links for 2005-09-28
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Survey of 1,400 Technology Buyers Reveals Web’s High Reliance and Strong Influence, but Satisfaction Levels With Tech Content and Information Sourced Online Could Be Higher
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RSS use triples
Mayor/Governor Moonbeam (Jerry Brown) has started a blog. The Christian Science Monitor examines what this means. (Thanks to Jim Horton for pointing out this story.)
MeetUp.com came to fame because of the Howard Dean campaign. Despite inroads by conservative groups like Townhall.com which has registered 24,000+ activists through the site, most of the top 15 political groups listed on the site are left-leaning. In fact, only 3 right of center groups appear on that list. MeetUp suffers from the public…
Online Media Daily reports: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said that its aggressive online viral campaign targeting trendy teen apparel retailer Wet Seal has led the company to agree not to carry fur this fall. PETA’s initiative, which leveraged the membership of social networking site MySpace, illustrates marketers’ newfound respect for online opinion,…
The New York Times will begin a paid subscription section starting next Monday, 9/19, that will primarily include columns. Jupiter analyst David Card wonders: shall we start the countdown for how long this lasts till the Timesmen (and women) demand to be set free so they can continue to participate in the online blogger-commentariat fray?
Global Neighbourhoods: You got a case? I’ll give you a free pass (tags: comments) Online Public Relations Thoughts (tags: comments)
Google has launched an app called Sidebar that sits on your desktop and monitors news, email, weather and other things. It self customizes based on what you browse. I just installed it to test it out and will let you know what I find. [via TechCrunch]