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Web 2.0: Are Cisco, News Corp., Viacom, Gannett really clueless?

In the Web 2.0 social networking “users are in control” world, mega corporations must be feeling we’re damned if we do, damned if we don’t! I polled a few weeks back “Poor Google?,” noting a string of setbacks and a underwhelming 2007 beginning. Google, of course, is “everyone’s favorite...

Tags: Newspapers, Social Software, Social Networking, Social Media, Print, Video, YouTube, Content, User-Generated Content, MySpace, Social Web, Culture, Google, Enterprise, Web 2.0, Usability, Media

Blog posts 2007-03-05

Bringing the Power of Spatial Information to Local Government

GeoDecisions is an award-winning leader in the IT industry that specializes in geospatial solutions. The company's philosophy is based on an enterprisewide approach to the integration of diverse technologies. GeoDecisions performs a complete range of GIS and IT services for local government. GeoDecisions has a dedicated staff of professionals that...

Tags: Gannett, GeoDecisions, Government, Vertical Industries, GIS, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2005-07-25

4INFO, Gannett & the USA Today Partnership

USA Today promoted 4INFO's shortcode (44636) on the front of the sports and weather pages, to let their readers get instant mobile access to sports scores, fantasy sports stats, and weather updates. This is one of the largest distributions, in print, for a shortcode, due to the paper's 5.2 million...

Tags: Gannett, USA Today, Partnership, Mobile, Mobile Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

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Top US Web sites in May 2008

Rank Property Audience, 000 Total Internet 190,858 1 Google Sites 143,389 2 Yahoo! Sites 142,925 3 Microsoft Sites 121,257 4 AOL LLC 111,395 5 Fox Interactive Media 89,424 6 eBay 78,271 7 Wikipedia...

Tags: Web, Web Site, Site, Advertising & Promotion, Wiki, Internet, Marketing, Online Communications, NB

Blog posts 2008-07-14

Top Web sites in US in April 2008

Rank Property Audience, 000 Total Internet 190,728 1 Google Sites 141,080 2 Yahoo! Sites 140,613 3 Microsoft Sites 121,213 4 AOL LLC 111,277 5 Fox Interactive Media 87,527 6 eBay 80,903 ...

Tags: Web, Web Site, Site, Advertising & Promotion, Wiki, Internet, Marketing, Online Communications, NB

Blog posts 2008-06-10

Cyber confusion. What is the airforce talking about?

Cyber confusion. What is the airforce talking about?Parts of Speech and Data TypesI understand that recently educated journalists may not know much about the military, but I would have expected that there would be somewhat more understanding of English grammar. In the phrase, "Cyber Command," "Cyber" is used...

Tags: SECURITY, NETWORKING, LTG Bob Elder, Air Force, domain, Cyber, airforce, Cyber confusion, cyber domain, commander

Discussion threads 2008-01-24

Friday rants: Data silos; Facebook hype; Dow Jones angst

A few points to ponder ahead of the weekend...Why is my information always in the other database?When folks call customer service, some see incompetence. Others see red. I see data silos.This week I've called Verizon and Comcast about billing errors and been transferred repeatedly and also realized Yahoo thinks I...

Tags: Software Infrastructure, IT Management, General, Facebook

Blog posts 2007-08-03

Analyst: FTC could block Google-DoubleClick deal; Is there a case?

Scott Cleland, an analyst at the Precursor group, argues in a 36-page white paper that the Federal Trade Commission could shoot down Google's acquisition of DoubleClick. First a few notes: I've interviewed Cleland a few times mostly on telecommunications matters and find him very credible. He knows tech, telecom and...

Tags: Yahoo, Web Technology, Microsoft, Google, General

Blog posts 2007-07-18

Does Google SEO success 'suck'?

Rich Skrenta has a love-hate relationship with Google, and the traffic it drives to the company he leads, Topix.Skrenta decried to the Wall Street Journal just weeks ago that as Topix is 45% dependent upon Google for its visitors, moves by the number one search engine can yield “catastrophic” impacts...

Tags: Web 2.0, User-Generated Content, Social Web, Social Software, Social Networking, Social Media, Self-Promotion, Marketing, Local, Internet Data, Google, Business Models, Amateur Content

Blog posts 2007-04-02

Google CEO gets feisty over Microsoft monopoly

Is Google CEO Eric Schmidt “feisty”?So says Business Week magazine Silicon Valley bureau chief Robert D. Hof.As part of the magazine’s current cover package: “Who’s afraid of Google?,” Hof presents a themed “conversation” with Schmidt, “Is Google too powerful?”Hof on the exchange: “Schmidt was feisty and resolute.”Schmidt was particularly “feisty”...

Tags: Microsoft, Google, Business Models

Blog posts 2007-03-31

Skrenta vs. King Google, sometimes

Rich Skrenta, co-founder and CEO, Topix.net, has been all over the Google map this first quarter 2007.He began the year by announcing unequivocaly at his blog: “Google has won both the online search and advertising markets,” and exhorting “All Hail the New King Google.“It seems the Google Kingdom is not...

