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	<title>Michael J. Evans:  Law + Technology + Marketing &#187; Online News and Blogs</title>
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	<description>How lawyers can use the Internet, social media, online video, and technology to attract clients, be more effective, make more money, and have more fun.</description>
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		<title>Google and the Gulf oil spill at BP&#8217;s Deepwater Horizon oil rig</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 07:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Evans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve recently been blogging (with some help) about the Gulf oil spill at BP&#8217;s Deepwater Horizon oil rig. When I started the blog, I was struck by the fact that there were no pay-per-click lawyer ads when I used Google News to search for articles. But that changed in a hurry. Within a couple of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crowdsourcing solutions for the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 04:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Evans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve got 3 new posts at BPOilNews.com about the use of social media and crowdsourcing to empower the public to help with the oil spill at BP&#8217;s Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf. The Louisiana Governor&#8217;s Homeland Security Department has an active Twitter account (@GOHSEP)that is well-used, and the Louisiana Bucket Brigade is using [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BP&#8217;s &#8220;greenwashing&#8221; vs. their actual record of lawsuits, fines and criminal convictions</title>
		<link>http://www.mjevans.com/consumer-protection/bps-greenwashing-vs-their-actual-record-of-lawsuits-fines-and-criminal-convictions</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 04:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Evans</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Protection]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve posted a new article at BPOilNews.com about BP&#8217;s history of lawsuits, fines and criminal convictions for oil spills and other safety and environmental violations. I was surprised to discover just how bad BP&#8217;s record actually is. Here are the first two paragraphs: By now we’re all familiar with the latest national environmental crisis. An [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese drywall a problem? We&#8217;re from the government, and we&#8217;re here to help. (Rriiiight).</title>
		<link>http://www.mjevans.com/consumer-protection/chinese-drywall-a-problem-were-from-the-government-and-were-here-to-help-rriiiight</link>
		<comments>http://www.mjevans.com/consumer-protection/chinese-drywall-a-problem-were-from-the-government-and-were-here-to-help-rriiiight#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Evans</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet For Lawyers 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mass Torts and the Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Advertising]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chinese sheetrock]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I&#8217;ve mentioned on this blog before, I&#8217;m involved in an Internet campaign to spread information and make legal services available to people who have had the misfortune to find Chinese drywall installed in their homes or businesses.  As we&#8217;ve done many times over the past decade, my partner and I have organized an alliance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FTC: No payola (without disclosure) for bloggers or other members of social media</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Evans</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guerilla Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online News and Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blog for pay]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FTC finally got around to issuing guidelines for bloggers and &#8220;guerrilla marketers&#8221; who hype products in exchange for products or money.  If you have the time and interest, or if you need something to read before going to sleep, check out the 81-page- long Text of the Federal Register Notice. Adweek notes: &#8220;The FTC chose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WordCamp Birmingham &#8217;09</title>
		<link>http://www.mjevans.com/search-engine-optimization/wordcamp-birmingham-09</link>
		<comments>http://www.mjevans.com/search-engine-optimization/wordcamp-birmingham-09#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Evans</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online News and Blogs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Website Development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I attended the first day of WordCamp Birmingham, a gathering of WordPress bloggers and developers. There were some very informative sessions.&#160; The highllight of the event was a &#8220;WordPress Town Hall Meeting&#8221; presided over by Matt Mullenweg, the founding developer of WordPress.&#160; Matt, who has a great sense of humor and is very entertaining, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online news, blogging, and journalistic ethics</title>
		<link>http://www.mjevans.com/consumer-protection/online-news-blogging-and-journalistic-ethics</link>
		<comments>http://www.mjevans.com/consumer-protection/online-news-blogging-and-journalistic-ethics#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Evans</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online News and Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online news]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In June of 2008 I attended AlwaysOn&#8217;s OnHollywood conference, primarily for the part of the program dealing with online journalism.  In one panel discussion, the moderator asked several CEOs of online news services whether &#8220;new media&#8221;, including bloggers and the 24-hour news cycle, had caused a deterioration in journalistic ethics.  The moderator hypothesized that, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Labs adds new toys: &#8220;Similar Images&#8221; and &#8220;Google News Timeline&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.mjevans.com/google/google-labs-adds-new-toys-similar-images-and-google-news-timeline</link>
		<comments>http://www.mjevans.com/google/google-labs-adds-new-toys-similar-images-and-google-news-timeline#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Evans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Official Google blog today reports two new services you may want to try. One is the &#8220;Similar Images&#8221; search which allows you to find images that are, well, similar to another image.  Another toy that may prove more useful to some of us is the &#8220;Google News Timeline.&#8221;  According to Google&#8217;s blog, &#8220;Google News [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yamaha Rhino recall &#8211; finally</title>
		<link>http://www.mjevans.com/dangerous-products/yamaha-rhino-recall-finally</link>
		<comments>http://www.mjevans.com/dangerous-products/yamaha-rhino-recall-finally#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Evans</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dangerous Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mass Torts and the Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Legal Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online News and Blogs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the projects in which I am involved is the ATV Attorney Alliance, a national network of law firms we organized to pursue ATV accidents&#8211;primarily the Yamaha Rhino, an incredibly unstable vehicle which can roll over at low speeds on flat ground. To make matters worse for Rhino owners, many of the Rhinos were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use online video to do things you can&#8217;t do on TV</title>
		<link>http://www.mjevans.com/online-news-and-blogs/use-online-video-to-do-things-you-cant-do-on-tv</link>
		<comments>http://www.mjevans.com/online-news-and-blogs/use-online-video-to-do-things-you-cant-do-on-tv#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Evans</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guerilla Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet For Lawyers 101]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[TV can be a great marketing tool for lawyers, but it has limitations: (a) a 30 to 60 second message; (b) the need to gain your viewer&#8217;s confidence in 30 or 60 seconds; and (c)  the need for the potential client to  remember how to contact your firm. I believe you can use online video [...]]]></description>
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