One thing that always grinds my gears a bit is when a person reverts to over the top annoyance just to have their story seen and forget the rules of humanity in the meantime. To really help identify these users and why they are annoying, I wrote a post over at Search Engine Land entitled The 6 Types… [read more]

In case you haven't heard, Facebook is allowing for the creation of vanity "usernames" that will allow you to customize your Facebook address.  This change is a permanent and non-transferable ... so select wisely. What 'Usernames' Applies To Users will be able to register custom usernames for… [read more]

Yesterday, Digg announced the release of "Digg Ads" a new advertising platform that will hopefully pull their finances out of the red.  What is different about this form of advertising on Digg, is that it is the first time that they have mixed the content in with the ads. Ads will look exactly… [read more]