Tags: SEARCH, Rich Skrenta, Google Inc., Googles

Blog posts 2007-03-27

News to know: QuickTime bugs; eBay's UI; Intel's document lapse

Notable headlines:IBM sees green in environmental tech.Ryan Naraine: Serious QuickTime bugs bite Windows Vista, Mac OS X. Microsoft patches Xbox 360.David Berlind: eBay’s Chief Disruption Officer: UI to eBay’s “commerce operating system” could be left to others. Gallery right.Financial Times: Microsoft attacks Google on copyright. Andrew Keen: Can YouTube survive...

Tags: General

Blog posts 2007-03-06

Google wins as newspapers battle

Every company and every individual in the world is a Google target.Google CEO Eric Schmidt :We are in the search business, so we need all of the information…Were also in the advertising business, and wed like to provide advertising services to people who have their own proprietary content. So depending...

Tags: Google Inc., advertisement

Blog posts 2007-01-14

Local newspapers target community beats online

Could this be the future of newspapering, asks Frank Ahrens. What is the “this” he is referring to?:Chuck Myron is one of more than a dozen "mobile journalists" -- mojos -- for the Fort Myers News-Press. He doesnt have an office or even a cubicle, so his car is his...

Tags: to?:Chuck Myron, Amateur Content, User-Generated Content, Citizen Journalism, Advertising, Media, Local

Blog posts 2006-12-04

Top news sites: Yahoo! News, MSNBC, CNN, AOL News

Yahoo! News was the top news destination with 24.9 mln unique visitors in August 2005, eMarketer says. The site was followed by MSNBC, 23.8 mln; CNN, 21.3 mln, AOL News, 17.4 mln and Gannett Newspapers, 11.3 mln.

Tags: News

Blog posts 2005-12-11

Top online news sites: Yahoo! News, MSNBC, CNN

According to Nielsen//NetRatings, Yahoo! News, MSNBC and CNN were top online news destinations in October 2005. Top online news destinations for October 2005 News site Audience, 000 Average time Yahoo! News 25,356 0:33:21 MSNBC 23,174 0:23:23 CNN 22,427 0:43:05 AOL News 15,135 0:49:13 Gannett Newspapers 12,065 0:16:59 Internet Broadcasting 11,562 0:17:18 NYTimes.com 11,405 0:43:25 USATODAY.com 10,361 0:15:36 Tribune Newspapers 9,968 0:13:12 Knight Ridder Digital 9,816 0:12:40 ABCNEWS Digital 8,546 0:10:55 Washington Post 8,067 0:21:17 Hearst Newspapers 7,739 0:10:02 Google News 7,082 0:15:00 CBS News 7,039 0:10:18 Fox News 6,381 0:35:38 WorldNow 6,265 0:10:25 BBC News 5,221 0:06:49 Advance Internet 5,101 0:15:06 Cox Newspapers 4,839 0:15:58 All Global News 82,688 1:23:10 Source: Nielsen//NetRatings

Tags: News

Blog posts 2005-11-17

Big Internet and Media companies eye Web 2.0

There's a lot of jockeying for position among the big Internet and media companies these days. David Berlind suggests there are two main camps developing: Microsoft/Yahoo/Real vs. Google/Sun/AOL/Comcast, with Apple the aloof cool kid doing its own thing (the Internet's version of The Fonz). John Battelle thinks that IM...

Tags: Web

Blog posts 2005-10-13

Most popular news sites in June 2005: Yahoo! News, MSNBC, CNN, AOL News

Associated Press quotes Nielsen//NetRatings data on most popular news sites. In June 2005 Yahoo! News was the top news site with 24.9 mln visits, folloed by MSNBC (23.8 mln), CNN (21.4 mln), AOL News (17.4 mln), Gannett Newspapers (11.4 mln), New York Times (11.2 mln), Internet Broadcasting (10.9 mln), Knight...

Tags: News, news site

Blog posts 2005-07-25

Yahoo! and Google 2004 new revenues comparable with 10 largest newspaper publishers

Outsell compared Google and Yahoo! with 10 largest newspaper publishers: Reed Elsevier, Thomson, Gannett, Pearson, Tribune, Reuters, McGraw-Hill, VNU, Wolters Kluwer, and the Daily Mail and General Trust. Google and Yahoo! combined generated $6.5 bln in 2004 total revenue, compared to a total of $60 bln by the 10 largest...

Tags: revenue, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc.

Blog posts 2005-06-18

SBC, Yahoo add security tools to Net service

SBC, Yahoo add security tools to Net serviceWell....yeah, but....As a SBC/Yahoo DSL subscriber, I checked this package out. While it claims to offer protections, it also seems to require the use of IE. I don't know, but that seems like offering you a cupcake with one hand and...

Tags: Microsoft Outlook, Cyberthreats, PRODUCTIVITY, INTERNET, SECURITY, Groupware, virus, e-mail, security tool, Yahoo! Inc., tool

Discussion threads 2005-05-17