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zoominfo offers evidence of 'controlled circulation' advertising benefit now emerging on the web: Get ready for new "controlled circulation" models on the web, ones that target you based not on your preferences for music or soft drinks -- but on what you consume in your occupation. Think of it as B2B social networking. [Update: LinkedIn is tacking furiously in this direction.] ...; Tags: Goods, Web, Advertisement, Benefit, Seller, Buyer, ZoomInfo, Channel Management, B2B, Marketing, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2007-12-07
Survey uncovers heightening reliance on search across business purchasing: Listen to the podcast. Or read a full transcript. Or Watch the video here. Sponsor: ZoomInfo. It seems that businesses, whether they're small or global 2000 concerns, are buying more supplies using search at some point in the B2B procurement process. Some people begin and end a...; Tags: Search Engine, Survey, ZoomInfo, B2B, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2007-09-17
Xing links up with zoominfo: Xing links up with ZoomInfoZoomInfo is not a social networkWhile I can support XING's claim that networking is dividing into "dating" and "business", just has we have a private and a professional life, there are a number claims in the XING's press release I can't agree to. I have been...; Tags: Business structures, SEARCH, Xing, ZoomInfo; Discussion threads 2007-06-15
Xing links up with zoominfo: While most of the attention on social networking attention is focused on Facebook, Xing continues to build out its social network of business connections. Today Xing, and its parent company OPEN Business Club AG, announced that it is partnering with ZoomInfo, a business data search engine that identifies company...; Tags: General, Social networking; Blog posts 2007-06-14
zoominfo's immature semantic search engine: ZoomInfo's immature semantic search engineWe all work for Plaxo :-)Doing a person search Zoominfo tells me I worked for Plaxo. I never did, however, I commented on the Plaxo article at Techcrunch :-); Tags: SEARCH, ZoomInfo, Plaxo Inc., search engine; Discussion threads 2007-04-02

zoominfo's immature semantic search engine: ZoomInfo launched what the company calls the first "market-ready semantic search engine." It aggregates and organizes data on companies, product categories, industries and other vectors, crawling Web sites, press releases, blogs news services, financial filings and other public sources. ZoomInfo has the rudiments of semantic search, analyzing the data it...; Tags: Search, General; Blog posts 2007-04-02
Business context search, a researcher's dream come true: Ive been experimenting with search on a new level -- business ecology networking. And its proven an IT researchers dream.ZoomInfo has taken a new slice on search by giving its users not only a resume-like definition of individuals -- it gives a powerful definition of the bucket or buckets that...; Tags: Podcasts, search, ZoomInfo; Blog posts 2006-12-01

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Who Is This Person (1-fx+fl): Highlight any name on a Web page and see matching information from Wink, LinkedIn, Wikipedia, Facebook, Google News, Technorati, Yahoo Person Search, Spock, WikiYou, ZoomInfo, IMDB, and MySpace. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Wiki, Online Communications; Software downloads 2008-01-22
Wink creates 'Winkipedia' for people profiles: Wink has aggregated 250 million people profiles and is creating a kind of Wikipedia of people. Unlike Wikipedia, the new version of the people search engine, currently in beta, gives individual users control over the content of the search result for their name. "You can control your profile...; Tags: Profile, Wink, Wiki, Social Networking, E-mail, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-11-08
Graphing social patterns: The intersection of search and social: The dean of search engine analysis Danny Sullivan, editor-in-chief of Search Engine Land, gave a talk on how "social" intersects with search at the Graphing Social Patterns conference in San Jose. At this point, there isn't much intersection between search and social. But, he said Facebook could enable social search...; Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Social Search, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Search Result, Eurekster, Social Networking, Search, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-10-08
Facebook, LinkedIn, Xing making moves: In the social networking arena today, when Facebook sneezes, the entire blogosphere stands at attention. The latest news is that Facebook, as expected, will let its members organize friends into groups, such as business, family and school, enhance the worbvk profile and provide controls for who can see what...; Tags: Facebook, Network, LinkedIn, Member, News, Xing, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-09-30
Facebook, people search and privacy: Facebook is now giving members the option to make their profiles searchable see Techmeme for the various viewpoints on the news. In effect, your Facebook profile can be injected into the Web at large and non-members can see portions of Facebook profiles. This news isn't surprising. Facebook is spreading...; Tags: Facebook, Privacy, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-09-06
Spock joins the people-centered Web: The people-centered Web gains a new player as Spock officially opens its door with a public beta. It joins Wink and ZoomInfo in parsing the universe of people. Like the greening of the planet, people search engines, social networks and dating services are fleshing out the people-centered Internet.I wrote about...; Tags: Web, Beta, Candidate, Spock, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-08-08
News to know: x86 rules; Vista meets Linux; Google TV; Oracle Linux 'idiots': Notable headlines: Despite its aging design, the x86 still rules.Ed Botts Vista Hands On: Part 1: Access shared folders from a Linux machine. Part 2. George Ou: Firefox ANI exploit on the way - no protected mode. Why is Microsoft hell-bent on ruining their reputation?Donna Bogatin: Google TV ads debut....; Tags: General; Blog posts 2007-04-03
Semantic search brings new depth, targeted reach to B2B buyers and sellers: Read a full transcript of the podcast. Sponsor: ZoomInfo.What is the state of B2B search marketing? What are the business and technology drivers that make online search an emerging tool for business discovery and procurement?I put these and other questions to Forrester Research Senior Analyst Shar VanBoskirk and to Bryan...; Tags: SEARCH, B2B, search engine; Blog posts 2007-03-19
DEMO 07 - the wisdom of crowds and algorithms: As DEMO 07 enters the final afternoon, the theme is all about wisdom – the wisdom of the crowds as well as the wisdom of the algorithms. You probably have the same reaction to that last concept as I did – what the heck does that mean? Turns out theres...; Tags: Productivity, Software, Web Apps, DEMO, algorithm; Blog posts 2007-02-01
Businesses gain powerful new tools with emergence of semantic search: Read a full transcript of the podcast. Sponsor: Zoom Information, Inc.Internet search has been around for years, while seeking out new business partners is as old as business itself. Can finding the right relationships through the burgeoning "Business Web" effectively exploit and leverage the increasingly powerful technologies such as semantic...; Tags: Open Source, Web Technology, Podcasts, search, Internet, Google; Blog posts 2007-01-29
Look who's coming to DEMO 2007: Ill be attending the DEMO 07 conference next week in Palm Desert, CA. This will be my third DEMO Conference and fourth DEMO event. Chris Shipley and her team put on an absolutely first-rate event and I cant wait to see what great ideas are presented this year. The companies...; Tags: DEMO, Computer Associates International Inc.; Blog posts 2007-01-26
Remote PC fix-it businesses fight malware as they help users ramp up for Vista: Read a transcript of the podcast.The ramp-up and roll-out of Microsoft Windows Vista is around the corner. As small office, home office SOHO users and businesses face this new look, feel, and function set for their PCs they are also -- in record numbers -- relying on remote access service...; Tags: PC; Blog posts 2006-11-01
Not just a nip and tuck, application modernization extends the lifecycle of legacy code assets: Read a transcript of the podcast.When enterprises reach back in time, to the outer reaches of their code assets, they don't necessarily have to see things as they once were. Due to application modernization techniques and methods, scattered legacy applications can be rationalized for lifecycle-level support by newer, more efficient...; Tags: application modernization; Blog posts 2006-10-24