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Getting ready for the next Rove attack Monday, September 15, 2008 by Dave Winer. A picture named bozo.gif1. I totally don't trust Rove when he says that McC has gone too far. I wouldn't take the bait and pass this on as the Obama folk are doing. There's got to be a virus in there somewhere. Some devious trap that springs later in this process. Rove is like the original wingnut idiot blogger, he's been practicing so long, he's the #1 troll in the USA, something I'm sure he's proud of. I've been fending off trolls almost as long as he's been one. Permalink to this paragraph 2. I don't trust McC when he says, again, that the fundamentals of the economy are strong. The first time he said it he didn't have coaches, we were seeing the original confused Mind Of McCain, raised in politics before Gotchas were such an artform. This new McC is always on message, so when he said this, it was part of, probably the beginning of, a campaign that's about to launch. Then almost immediately you can see what it is. Permalink to this paragraph

Audiences are skipping TV spots with their DVRs and learning how to ignore ads on the web. Instead, they're talking (bluntly) about products and brands on Twitter, chatting about them on Facebook and searching for the reviews and opinions of other customers on Google before they buy. Armed with free, easy-to-use tools that allow them to ask trusted friends what they think or give an unsolicited opinion to hundreds in an instant - it's word of mouth on fire. The truth is, as people are increasingly empowered by social media, marketers are losing control. In a lot of ways these trends are great news for the world because more customers are getting the real story and finding out from each other which products and services have real value, and which ones don't. But where does this leave the people who've build honest businesses being experts in push strategies that used to work? A lot of them are scratching their heads wondering "How the hell are we going to make money now?"

Lijit | Search - detroit free press An example of a social network diagram. Image via Wikipedia Handy having Lilit at the top of my blog for a quick search ! What if, when your readers searched you, their search would also include results from your social network and everything those people have created too? Not only would their search return your blog posts and bookmarks, but it would also return blog posts your colleagues and friends have written about LCD vs. Plasma technology, bookmarks they've made about great sites to purchase HDTVs, and posts from blogs they read that discuss HTDV programming. Using the power of people, their content, and their connections, Lijit enhances the way your readers search for and discover information on the internet. You serve as a filter for all of the results your readers could possibly receive, ensuring they only receive the most relevant results from the source they trust…YOU. Just like it works in real life. Lijit | Search - detroit free press. Related articles by Zemanta

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