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In a blog post on Friday, Google made its most direct warning that it would be tweaking search algorithms to punish “content farms” — cheap producers of Web content that either copied or scraped information from other publishers. Demand Media could suffer in particular.

Continue reading Is Google Ready to Send ‘Content Farms’ Out to Pasture?

Is Google Ready to Send ‘Content Farms’ Out to Pasture? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:40:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Technology, Columns, Media, Google , Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL

Better-than-expected earnings from General Electric helped lift the Dow and S&P 500. The Nasdaq closed lower after disappointing results from chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices. Overall, the week’s strong earnings bode well for coming corporate reports.

Continue reading The Dow Snaps Two-Day Losing Streak

The Dow Snaps Two-Day Losing Streak originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:39:00.

Filed Under: Investing, Earnings, General Electric , Bank of America, AMD, AOL, NYSE, Video, Stocks in the News, Market News

Among Monday’s top online stories for investors: Mining for treasures in the AMEX, why we desperately need a better Google, Jim Cramer’s top Dow picks for 2011.

Continue reading Daily Blogwatch: The Bullish Case for 2011

Daily Blogwatch: The Bullish Case for 2011 originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 03 Jan 2011 08:30:00.

Filed Under: Columns, Investing, Alcoa, Bank of America, AOL

Among Wednesday’s top online stories for investors: Is Google shopping around to buy an alternative to Groupon? Why did Tony Conrad sell about.me to AOL so quickly? And how can investors cash in right now on Facebook’s $41 billion value?

Continue reading Daily Blogwatch: The Secret Story of Apple’s Third Co-Founder

Daily Blogwatch: The Secret Story of Apple’s Third Co-Founder originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:30:00.

Filed Under: Columns, Investing, Google , Apple, Facebook, AOL

Internet company AOL (AOL) agreed to purchase about.me Inc, a website that lets people create a single personal profile page that presents their online identity.

About.me lets users bring together profiles on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, e-mail, blogs and more.

About.me’s co-founder Tony Conrad and his team will join AOL’s Consumer Applications Group, AOL said in a statement.

The…

Continue reading AOL to Buy Online Profile Site About.me

AOL to Buy Online Profile Site About.me originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 07:25:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Technology, AOL