McDonalds (and by the way, someone tell McDonalds, that users get a 500 Internal Server Error for visiting McDonalds.com, but can see the site perfectly fine at www.mcdonalds.com – as of February 1, 2010) was founded in 1948(see McDonald’s History.) Since then, McDonalds has expanded from one restaurant to a franchise that is around the
[Continue Reading...]Mashable To Sell To AOL?
Oh goodness… please let this not be true. If Yahoo! can kill great sites efficiently without a reason, AOL can do it just as well. I was reading an article on Inventorspot called Is “Mashable” Cashable? and I was angry – like angry I wanted to beat someone. I do not care if Pete Cashmore
[Continue Reading...]The Right To Comment
I recently read an article called Censorship? at The Krazy Train, a fairly new blog. The woman had her comments deleted from another person’s blog because she disagreed with the site owner. Now, this is not a rant post, but something out of years of blogging that I have come to know. There really are
[Continue Reading...]Just Another Reason Why Quality Rules Over Quantity With Followers
Not to hate on people with a large number of following, because I have quite a few myself, but apparently you cannot maintain a good relationship outside 150 people. Yes, this has been covered in the Mashable article Your Brain Can’t Handle Your Facebook Friends. Where did the number of 150 come from? It is
[Continue Reading...]Guest Blogging: Does It Really Help Your Site?
Yes it does! Guest blogs, can really spice up your site and allow your visitors learn more. Of course, it takes a lot of guts for a site owner to open their blog up to another person, but if the person that is guest posting is knowledgeable in their field, the post itself could prove
[Continue Reading...]Social Network Sites And Blogging Are Hurting the News Industry?
Come on, really? Well, it was enough to read this over several sites, including a recent WebProNews article named Do Facebook and Twitter Threaten or Complement the News Industry?. A lot of news syndications have handles online and I doubt they are hurting. In fact, the choice to have an internet handle, I am pretty
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