12 geek movies to see before the 2013 summer blockbusters

Iron Man 3 opens the 2013 summer blockbuster season on May 3rd. This season (as with a few in the past decade) appears to be...

AuthorRank: Google’s rising algorithm masterplay is yours for the taking

Google Authorship has been around for a while. It has helped many bloggers and journalists stand out by having their images appear directly in search...

If you’re doing Facebook right as a business, there will be haters

There’s always a risk when it comes to aggressive advertising and marketing that many are unwilling to take. On television, radio, search, and display ads,...

By covering it up, CBS and CNET shine bright spotlight on Hopper

Do you remember who won CNET‘s “Best of CES” award last year? Probably not. What you likely will remember is who should have but didn’t...

Valuable commentary is the alternative to straight syndication or spinning

There was a time when the search engines rewarded content of all types. If a website syndicated content from elsewhere on the web and exposed...

Neil deGrasse Tyson isn’t just a scientist. He’s a philosopher as well. About doilies.

We all knew that astrophysicist Neil deGrass Tyson was an intelligent and witty man of science, an advocate for space and scientific exploration, and a...

Beware of self-appointed social media gurus, ninjas, and evangelists

A recent study by AdAge, which has been tracking such things since 2009, shows that there are over 180,000 people on Twitter who claim to...

400 million reasons Reddit may be headed to the dark side

Rumors are rumors and Techcrunch has been known to push them forward without base or backing. With that said, the latest Reddit rumor that they...

If you focus on 4 social media sites, you have 99% of your marketing covered

One of the biggest problems faced when businesses try to use social media as a marketing tool is that there are simply too many social...

Businesses should post fewer links and more interactions, text, and images on Twitter

The automation of Twitter for businesses continues to become the norm. As microblogging, interaction, and expression get replaced by RSS feeds, Facebook feeds, and post...

Dear Congress: End warrantless email monitoring immediately

We were so close. A non-controversial bill, the Video Privacy Protection Act, flew through the Senate and was sent to President Obama last week. The...

By catering only to big brands, @Klout is reducing its usefulness

Every few months, it seems that Klout makes changes to try to bring its importance to a higher level and push itself into the mainstream...

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