{"id":22348,"date":"2021-05-04T15:58:36","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T19:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=22348"},"modified":"2021-06-10T14:27:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T18:27:06","slug":"mike-b-around-the-interwebs-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/04\/mike-b-around-the-interwebs-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike B Around the InterWebs"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a reminder, the FeedBurner email feed of my posts is going away. I would suggest that if you want to follow my writing that you subscribe to the Near Media Newsletter<\/a> where I am joining David Mihm and Greg Sterling to focus on local search, social and commerce.<\/p>\n

Some recent writings and podcasts:<\/p>\n

Articles:
\nAmazon’s Ruthless Efficiencies <\/a> In Amazon’s efficiencies and ruthlessness we see all of the contradictions of American commerce and culture. Note that the cartooned we created for this article is probably NOT PG rated.<\/p>\n

Podcasts & Video<\/p>\n

The Near Memo, Episode 13 5\/1\/2021<\/a> with David Mihm and Greg Sterling
\nIs Apple being paternalistic to not allow advertisers to provide ATT incentives? Can Yelp make their way with transactions? Amazon, amazing profits, amazing (& ruthless) efficiencies<\/p>\n

The Near Memo, Episode 12 4\/24\/2021<\/a>
\nZagat reviews, but shorter and more visual, rise from the Google ashes; The FTC ability to levy fines as a deterrent is knee capped by SCOTUS; Apple privacy changes AND review capability coming this week.<\/p>\n

Last Week in Local for Week Ending May 3, 2021 <\/a>with Carrie Hill & Mary Bowling, Links to all articles on LocalU
\nConversion pointers for website content, why you should still be building some citations & more<\/p>\n

Last Week in Local April,26 2021<\/a>
\nRestaurant staffing \u201cwoes\u201d, privacy moves from Google & Facebook, Local Car dealership results, and much more.<\/p>\n

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As a reminder, the FeedBurner email feed of my posts is going away. I would suggest that if you want to follow my writing that you subscribe to the Near Media Newsletter where I am joining David Mihm and Greg Sterling to focus on local search, social and commerce. Some recent writings and podcasts: Articles: …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t