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This blog post was guest-written by Matt Hawkins, Senior Marketing Analyst. This January, we were thrilled to launch Ratings & Reviews for our first client in The Netherlands, huge retailer Wehkamp.nl.

This Yom Kippur, why not show off your political affiliation to the big guy upstairs with either the Obamica or the McCippah. Created by Shmuly Tennenhaus, a self-proclaimed Serial Entrepreneur based on eating Cocoa Puffs for breakfast, it's another example of consumer generated content (Cafe Press style) with a distinct political flavor this time.

A new site called SideTaker.com may be the greatest marriage and couples aide ever invented. The concept is that if you are fighting with your significant other and can't decide who is right and who's wrong then you can air it out anonymously while letting people of the world give you advice and make the decision on who should apologize.

http://www.fhaloansfhamortgages.com   FHA loans will no longer have mortgage insurance premiums based on a combination of loan-to-value ratios and credit scores. This actually starts today, October 1, 2008, and rescinds Mortgagee Letter 2008-16. This is for all FHA mortgages that have FHA case number assignments as of today.

Earlier this year, we posted about research from Universal McCann looking at the impact of social media. Thanks to Simon at Curiously Persistent, I came across some new and equally interesting research from the team their. This time they look at the influence we have online, how we respond and react to other people, and how user-generated content informs our decision making.

http://www.fhaloansfhamortgages.com   Are you ready for some more changes in the mortgage industry? Many of us know that there has been a lot of change, both with FHA loans and conventional loans. And the changes that I am about to mention have already been out there for about a month now, but this is more of a refresher post of information.

http://www.fhaloansfhamortgages.com   The Constitution of the United States of America "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of

This blog entry was guest written by Ashley Moreno, Marketing Analyst. Conversion rates and other metrics help make measuring the effects of UGC on retail Web sites fairly intuitive. With our latest case study, we hoped to better understand the effects of Bazaarvoice Ratings & Reviews on non-retail sites, where proving ROI can seem more difficult.

Turns out RealNetworks Inc.’s new DVD ripper, RealDVD, is as legal as its creator is litigious. RealNetworks (RNWK) debuted RealDVD this morning and along with it, a preemptive lawsuit against the Hollywood interests that will inevitably attempt to litigate it into oblivion.

As I spent much of Boston’s rain soaked weekend inside recuperating from a terrible cold I was able to catch up on some television. After finishing my DVRed content I was forced back to endure the commercial laden landscape of live television.