links for 2008-01-23

"While ranking in Google has gotten infinitely more difficult, it created a unique kind of second life for the market. It opened up new avenues of promotion, an entirely new level of targeting, and an affiliate economy that's second to none".

"Individuals concerned have a reasonable expectation that the BBC will not disclose details of their financial agreements with the BBC". True, but doesn't explain why they can't give anonymous figures, or a total top 20 talent spend number.

"At first astronomers were disappointed with pictures sent back from the surface of the Red Planet by the six-wheel robot 4 years ago". Odd, I seem to recall scientists being rather pleased that both robots landed safely and sent back excellent pictures?

"There is a growing trend for young people to communicate through telephone text messaging and also over the internet, whether it's email or chatroom forums". Superintendent Tim Jones makes an early bid for the 2008 'state the bleeding obvious' award.

"Images of child abuse are being hidden on satnav systems as paedophiles learn more sophisticated methods to hide their offences, police warn". In other breaking news, SD cards in cameras and USB sticks can *also* be used for storing digital files.

Serial currybetdotnet commentator Frankie on the failings of the BBC's blog comment moderation.

"Anytime anyone mentions your business in a blog post you will know about it, thanks to Google. Painfully easy to set up, this should take 15 mins, which is all the time your business needs to monitor the blogosphere". Any business NOT doing this is nuts.