Google Demotes Search Results That Don't Get

No Picture, No Footage, No Story. The People These Days Require Some Visual Evidence In Order To Believe What They Read.

Relentless And Cynical Traffic-trawling Is Bad For The Soul.

Publishing Should Be A Collaboration Between Authors And Their Smartest Readers - And At Some Point The Distinction Should Become Meaningless.

Google And Others Truncate Headlines At 70 Characters. On The Manti Teo Story, Deadspin's Scoop Fell Down The Google Search Results, Overtaken By Copycat Stories With Simpler Headlines. Deadspin's Headline Was 118 Characters. Vital Information - 'hoax' - Was One Of The Words That Was Cut Off.

Henry Blodget Does Occasionally Have A New Idea. If You're Making A Point About Aggregation Or The Emptiness Of Modern Journalism, He's Far From The Best Target. Try Huffpo - Or Gawker Writers Whose Souls Have Been Corroded By Irony.