Catching Up: Link Spam Tricks, Internet Ad Spending, and FDA Troubles

By Paul Kedrosky · May 31, 2007 · ·

Catching up on a few things from my ever-crowded link box:

  • Spammers have come up with a way to use MTurk to generate “organic” link clicks (Amazon via Greg)
  • The calls for separating efficacy and safety testing at the FDA are being renewed (NY Times)
  • Internet ad spending continues to climb, while TV spending declines (TNS M-I/TBA)
  • Great collection of “found photo art” via Google new Streetview feature (Wired)
  • Seattle spammer allegedly responsible for billions of messages a day (Seattle P-I)

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