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It’s hard to believe this election season is finally drawing to a close. For some, Election Day will be the end of the road; for others, it will be just the beginning.
This election period has made history in several different areas. We’re not going to rehash all of them since media outlets have already outdone themselves covering that aspect of the election. However, the impact of the Internet and technology in this election is something worth discussing.
Many of you have been following our coverage of the online gambling saga going on in Kentucky. For a quick recap, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear ordered the seizure and forfeiture of 141 illegal gambling websites.
Ironically, Beshear’s primary focus in his race to become governor was to bring casinos into Kentucky. He claims his recent action is an effort to abolish illegal and unregulated gambling. However, Kentucky does allow gambling on horse racing and bingo and also has a state lottery.
Since he is no stranger to the Internet world, Jimmy Wales’ opinion is held with respect. Being aware of this, WebProNews asked him not only about Wikipedia and Wikia Search, but also about a proposed “Googleopoly” and Yahoo/AOL merger. Watch as his answers might turn out to surprise you.
With the election just a couple of weeks away, WebProNews caught up with Eric Frenchman, the Chief Internet Strategist for McCain-Palin to talk about remaining Internet strategies. Since the Presidential race is tight, Eric emphasizes the importance of geotargeting and microtargeting everything. He says this same principle should be applied to other campaigns as well.
Tension is continuing to build as Kentucky moves forward with its action against illegal gambling websites. As we have reported, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear ordered a seizure of 141 gambling domain names. A hearing took place last week in which many motions were filed. Oral arguments are scheduled to begin October 7th at the Franklin County Circuit Courthouse. Watch as Abby Johnson reports.
We met Richard Jalichandra last year at the BlogWorld Expo 2007, just 40 days after he had been named the CEO of Technorati. One year later, we met again at the BlogWorld Expo 2008 to discuss that first year. Richard catches us up on Technorati Media and the 2008 State of the Blogosphere. Find out all these details only on WebProNews.
The online community has been in an uproar since the news that someone is in the process of obtaining a trademark for the term “SEO.” Jason Gambert of Modern Consulting Solutions has gained approval from the Trademark Office and is now moving toward publication. WebProNews Reporter Abby Prince talked with Sarah Bird, Esquire, of SEOmoz, [...]
WebProNews takes a look back at some of the more interesting headlines and stories of the past week. Some topics covered are a few new Google features, lots of Microsoft/Yahoo action as well as a couple of new tools for the savvy SEO crowd.
For you’re your convenience, here are some of the links to [...]
Greg Jarboe, the President and Co-Founder of SEO-PR, discusses universal search with Mike McDonald at SES New York. Jarboe explains how universal search is impacting ranking, reputation management, and the way we think about search results. He has found that “17% of normal searches turned up with a universal search result.” Find out more of [...]
Product Manager of Live Search Webmaster Tools, Jeremiah Andrick spent the day here at the WebProNews headquarters. Our very own Mike McDonald took him on a wild, Kentucky escapade while picking his brain about Webmaster tools at MSN. Andrick discusses indexing issues, cloaking detection, and goes into detail about why AdSense showed up [...]