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-08-19
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