YouTube denies NASCAR takedown of horrific Daytona Speedway crash video

With the thousands of automatic takedown notices for illegally uploaded videos flooding Google's inbox, it's nice to know that the legitimately bad requests by media companies aren't blindly approved.

Social ROI for business: index of 500 e-tailers shows social engagement doubles revenue growth

The Echo System, a company that helps brands measure the impact of their social-network initiatives, released its Echo Rank results for June today. The results show that online retailers with solid “social” customer engagement strategies vastly outperform laggards.

In fact, …