links for 2007-03-07

• Technorati’s Opportunities and Exit Options
  Good analysis of Technorati. You’ll note I commented on the post. I think Technorati has great potential, but needs some improvements. They also need some cash or an exit to stay in business.
  (tags: technorati search)
• Robert Scoble on Living in a Google World at Rocky Mountain Voices
  Robert Scoble walks us through how he starts his day and how he keeps abreast of the news and the buzz of the blogosphere.
  (tags: scoble)
• Google on track as UK’s top advertiser | Business | Money | Telegraph
  Google is on track to overtake ITV as the UK’s highest advertising earner in less than two years’ time, according to figures filed by the company in the United States.
  (tags: Google)
• ‘I shouldn’t have read the papers so much when I was PM’ | Business | The Observer
  Like John Majors, I think there are too many newspapers in England. On Sunday as I was flying out I spent some time at a news stand — so many choices. The Times and The Mail came with free DVDs. I didn’t read the papers, but the movies were great.
  (tags: msm uk)
• Teach kids valuable lessons with free Sesame Street iPod videos - Lifehacker
  The iTunes Store is offering six free Sesame Street videos, each designed to teach kids an important life lesson. Logan (my two year old son) is going to love his new “life lessons.”
  (tags: itunes sesame street logan)
• Advertising Age - P&G CMO
  Marketing is no longer about new media models or new tools, said Procter & Gamble global marketing chief Jim Stengel. It’s about building relationships. Brilliant. This should be shared with clients.
  (tags: p&g case TO)
• Crisis and the Web
  Nice overview of JetBlue situation.
  (tags: half second crisis management TO)
• Beet.TV: Exclusive: Microsoft and the Associated Press Teaming with Thousands of Newspapers and Broadcasters in New Online Video Network
  The Associated Press, the world’s largest news organization, and Microsoft have developed an online video platform for thousands of U.S. newspapers, television and radio stations to upload, publish and monetize locally-created video.
  (tags: videocast)
• eMarketer.com - Worldwide Internet Penetration Grew 10% in 2006
  Nearly 750 million people ages 15+ used the Internet worldwide in January 2007, up 10% over January 2006, according to comScore Media Metrix. Only the U.K. is growing slower than the U.S. India, Russia and China are the fastest growing markets.
  (tags: research internet penetration TO)
• south by southwest festivals + conferences
  “Under 18: Blogs, Wikis and Online Social Networks for Youth ” — SXSW starts this weekend. Wilson, please attend this one and take notes!
  (tags: sxsw geny)
• Ypulse: Media for the Next Generation
  I’ve posted about how Austin HS students seem to be fleeing MySpace for Facebook. Here’s Anastasia Goodstein’s take on the trend.
  (tags: geny myspace facebook)
• Cisco’s Tribe.net Buy Signals Social Networking 2.0 · MarketingVOX
  More evidence that the number of enterprise social networks will increase this year. This is an important area.
  (tags: social networks enterprise)
• Advertising Age - MediaWorks - Are Media Agencies Ready for Convergence?
  MediaWorks checked in with top executives at the media agencies to find out if they feel ready to deliver their clients’ messages to today’s wired consumers.
  (tags: agencies)
• Forrester: Agencies Must Integrate to Remain Relevant · MarketingVOX
  Forrester study finds more than 70 percent of agencies say they know how to deal with CGM, while only 35 percent of marketers say their agencies have a clue. That’s a big gap…
  (tags: to cgm agencies)

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