Blimey. Just had a call from Mel, who’s just had a text from Steve Ballmer. Microsoft are going to  buy Yahoo at $31 a share!

 This representings total equity value of approximately $44.6 billion.

 But the more important thing for all of us is that there will be two players, not three.

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Don’t believe all the hype you hear in SMO. Last year one of the most hyped successes in Social Media Marketing (SMM) was the Stormhoek Case study. Hey – that’s a CNN link, so it MUST have been great huh?

Well I was with a prospective client yesterday who has been a wine merchant Continue reading...

See? No lose situation. Continue reading...

After our site got scraped, I found myself in a debate with Matt Cutts on ideas that could minimize the dangers of people stealing content moving forward. No promises from Matt of course, but it has led to some ideas that Matt’s team found useful. Continue reading...

I was at a breakfast meeting once, when a solicitor said “I don’t know about you, but I’ve never read any of those long tick box terms and conditions, Have you?

Well… sadly I sometimes do. But I think his approach is better. I think that 90% of all online Terms and Conditions contracts may be Continue reading...