Archives for July 2007
links for 2007-07-29
Texas Longhorns Football - Mahalo
Jason Calacanis is my “friend” on Facebook (as of today) which motivated me to try his new search engine. Mahalo aims to “hand-write the top 10,000 search terms.” I searched “texas football” and I have to say I am impressed with the results.
(tags: search Mahalo)
links for 2007-07-27
BBC NEWS | Business | Google ‘the most improved brand’
A report from Interbrand found that Google’s brand value had risen 44% in the past 12 months to $17.8bn (£8.8bn), which put it in 20th place.
(tags: google brand)
AOL News and Broadcast Center
Sounds like we ALL may be addicted to e-mail. I turned it off during [...]
links for 2007-07-26
1 million Joost users prepare for year-end launch | APC Magazine
Time to take Joost seriously! 1m users prior to launch. It was founded by the Skype inventors.
(tags: joost videocast)
MobileCrunch » Wells Fargo Browser Based Mobile Banking
This week Wells Fargo & Company launched Wells Fargo Mobile, a browser based mobile banking solution, which is available [...]
links for 2007-07-25
VentureBeat » Surprise: Facebook apps may help grow home sites
One reason to create a killer app for Facebook — to grow the traffic on your own site.
(tags: facebook)
Top social networks for engagement - some suprises! « Lightspeed Venture Partners Blog
A Lightspeed VC takes a look at the “most engaging” social networks for US users. [...]
links for 2007-07-24
iMedia Connection: 10 Winning Ways to Optimize Local Search
Search is getting more complicated. In addition to general search, there is “vertical” and “local.” Both paid and organic are impacted. Here’s some hints on optimizing “local” search results.
(tags: seo sem)
links for 2007-07-22
Chicagotribune.com’s new look — chicagotribune.com
The Chicago Trib launched its new site and it’s looking awfully modern — personalization, blogs, videos, citizen journalism, etc., but Steve Chapman still doesn’t have an RSS feed… You’ll have to register to see the rundown.
(tags: msm)
MySpace, Virgin Comics Partner | WebProNews
Virgin Comics and MySpace have partnered to launch Coalition [...]
links for 2007-07-19
Newspapers’ Ad Sales Show Accelerating Drop - WSJ.com
Total print and online ad revenue was down 4.8% to $10.6 billion in the first quarter from a year earlier, according to the Newspaper Association of America, compared with its full-year decline in 2006 of 0.3%.
(tags: msm)
http://www.technologyreview.com/printer_friendly_article.aspx?id=19050
Good article on Peter Norvig, Google’s director of research.
(tags: google)
Heather Hopkins - [...]
links for 2007-07-16
Inside Facebook » Inside Facebook, NFO (News Feed Optimization) is the new SEO
Inside Faceboook Google search is irrelevant. Facebook owns your most important marketing channels: the News Feed, Notifications, and Messages. Here are some ideas on how marketeers can best work with Facebook.faceb
(tags: facebook seo nfo)
Could Barbie Girls Become The Largest Virtual World?
Mattel’s virtual [...]
links for 2007-07-15
LeeAnn Prescott - Hitwise US: LinkedIn Traffic Up 323% in Past Year, Users More Likely to be on Gmail
I FINALLY joined LinkedIn earlier this year after hundreds of invites. Apparently, I’m not the only one — the market share of US visits to LinkedIn was up 323% in the past year. This is [...]
links for 2007-07-14
SU Media X: Research Projects
This is thought provoking. Stanford leads in a lot of areas. Digital media included.
(tags: stanford)