Archive for October, 2008

Yahoo to fire 1,500 employees

Yahoo Inc will fire at least 1,500 workers to cope with a crumbling economy that dented its third-quarter profit and turned up the heat on the slumping Internet company’s management as investors stew over a missed opportunity to sell to Microsoft Corp for $47.5 billion. Read the rest of this entry »

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Google’s UK homepage gets royal makeover

Google Inc received the royal seal of approval on Thursday when it added a picture of the Queen to the logo on its British homepage to mark her visit to its London offices on Thursday.The image, known as a Google Doodle, shows the Queen in profile and a golden crown above the letter E of Google.The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will tour the Internet search giant’s British headquarters, a short walk from Buckingham Palace in central London.

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What is Social Media Optimization?

Every time I log into Facebook I find myself drawn to the ads the boarder my homepage. After all these ads are things that I am interested in, such as an advertisement reading “students fly home for $66” or “cheap I-pods.” Read the rest of this entry »

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