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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Trends For Websites Rocks, Unless You Want Data On Google — The new Google Trends product that measures website traffic (the old product simply measures search queries) is a great way to get data on website traffic. It may not be perfect, but it's yet another data source …
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Andrew Chen / Futuristic Play:
MySpace versus Facebook: Analysis of both traffic and ad revenue, using Google Trends — (above, Facebook beating MySpace in Australia with the crossover at Oct 07) — MySpace versus Facebook — As some of you know, I've previously written about the MySpace versus Facebook topic, both a year ago in the post Wanna bet?
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Does Facebook's Overseas Growth Matter? — Earlier this month, I shared with you my post that called for a big wake-up call for Social Networking sector, thanks to the presence of too many me-too players at a time when recent traffic trends are showing signs of hitting a plateau.
Steve Gillmor / TechCrunch:
Surviving the Net — Who controls TinyURL (or Snurl or other URL shortener) controls the high ground in the battle for the Internet platform. Here's why: Our brains are wired to protect ourselves from threats to our food, oxygen, and water sources. Most attacks on our supply chains come …
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
MPAA Says It Doesn't Need Evidence to Convict Pirates — Threat Level reports that the MPAA now argues that it has the right to demand up to $150,000 in damages per illegally downloaded file, without having to proof that someone actually downloaded that file. — Yes we know, this doesn't make sense at all.
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David Kravets / Threat Level:
MPAA Says No Proof Needed in P2P Copyright Infringement Lawsuits — The Motion Picture Association of America said Friday intellectual-property holders should have the right to collect damages, perhaps as much as $150,000 per copyright violation, without having to prove infringement.
Michael Hirschorn / New York Times:
Success Story 2 — Great paradigm-shifting narratives — entrepreneurs seeing clarity where others saw only fog — often have a feeling of manifest destiny about them. What's striking about David A. Price's history of Pixar, the computer animation studio behind “Toy Story,” “The Incredibles” …
Arn / MacRumors:
WWDC Snow Leopard and Safari 4 Screenshots — German site Apfeltalk.de has posted (via Engadget) screenshots from Safari 4 as well as Apple's preview release of Snow Leopard given to developers at WWDC. — Not surprisingly, since the next version of Mac OS X is being billed as having few new features …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Where In The World Is Jerry Yang? — People have been wondering about Jerry Yang all week. He's been quiet since the NYTimes article calling for his head was published last weekend. — This isn't an issue of him simply being out of town. He was in Washington D.C. on Wednesday meeting …
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Robby Stein / Official Gmail Blog:
Evolution of Gmail chat — Often, the features we launch seem so simple that you might think they're the result of blatantly obvious design decisions. In fact, every feature is subjected to a healthy dose of scrutiny within the Gmail team, and usually that includes rapidly iterating …
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Jeremy Crane / Compete Blog:
May Search Market Share Update: Crowd Sourcing Works! — See I told you we wouldn't stop! As it turns out people are paying attention to this search share stuff. On Monday we released our May Search Share numbers. As a result of some conversations we were having with Danny Sullivan …
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Waxy.org:
Interview with Alan Taylor, Creator of Boston Globe's The Big Picture — With its vibrant oversized photographs and minimalist design, the Boston Globe's The Big Picture weblog launched on June 1 to instant global acclaim. It's designed, programmed, and written by Alan Taylor …
