The world of digital media and online travel implodes a little more.
Yahoo!7 has signed a deal to acquire online travel site totaltravel.com and Rohan Lund, CEO of Yahoo!7, was quoted as saying that the acquisition will be beneficial for both consumers and advertisers, as users are given more relevant content and advertisers, [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Yahoo!7 acquires totaltravel.com
What would you do if your favourite news site began charging?
This was a question in a survey published by paidContent:UK, and it reveals something that does not surprise me at all.
74% of people said they would go to another site.
Would Australian Media companies see all of their traffic go immediately to the ABC?
Interestingly though, those who have money are less likely to pay:
Younger readers are [...]
Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Google does not use the keywords meta tag in web ranking
According to Google’s spam expert Matt Cutts, Google no longer uses the keywords meta tag to determine search ranking.
Q: Does this mean that Google ignores all meta tags?
A: No, Google does support several other meta tags. This meta tags page documents more info on several meta tags that we do use. For example, we do [...]
No women in the JJJ Hottest 100?
This article raised an interesting point, I have heard a few comments about this from friends but it’s interesting to hear that someone is taking notice.
THERE are no women, Bob Dylan appears just once and Elvis Presley is nowhere to be seen — it was enough to trigger an investigation by two ABC [...]
Snubble Part I
Snubble was a small gnome, crooked and bent from spending hours in his workshop. His round glasses filled his face as he peered at his books beneath the light of one dull candle; he was deep in thought and pondering the designs for another fantastic creation.
He was no ordinary gnome; he was the inventor of [...]
spectator.co.uk charging for content
Spectator is to charge for online content that is contained within the print magazine while web site only content remains free. They also offer a Kindle subscription for $4.99 a month.
“Our website is profitable within its own right, through advertisers and sponsors, and its bespoke online content will remain free. But the magazine is [...]
livenews.com.au closes down
Macquarie National News have decided to close livenews.com.au and focus on their radio audiences and the 2GB and 2CH web sites.
The announcement on the livenews.com.au web site:
The Macquarie Radio Network has decided to close down the livenews.com.au website.
We thank you for your support and loyalty over the past couple of years.
My Oath
My Oath:
I swear:
never to commit violence against women,
never to excuse violence against women, and
never to remain silent about violence against women
This is my oath.
I took this oath at myoath.com.au
Why swear?
UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon has labelled violence against women the most prevalent violation of human rights on the planet. And Australia is far from immune. Currently, [...]
Dell “scammed” consumers and is only fined 1% of it’s quarterly profits
For personal use, I have bought nothing but Dell for the last few years and they have stuffed me around no end and have also not delivered on the promises they made to me. Things are changing though, I have gone with ASUS eee’s for travel and work purposes while a Mac is next for [...]
Media news update
How to Charge for News Online? Ask the Tech Giants
Some of the world’s most prominent technology companies are offering suggestions to publishers on how they can charge readers for news online.
IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp. and Google Inc. — a company some newspapers blame for helping dig their financial hole — [...]