links for 2007-05-18

Well-known PR measurement expert Katie Paine is blogging about the International Public Relations Research Conference going on in Miami.  She has an intriguing observation which hopefully she’ll elaborate on when she’s not running between sessions: Howard Dean and the DNC would be adviced to carefully study Len Barshak’s ongoing Q-Sort study of attititudes about the…

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…

DL Byron says YES. Jeff Jarvis says NO.

Beltway Blogroll reports: Down the hall here at National Journal, The Hotline’s Blogometer reports on the newest advertising network organized through BlogAds. It is called Buy the Right Ads and caters to advertisers who want a presence on conservative blogs. The network includes big-name blogs like Ankle Biting Pundits, Hugh Hewitt, Michelle Malkin, PoliPundit and…

The EntreWorld Weblog asks what entrepreneurs think of RSS: Is RSS useful? What explanation is needed related to RSS and syndication? Is some other consumption method better like podcasting? I find RSS invaluable in allowing me to read a lot of stuff relatively quickly.  As a serial entrepreneur, I’m always on the prowl for new…

I admit I never even think about AOL as a player in online news search.  But I guess I should.  MarketingVox reports: AOL News has sprinted into a leading position in online news search, joining Yahoo News, Google News and Topix.net, writes SearchEngineWatch, citing July Nielsen/NetRatings data, according to which AOL News has a unique…