Internet Marker

In this Maureen Dowd piece she actually hyperlinks to Cars.com, not sure why exactly. Sometimes a newspaper will and sometimes they won’t link out to companies. But a link from the NY Times is very valuable. It doesn’t mean that much to Cars.com, they’re already a big company, but a small site or blog, that link is worth a great deal – that site’s Google page rank will shoot up.

Gary Speed, 58, who works for McClatchy’s Cars.com unit, drove half an hour from Groveland, Calif., with his wife, Margaret, to celebrate her birthday. He’s considering gold panning “as another source of income because I’m going to retire soon.” He was intent on not losing the gold flakes in his sluice. “That can buy a can of cat food,” he noted.

From the BBC:

A pet dog which was washed overboard and believed drowned has been found four months later – as a castaway on a remote Australian island.

Sophie Tucker – named after the famous US entertainer – vanished as Jan and Dave Griffith sailed through stormy waters off Queensland last November.

But unknown to her grieving owners, the plucky dog survived a long swim across shark-infested waters to an island.

There she lived on a diet of baby goats until being found by visiting rangers.

The Griffiths were amazed to hear of the discovery and have now been reunited with their pet.

A goal for history.