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Full story: Multi lingua francas
Three separate but possibly related things about language and culture. BL Ochman writes about an English-language dilemma: In WebProWorld’s Google forum today, (registration required) the publisher of an Irish travel site wonders whether Google penalizes for spellings in Oxford English as opposed to American English. Respondents point out that if you are looking for high rankings in Google UK or other European versions of Google, Oxford English spellings may provide an advantage in rankings. The French are perceived as arrogant,…
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Full story: The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #128: April 13, 2006
Content summary: Steve Rubel and Jeremy Pepper bury the hatchet; Eric Schwartzman interviews Harold Burson, Matt Murray, Al Golin and Ali Velshi; PR Week US editor Keith O’Brien is public with his blog; BlogBurst syndicates blogs to top mainstream media; Dan York reports; is the PR blogosphere fractionalizing?; David Phillips reports; listeners’ comments discussion (FIR makes commute bearable, podcasts in the workplace, the Amazon/Naked Conversations fallout, social media behind the firewall, listening to FIR); FIR listener survey update; the music.…
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Full story: Funding for WordPress founders
Matt Mullenweg, the man behind WordPress, has got a little funding: […] The growth of WordPress.com and Akismet has outpaced anyone’s expectations. Recently, I made the decision to sell a minority stake in the company to a few select partners who I think are going to bring a lot of value to the business far beyond mere dollars. This isn’t going to change how the business is run, or the people involved with it, but it will allow us to…
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Full story: Starwood blog misses the point
Starwood Hotels & Resorts is the first major hotel company to make the leap into the blogosphere, says the Wall Street Journal, with a blog called TheLobby.com. But its initial approach to the genre has as much in common with advertising as it does with the wide-open world of blogging. The Journal’s view is just a starting point. There is so much not right with this blog that it’s hard to pick somewhere to begin. It looks nice and clearly…
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