Archive for May 31st, 2008
Since my Twitter question got such a response, I have another open query. Has anyone come across a good guide to Google News optimization? My site does very well in the web results category, but we get creamed in news, despite our standing as the #1 local site in the market. I’m set up on site maps, and I’ve tried to optimize, but I’m frustrated by the lack of good actionable info online (what little there is seems to be targeted at poser news sites). Anyone have good ideas?
May 31st, 2008
TheWB.com is in private beta, but NewTeeVee got a sneek peek of the site, which promises to resurrect many of the old WB shows along with some new original content. “Features are similar to Hulu — you can link to and embed episodes and clips of episodes — but the layout is less clean and clear,” writes Liz Gannes. “One excellent addition is the capability to search within video transcripts for specific words.” Shows include Friends, Buffy, The OC and the Gilmore Girls. We just registered for the private beta, so we’ll post more once/if we’re allowed in.
May 31st, 2008
RedLasso records thousands of hours of network, cable and even local TV broadcasts, and then it makes the video available for bloggers to edit out “limited duration clips” and embed them on their sites. It’s become very popular during the political season, and as you might imagine, has drawn the legal attention of some of the networks. CBS, NBC and Fox have demanded that RedLasso stop distributing its video, and RedLasso responded by saying it will “continue to make its site available for use by bloggers providing social commentary on newsworthy events as it continues to work towards cooperative, mutually beneficial arrangements with those and other content providers.”
I don’t think this requires a legal genius to figure out what’s going to happen next.
May 31st, 2008
