What’s the Point of VP Debates?

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…

TechCrunch profiles a new music matching service called Pandora.  Basically, it is a recommendation engine built on the components of a song, rather than what other users decided to listen to or purchase.  They apparently have human listeners who tag each song with a wealth of information about the sounds and style.  Then when a…

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)

I graduated back in 1994 from American University in Washington, DC. I confess that I haven’t done the best job of keeping in touch with many of my fellow graduates — actually I can count on one hand the number of classmates I still socialize with regularly. But in recent years I have become a…

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…

IS BUZZ MARKETING ILLEGAL? “As marketers more frequently look to recruit consumers brand agents to spread goodwill for brands, industry attorneys view buzz marketing as a likely area of regulatory involvement, especially around the issue of compensating people to participate in buz (tags: BuzzMarketing WordOfMouth Marketing)