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The Inconvienent Truth About Social Media Marketing

http://searchengineland.com/080214-080046.php

From the page: “Social media is hot. Everyone wants to be on Digg’s home page. Link baiting, especially using things like numbered lists, imperative rules or controversial hooks is the SEM strategy du jour. There’s just one — major — problem with spending so much time and effort on capturing the eyeballs of social media users.

Social media traffic does not monetize.”

Spam king indicted in stock fraud scheme| Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN0318015120080104

federal grand jury in Detroit has indicted a Michigan man dubbed the “spam king,” and 10 others, in an international illegal bulk e-mailing and stock fraud scheme, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.

The 41-count indictment charges Alan Ralsky, 52, of West Bloomfield, Michigan, his son-in-law, and nine others with operating an spamming operation that focused on running a stock “pump and dump” scheme.

Max, 19, hits the road | Travel | guardian.co.uk

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/travelog/2008/02/skins_blog.html

“Meet Max Gogarty – 19, from north London, spends his money on food, booze and skinny jeans, writes for Skins in his spare time. He’s off to India and Thailand to have a good time, and you can join him in his weekly blog”

You might wonder why this cliche is given the time of day on the Guardian’s website, until you read on and discover the nepotism behind it all.

Football: Sanchez wanted time to right Fulhams wrongs | Football | The Guardian

http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2256290,00.html

I think Sanchez was a little hard done by at Fulham, but we never should have sacked Coleman; Chris was never given a budget like Lawrie to build the team.

Early on in Sanchez’s tenure there were a couple of serious injuries and some bad referring decisions that robbed us of vital points. Seeing themselves in the wrong half of the table, the team lost confidence and now find themselves mired in the relegation zone, second bottom of the table.