New Congressional Bloggers

I’m experimenting with a new way of sharing some of the interesting articles I’m reading from around the web. These links will show up in real time (or nearly so) in the sidebar of Pardon the Disruption at ChipGriffin.com, but I also plan to batch them up and post them here for those of you who may not constantly check my web site.

Micro Persuasion: Google Pulls Shenanigans with Geo-Targeted RSS Ads The search company has apparently been testing localized ads without telling anyone. (tags: Google Geotargeting RSS Advertising)

The Washington Post covers the ongoing saga between bloggers and the FEC.

Online Media Daily reports: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said that its aggressive online viral campaign targeting trendy teen apparel retailer Wet Seal has led the company to agree not to carry fur this fall. PETA’s initiative, which leveraged the membership of social networking site MySpace, illustrates marketers’ newfound respect for online opinion,…

Steve Rubel points to a Pew statistic that shows 5 percent of users take advantage of RSS feeds.  That’s obviously a number that shows the technology is in its very early stages. The interesting thing to consider here is how RSS might impact politics in a few years.  For example, it could be used as…

Tom Formeski over at SiliconValleyWatcher reports that the rumored Moreover deal is done and the buyer isn’t someone anyone I know was guessing: VeriSign is about to announce it acquired Moreover Technologies, the San Francisco based news aggregator. The acquisition price is around $25m according to SVW sources. I have to confess that I don’t…