Feb 15
26
Webcology #330 – Net Neutrality and the Common Carrier
Air Date: February 26, 2015
The “Jim takes a victory lap around the maypole of digital rights” edition.
Net Neutrality Rules!
The FTC is moving forward to classify the Internet as a public utility! By reclassifying ISPs as common carriers, the FTC has effectively mandated all signals must be given the same digital priority regardless of origin or content. This means the tradition of Net Neutrality continues except now it’s a law.
Also:
- Irony thy name is Revenge. This guy named Craig Brittain is the man behind several revenge porn sites. Craig Brittain is a bit of a, umm, jerk. So he’s trying to whip out his ideas about digital law to protect himself and have his personal information removed from the Internet. In other news, Craig Brittain, the man behind several revenge porn sites, was able to exemplify the words Irony and Karma in the very same context. You have to be earning a lot of bad-person-points to do that.
- is making money off YouTube. As it turns out, Google’s investment and maintenance costs are so high, and the ad revenues so low, virtually no one is making money at YouTube today.
- Google issuing SLOW warnings for non-mobile friendly websites;
- Google WebmasterTools is now warning about WordPress Plug-in Updates
Podcast: |
Jim Hedger
Jim Hedger is an organic SEO and digital marketing specialist. Jim has been involved in the online marketing industry since 1998 and a SEO since 1999. Best known as a broadcaster, interviewer, content writer and search industry commentator, Jim is a frequent conference speaker and organizer. He hosts the search focused radio show Webcology on WebmasterRadio.FM and is a WebmasterRadio.FM conference interviewer. Jim brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, passion and creative thinking to each project. Preferring a teamwork approach, Jim strives to inform and train his clients and their staff to run and maintain their own search and social media efforts.
Follow Me:
