The Google Parasites (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News)

Opinion: Many small and midsize e-tailers are finding it hard to rely on Google’s goodwill in order to survive. (more…)

Google Desktop for Linux, Finally (PC World via Yahoo! News)

Google Inc. launched a Linux version of Google Desktop on Wednesday, almost three years after the product’s launch for the Windows operating system. (more…)

Friday Links 072907

iContact, formerly IntelliContact, secures $5.35 million in funding. iContact is a tool to create, send, and track email newsletters, surveys, and RSS feeds. Congratulations Ryan Allis!
Louise Rijk posts a great article on Social Media Marketing over at the Yahoo Publisher Network blog.
Todd Malicoat is at it again with 8 Simple Rules for Social Media Marketing […] (more…)

TopRank Team at the Lake

Sue, Jolina, Mike Y., Lee, Julie, Thomas, Dana, Max, Bill, Melinda, Roberta and Amie. Missing are Mike O., Chris and Anthony.
One of the cool things about working for TopRank is that during the summer, we operate on “summer hours”, which means the Friday work day ends (supposed to) at noon. Most of our team takes […] (more…)

DC To Webcasters: Drop Dead

Whatever happens with web radio from this point forward will depend on whatever concessions webcasters can wrest from SoundExchange and the record labels that back it.

If the SaveNetRadio coalition had hopes a Democratic majority might help it stave off a crippling royalty increase, they can probably pack those hopes in a sack, add a couple of bricks, and drop it into the Potomac.

BusinessWeek said the result of a recent House Small Business Committee hearing resulted in only an affir (more…)