New Congressional Bloggers
Beltway Blogroll points to a half dozen new bloggers in the ranks of Congress.
Akamai offers this fun little tool that shows volume of traffic to news sites around the world. It’s more fun than useful, but Akamai could add value to it by trying to pinpoint the news stories that are causing upward fluctuations. For example, at 6:45 PM ET tonight, it showed Australian news traffic was 200%…
Steve Rubel should send a bottle of antacid to subscription services everywhere. He raises the question of whether the Long Tail will diminish demand (and willingness to pay) for subscription services online. I would argue that the Long Tail will not threaten creative and innovative providers. In fact, it will probably create new opportunities. …
We have taken a few steps forward with CustomScoop Personal Edition today. First, we introduced a mashup with Google Maps that shows pushpins for every location in which you have a clip. It easily allows you to see any geographic patterns to your recent news coverage. Currently, we have geocoded most newspapers and certain other…
I’m headed mostly off the grid for the next week as I enjoy one of my periodic recharging periods — in this case my annual winter visit away from the snow (yes, there’s still a lot of it on the ground here in New Hampshire). There will be no new episode of Disruptive Dialogue this…
InfoToday reports: Alacra, known for providing a wide range of business databases to enterprise customers, has decided to open up its content to on-demand purchasing by individual business professionals and consumers. The company has just launched the beta of its new Alacra Store, an e-commerce Web site that taps into 30 of Alacra’s premium content…
PRSA’s New York chapter is putting on what should be an interesting event on September 29 called "NY MegaTech Day." It’s essentially a daylong seminar on blogging and new technologies for online PR. It features prominent bloggers like Steve Rubel and BL Ochman and should provide much food for thought. The agenda is here and…