Discussion Question #4

The rapid rate of social media and social networking is in no way a fad but is definitely substantive. Social networking in media is moving far beyond the consumer world into the business arena—my take on this is that it's all because of the amount of traffic these social networking and media sites bring in that pushes businesses to use those networks. The businesses are taking advantage of this and seizing this opportunity to publicize their company more. These technologies are substantive and will remain the same unless a new advancement in technology is much better than the social networking sites which I’m sure it will years from now. This new outlook will change businesses all over, on a global level, due to the attraction these networks bring, and there are a lot of ways this helps businesses revenue go up only if they can start a social networking site to attract more consumers. This is the most amazing thing someone could ever come up with—something that will change the way we collaborate and communicate. As of now it will forever remain and soon the social networking site and social media will be apart and an essential part of every business.

Attached is a site that will help support my thoughts on how social media and social networking has an impact on businesses:
http://blogs.cisco.com/news/comments/social_networkings_impact_on_modern_business/

Discussion Question #2

The term that describes this concept broadly is called Click Fraud--this is when users of thier own blog go about clicking links and navigating to sites in order to gain themselves a sum of money. Additionally, "Category Filtering" will also give publishers the ability to block ads that fall into specific categories such as dating, religion, and politics. Regardless of of how ads are targeted, they'll be filtered if they're within one of the selected categories. Google does this in the sense so that your ads will not be confused with their ads. I can totally understand why. For instance, what if you post one of your ads that are completely inappropriate and I’m quite sure Google would disagree with that and wouldn’t want something inappropriate to represent for them. Also, you are not supposed to click on your own ads, so there are ways to prevent you from just getting paid to click on your ads. I would have to say the Google step in combating this problem is reasonable because they only want the best, and they are trying to not let anyone mess that up for them.

Discussion Question #1

Honestly, I believe that the pro of blogging does not outweigh the cons of blogging. True enough blogging has its advantage of providing individuals with information at a rapid speed, but the question is how factual is this information. 98% of blogging is all opinionated, rather than a more formal approach, like the television or newspaper, of actually investigating the situation or event that transpires. Blogging is more on the lines of being, in my opinion, an advice column or something along those lines. Many people post things they heard from someone down the street, or how they feel at the present time about an incident. When you look at it—there still is a lack of factual information. The questions that we seek are How did this transpire, or what really happened, or maybe even Why? Unlike the television or newspaper, blogging does not provide us with the in depth factual information of events and state of affairs that we seek. Therefore, the formal way seems to be more of quality regardless of the time frame.