STL Social Media Guy

These are my links for August 2nd through August 8th:

• Pew Internet: Search Engine Use - The percentage of internet users who use search engines on a typical day has been steadily rising from about one-third of all users in 2002, to a new high of just under one-half (49%).
• Advertising - Google’s New Tool Is Meant for Marketers - NYTimes.com - Users can also slice the data into finer geographic areas than with Trends and view it on a map. And they can download the data onto spreadsheets to compare it to their own forecasts or research.
• The Mr. Spock Guide to Effective Blogging | Copyblogger - “ITry using a little Vulcan logic to move it in the right direction.” OK. This is a fun read. Thanks, Will. And for the record, I didn’t want “to Pon Farr his pointy ears off.”
• paidContent appears on Guardian site -
• If the FCC comes to regulate the Internet, newspapers will lose their freedom of the press « The Future of News - “…what if the FCC comes to regulate the Internet, as might begin to happen should they be given the right to enforce Net Neutrality policies?”
• Understanding Your Legal Risks When You Blog or Publish Online | Citizen Media Law Project - The risks you could face when you publish online can take a number of forms, depending on what and how you publish.
• TrekWeb.com - First Cut of Star Trek Movie Screened at Paramount with Impressive Results - What can I say? I’m a trekkie.
• Newspaper Consortium Picks Mike Silver As Its First-Ever Leader - Fantastic news for a man I have known and respected for a long time. (via Online News Squared)
• ONA News: 2008 Online Journalism Awards - Finalists - Finalists for the 9th annual Online Journalism Awards, which honor excellence in digital journalism, were announced today by the Online News Association (ONA).
• LATimes-er’s farewell blog item: 42 things I know - Telling reader’s comment: “You forgot to mention that the Times and other large papers forgot or dismissed the small business owner.”
• What’s really killing newspapers: They’re no longer the best providers of social currency. - By Jack Shafer - Slate Magazine - But to read a newspaper and then keep your trap shut is to miss the point: Newspapers are designed to be read and argued over.
• Net Law Luminaries File Amicus Brief in Lori Drew Case - “…the government’s theory … would impose criminal penalties for … violating a website’s terms of service, something … millions of Internet users do every day, often without even knowing it.”

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