(image) Signal’s a bit crossed this week, given the Monday holiday, but we’re back on track with an expanded Friday version. And my, what a panoply of links have we! To them:
Worth Reading: The Social Intent Era (DD) It’s rather difficult to keep up with the implications of Facebook. Here’s a good overview.
The Most Interesting Uses of Facebook’s New Open Graph (ATD) Here’s more of a breakdown on the same.
Behavioral economics and facebook conspiracy theories (Jeff DeChambeau) It is what it says it is, but it’s interesting.
What Might A Facebook Search Engine Look Like? (Searchblog) In which I speculate.
The End Of The Echo Chamber (Slate) A major study on Facebook’s relationship with the independent web. As I’ve said many times, yin, and yang.
Twitter Calls on Former Apple Exec for Marketing Help (AdAge) Should be interesting. Twitter does have an “understanding gap” which it could bridge with marketing.
US Online Ad Spend to Close in on $40 Billion (eM) Close to 25% growth predicted.
William Gibson Calls SOPA ‘Draconian’ (WSJ) Here here, Bill.
Pages With Too Many Ads “Above The Fold” Now Penalized By Google’s “Page Layout” Algorithm (SEL) Huh. Danny wonders if Google itself might be penalized, were it to be crawled by Google…
On The Problem of Money, Politics, and SOPA (Searchblog) My take on what I think is a “signal” issue of our times.
The Secrets Apple Keeps (Slate) I covered Apple in 1987. Some things never change.
Google earnings rise 6%, but miss targets (Marketwatch) Well, you can’t beat every time, can you?
Jerry Yang Has Left the Building; Resigns From Yahoo, Alibaba Boards (MW) History, long unfolding.
Report: 31% of Display Ads Go Unseen (ClickZ) ER…yeah. They’re below the fold. A ton of them.
Kraft Uses Facial Scan Technology to Keep Kids Away From The Jell-O (Chasnote) Oh wow. Wow. Huh. Wow.
Data Is Great, But You Need to Learn When to Ignore It (AdAge) Just because you can measure it, doesn’t make it important.
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