links for 2007-05-02

Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 12:19

• Wall Street Journal: Keywords: a Growing Cost for News Sites
  Newspapers are spending more and more on keyword advertising for news stories. The New York Times “now buys tens of thousands of them a year.”
  (tags: newspapers online seo search virginiatech google yahoo adwords)
• Editor & Publisher: Virginia Tech J-School Class Writing First Book on Massacre
  Journalism studentsat Virginia Tech are writing the first book about the shootings. Much of the book will focus on the experience of a journalism class that was locked down for three hours during the massacre.
  (tags: virginiatech journalism education)
• Editor & Publisher: Google Helping Open State Public-Record Databases Online
  “By providing free consulting and some software, Google Inc. is helping state governments make reams of public records that are now unavailable or hard to find online easily accessible to Web surfers.” UK next, please!
  (tags: google epic transparency foi privacy)
• FT Alphaville: Dow Jones and Murdoch – news from the blogosphere
  The FT blog rounds up blogosphere’s view on Rupert Murdoch’s Dow Jones takeover bid.
  (tags: dowjones newscorp wsj)

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