Here Come Homeland Security Internet Police, and They're Already Shutting Down Web Sites They Don't Like | | AlterNet

The biggest issue on the web today in my opinion. The jist here is that by inferring that websites that
allow people to share copyrighted material could be terrorists, the Feds can now just call your web host
and put up their own page. That is crazy. Rule of law anyone?


Here Come Homeland Security Internet Police, and They're Already Shutting Down Web Sites They Don't Like | | AlterNet

Case Study - You Can't Fool Google For Long

I guess you could consider this Grey Hat Marketing.  That is, this guy reaped an unintentional benefit unintentionally.  This article briefly illuminates a Google weakness that was exploited by an a-hole merchant.  Back-links from relevant content.  Only the relevant content was a bunch of folks complaining about said a-hole.  The article links to another about the actual merchant and how he took advantage of his unpopularity by being even more unpopular.  Pretty amazing stuff.  The insight gained on Google's 'mindset' is priceless.

Google To Punish No-Good Sites With Revised Search Rankings

The most overlooked piece of news this year -The FCC and Net Neutrality

Net Neutrality is extremely important to all business owners.  If the wireless carriers can get their way, connecting to the web through them would allow them to block any websites the want to really.  Verizon could keep you from using skype on your mobile phone, Sprint could block access to Google searching and only allow Bing to work on your Sprint phone.  This would be horrible for end users of these devices.  Why is it such a big deal?  Worldwide more people will connect to the Internet using cellphone signals and wide area WIFI than will use a wired connection next year for the first time.

Read the article:

FCC Vote On Net Neutrality

Social Media Video - Amazing Facts In 3 Minutes Or Less.

This video really does explain in a very short amount of time how the web (and social media specifically) are rapidly changing the way people connect.  Amazing times indeed...
Networks like FB are not going away and we are now learning about 'Socialnomics' and mobile advertising and how it will all change even more very rapidly.  Especially if we lose net neutrality.