It’s a Facebook themed Thursday for me today. Of course there is more to life than Facebook but you were never guess that considering the coverage it gets. As for today here are the two points of interest in the world of Facebook.

Facebook Rolling Out Questions Feature – Marketing Pilgrim

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So much going on today including a kinda weird paparazzi-esque look at Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg over at Gawker, federal rulings on controversial laws(admittedly not Internet marketing related but of great interest in general) and evidence that Android devices do make a difference to wireless providers. Here’s what I covered elsewhere for your reading enjoyment.

Would You Pay to Use Twitter? - Marketing Pilgrim

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Today was a relatively slow day for news. the funniest piece though that I didn’t write about was Yahoo! Japan going with Google for its search function. Boatloads of fun on that one!

Other stuff I wrote about:

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I think I fell asleep at the wheel during last week’s ridiculous heat here in NC. So I am going to get right back in the saddle with a few posts from today.

Aol. Looking for New Search Partner(s) – Marketing Pilgrim

As Aol. (that is their actual new logo / design, btw) continues to deflect charges of its content farm approach to filling up the web with (insert expletive here), it has realized that it also needs to get a new search agreement in place. Of course, if you create that much ‘content’ around important keywords (as opposed to actual observation and relevance) you better have a way to best sift through the crud.

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Monday Musings – Google Purchases, foursquare and Content Services

July 19, 2010

If you read that post title and thought that Google purchased foursquare then all I can say is “Made you look!” In the wake of the iPhone 4 press conference that was as anti-climactic as most things that happen in this space these days, here are a couple of the areas I have covered to [...]

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A Different Kind of iTune, Google Up But Down, Old School Marketing

July 16, 2010

It’s Friday and it’s hot here in my neck of the woods. OK, so it’s July but still …… it’s hot. Here’s a recap of the days musings from points across the net.
Google’s Q2 Success Still Not Enough for Investors? – Marketing Pilgrim

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Google Taps Ad Partner, iPhone Rumors, Online Listening Thoughts and My Personal Favorite, Craptent

July 15, 2010

Summer’s here and the time is right for dancin’ in the streets, right? Well, the news cycle is pretty slow so there is little dancing going on. There were a few things I wrote about today though that may interest you.
Google Lands Omnicom As Display Ad Partner – Marketing Pilgrim

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The Dog Days: ORM Meets FUD, PPC Goes Up, Google Likes Fiber and Old Spice Goes Viral

July 14, 2010

Wow. WHat a full day of interesting topics. Thank God for the general concept of online listening which is becoming the norm for businesses who are paying attention. The ‘news’ itself has been, well, pretty lame. Here’s what I was up to today.
Hard to Deny the ROI of ORM Unless You Suffer From FUD – [...]

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Monday Musings: reddit Begs, Cheap Tricks and CPM’s

July 12, 2010

Today was a Monday for sure. It felt like a Monday in July. Not much happening. I did manage to write about some stuff in a few places. Here’s a recap.
reddit Asking for Alms. Conde Nast Must Be So Proud – Marketing Pilgrim

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Thursday With Frank Includes Content Farms, ORM, Mobile Adoption Rates and Twitter Search Phew!

July 8, 2010

I was pretty busy today. Here’s the rundown of where i was doing some thinking.
Twitter Search Grows – Marketing Pilgrim

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