links for 2005-10-04
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Conference to be held in December in Jersey City
SiliconBeat: Digg gets $2.8 Mil Funding another “public as the news editor” site (tags: Aggregation VC) e-fluentials – Advocacy Drives Growth “finding a link between word of mouth recommendations and sales performance” (tags: WordOfMouth MarketResearch) LookSmart Expands Vertical Search 131 new verticals added (tags: VerticalSearch)
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]
Jason Calacanis takes a look at what the recent changes in the search/portal area mean — and how he sees things going in the future. Another day, another series of amazing changes in our industry. Today Microsoft got into Google’s Adsense business, Yahoo finally admmitted they are in the content business, and Google is getting…
My team at DCI Group is expanding again. I’m looking for some talented communicators to join our group to help develop and implement effective digital strategies for Fortune 50 clients, major trade associations, and other public affairs campaigns. DCI Digital works collaboratively with the others at our firm to create an integrated communications approach for…
There’s something enjoyable about pulling out a new year’s calendar — even if we now don’t grab an actual calendar but simply see the date flip over to a new year on the computer screen. Even though dates have no magical powers, it always feels a bit like a clean slate every January 1. That’s…