Archive for April 2009

Interview with Twitter StalkDaily Virus Author Mikeey

Welcome to The Drill Down interview series: the first in a series of discussions with movers and shakers in tech, social media, and the web on the issues that drive our online culture. Reg Saddler and I just got off the phone with a person claiming to be Michael “Mikeyy” Mooney, the author of the [...]

The Drill Down O83 – ncomment’s War

We’re pleased once again to have as our guest web comic artist Lee Garnett, creator of  ncomment. Lee joins us to discuss “War“, an epic three-part series about Digg, Reddit and the fractious conflicts between social communities. Later we further discuss SEO and link traffic implications of the Diggbar with SEO expert Ben Cook,  Digg’s [...]

Is TechCrunch Turning into Valleywag?

This is a guest post by Tom Cheredar, a Freelance Journalist/Reporter (and frequent contributor to   http://newassignment.net ) with an affinity for technology and all the wonderful culture it brings. Months ago Muhammad Saleem pointed out that TechCrunch’s redesign bears a shocking resemblance to the Gawker Media site templates. I thought it was interesting but [...]

Will the Diggbar Siphon Your Search Traffic?

This is a guest post by SEO expert Ben Cook Late last week Digg announced the release of their new Diggbar tool. In his blog post announcing the release, Kevin Rose highlighted the fact the new bar would allow Digg users to vote for a story “directly on the destination site” as well as use [...]

The Round Up 043 – Public Enemies and Nirvana

Andy Sorcini aka Mr. Baby Man from The Drill Down and Greg Davies aka cGt2099 from Social Blend join forces for The Round Up – a short mini podcast focusing on some entertainment news, with a preview of what’s coming up in Social Blend and The Drill Down.

In the 43rd edition of The [...]