Hey, Idiot. Missing “View Through” Data on Your Online PR? Don’t Even Read This.

5 extra points to Tealium for remembering I downloaded a white paper, and shooting me a follow-up video (using campaign management tool). Just checked the “earls” and it’s Concentric). Hidden codes in URLs can be so informative. Negative 7 points for making the videos so damned boring… like a a cross between a dull conference…

Debtors Revolt (Ann vs. Bank of America)

Ann is a 46-year-old mother and mental-health professional and self described “conservative liberal, or liberal conservative, closet science nerd, shoe-addict, and beauty product-junkie.” She says she’s met herĀ  credit card balance limits and paid routinely, but that didn’t stop Bank of America from jacking up her interest rate to a whooping 30%. So she took…

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YouTube And Hulu’s Search Results Weakened by Business Limitations

The two largest video-sharing sites (YouTube and Hulu) have business models that increasingly limit their ability to act as a complete video search engines. YouTube has been a Google-esque fast tool for finding video clips that are getting offline buzz, but copyright-law enforcement is weakening it (full examples below). And of course Hulu is meant…

Fired for Twitter & YouTube

Tim Chantarangsu, aka TimothyDeLaGhetto2 was fired from California Pizza Kitchen for negative “tweets” about the company. His title is “Twitter Got Me Fired,” but I think publicly bashing his employer might be another way to explain it. He had previously tweeted the nickname “CaliporniaSkeetzaKitchen,” and called the new black-shirt uniforms “the lamest shit ever.” He…

YouTube May Sell Movies… But Can You Watch Them on Your HDTV?

The New York Times and Wall Street Journal have reported that YouTube is in discussions with studios to allow the #1 video-sharing site to sell digital movies (ala AppleTV, Netflix, TiVo, and Amazon.com). This could get more interesting this fall as $250 and under devices arrive this fall that facilitate YouTube streaming on your HDTV……