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For Sam Decker, the epiphany came when he was struggling with a volcano of slime. More specifically, it was a HotWheels Slimecano racing set, bought on Amazon.com as a Christmas present for his children, and it was a bear to put together on Christmas Eve. The pieces wouldn’t fit properly, and the river of slime refused to ooze. “I tried everything I could, both with and without the directions, and it just wouldn’t work,” Decker says. “Finally I slammed it back in the box and went to Amazon to write a bad review. And I found that there were already 77 negative reviews on that site, all giving it one star out of five. And Amazon was still selling it.”

THE BLOGOSPHERE IS getting to be quite a crowded spot. At press time, Nielsen BuzzMetrics BlogPulse had identified about 32.9 million blogs on the global

Bazaarvoice, a hosted service that manages customer rating and review functions for Web sites, has launched a service that will syndicate those reviews out to consumer portals and shopping comparison sites.

According to Steve Rubel’s Micro Persuasion blog, the newest issue of Wired magazine contains some in-depth discussion about splogs and how they present a challenge for search engines and the blogosphere.

Country Music Television is seeking a new venue to promote its latest Jeff Foxworthy comedy show—a hospital delivery room.

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Celebrities and athletes are making their way to New York City streets today to greet their loyal fans, only not in person: Celebrities will be attending via blog. Online destination ChatWithAStar.com is rolling out a one-of-a-kind Blogmobile in which …

Potluck season is in full swing here in the Upper Midwest. We wrapped up the school year with a picnic outside the old middle school curried rice, mac

(Direct Newsline)—Marketers: Wary of associating with the uncertainties of blogs and unruly bloggers? Why not leapfrog directly to podcasting? At least that’s the advice offered by several advertisers at a recent Ad:Tech Chicago session on RSS and podcast advertising.

Marketers: Wary of associating with the uncertainties of blogs and unruly bloggers? Why not leapfrog directly to podcasting? At least that’s the advice offered by several advertisers at an Ad:Tech Chicago session on RSS and podcast advertising.