Earlier this week Google redesigned the user interface of Google Reader.
I hated it.
Still, no one likes change, so I gave it a few days to see if I would get used to it.
I still hate it.
Apparently, I am not the only one. Google News is full of reports of user backlash, a Huffington Post poll suggests 66% of users hate it, and even an ex-Google, who worked on the Google Reader team, hates it!
Chances are you’re a pro at using Facebook. You have your Page optimized, ads targeted, and your privacy settings impenatrable. So why is it that I see so many glaring issues that could cause the average person to have their account life hacked?
I come across these 5 issues below every day. Any one of them could result in a someone nefariously hacking your account, stealing your identity, or even ransacking your home. If you have these covered, congrats, but please share them with your Facebook friends, because many of them are leaving themselves vulnerable.
Can you believe that I now have to get permission from Frank to tell you about Trackur news. Something about integrity and transparency…. 
Well, after promising to disclose that I am the CEO of Trackur (as well as the publisher of Marketing Pilgrim), he agreed to let me tell you about Trackur’s big news.
Google+ monitoring has now been added to all paid plans. Yeah, you heard that right. All paid plans! That means you can get Google+ monitoring for just $18 a month!
Like you, we have our fingers crossed that Google+ has a longer shelf-life than Google Buzz did, because it takes some work to add a new source each time. 
One of the benefits of being the CEO of Trackur is that I get to approve crazy deals. You know, the kind that seem too good to be true?
Well, it must be the cooler temperatures, because I have just approved a FREE Gold Pass to PubCon Vegas to anyone that prepays for four months of our Ultimate plan.
Here’s the math on that:
As you may know, I’m also the CEO of social media monitoring tool Trackur. If you didn’t know that, then ta-da, I just sneaked my sponsored disclosure past you.
Anyway, I’m excited to announce that Trackur has just added fully managed social media monitoring to its existing self-service plans. Even though Trackur’s plans start at just $18, and are dead-easy to use, some companies still struggle to find someone on staff to carry out the vital function of online reputation monitoring. So, we’re testing a new fully-managed service that will assign one of our reputation experts to help manage your social media monitoring efforts.
We’re offering two new managed services:
According to AllThingsD, AOL, Yahoo and Microsoft unveiled plans to take on Google by joining forces to sell each other’s ad inventory. The plan is to try a collective approach to battling Google and others.
The strategy is also designed to help them claw back some ad spending that has ended up in the hands of ad networks in recent years.
Executives from all three companies briefed a group of top Web publishers and ad buyers about the plan at a dinner presentation last night in Manhattan. AOL, Yahoo and Microsoft hope to convince big Web properties to share some of their ad inventory as well, and to get big ad holding companies to funnel some of their purchases through the consortium.
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