The big news is that the Irish Times is pulling down the pay-wall, as well as moving the online version of the paper to www.irishtimes.com. I’m more interested in dissecting the way the news arrived…

Social network apparently just sold themselves for the nice sum of $850m…

Some interesting figures about Online marketing spends in Europe during 2007.

If you work Online in Europe I imagine you have a good idea of the main findings…

Linking out is a good thing for any website. It can help to signal topicality. It can help o create networks.

But sometimes excessive outbound linking can and does hurt your Search Engine rankings…

Funda, the website behind the top Irish viral to hit the Internet last year (and probably since) is shutting down.

In a departure from my usual marketing style of writing I’m putting on my economists hat for a wee bit.

So now Sky Handling Partner are sending legal threats.

Reputation management of the poorest quality…

I’m flying for about 20 hours later today. God I hope Sky Handling Partner lose my bags

It’s almost frightening to see just how quickly YouTube is rising to complete ascendency.

“News To Me” – A new CNN show compiled completely from user generated content.

web2.0 meets TV2.0?

This ad is (apparently) too political to be broadcast on Irish television or radio.

Could whoever is last out please turn out the lights.

It’s funny how a search for one thing can lead you to something quite another.

Here’s a funny job advert I stumbled across, and an insight into the difficulties of launching a Social Media site in a small market like Ireland.

(Oh, and some future fodder for my ‘dismantling’ skills.)

Social Media is a fascinating strand of the marketing mix, and the number of companies that are leveraging Social Media Marketing (SMM) is increasing dramatically.

Yesterday I heard a radio ad that surprised me quite a bit, and today I’ve come across some fantastic data that shows just how impressive SMM can be when you get it right.

Most people will have no idea what ‘OneBox’ is. But if you use Google there’s every chance you have seen and use OneBox on many occasions.

And now that local search results are being returned in the OneBox on Google you had better understand what might soon happen to your coveted top SERP positions.

A nice little service that lets users vote on the impact the actions of large companies have.

Do you think this would be a good idea for Irish politics?