Atom Feed from Searchles Fri Jul 25 04:43:47 -0400 2008 en-us Kimberley McKee Wed Jul 23 16:01:21 -0400 2008 You can do a lot in a 140-character Twitter entry, writes John Dickerson at Nieman Reports. And no, the online squib will not spell the end of long form reporting. Chris Lang Wed Jul 23 01:35:45 -0400 2008 A lot of documentation on why Google wants Digg and a little humor too, but mostly a shot at answering the question "Why does Google want Digg".... Chris Lang Tue Jul 22 21:00:43 -0400 2008 Google’s on and off negotiations with Digg have been back on in a big way for the last six weeks, we’ve heard from multiple sources inside of Google, and the two companies are close to a deal that will bring Digg under the Google News property. The acquisition price is in the $200 million range, says one source. natalia Fri Jul 18 16:59:19 -0400 2008 It was a melting pot of the Washington technology community. They came out--hundreds of them--from all sides: venture capitalists, Web developers, government contractors, online marketing pros, consultants and bloggers. Kimberley McKee Fri Jul 18 10:28:11 -0400 2008 With the highly successful launch seen by Pandora’s iPhone app, streaming digital radio seems ready to finally go mainstream. Unfortunately, as great as Pandora is, its music recommendations can shy towards music you already know - you may like the song that gets recommended, but there’s a good chance you’ve heard it before. driftabit Fri Jul 18 10:24:08 -0400 2008 Wikipedia is considering a basic change to its editing philosophy to cut down on vandalism. In the process, the online encyclopedia anyone can edit would add a layer of hierarchy and eliminate some of the spontaneity that has made the site, at times, an informal source of news. Chris Lang Wed Jul 16 10:51:10 -0400 2008 Google has been seen testing a Digg like voting search results page and it looks like it is not a hoax as first thought. I first saw this and we all believed it to be a hoax since it was on a web designers blog that has extreme Photoshop skills. Then TechCrunch reported it and added credibility and now a post on the Google labs page explaining it more. Chris Lang Tue Jul 15 15:38:34 -0400 2008 Dubbed FriendRank on Slashdot, this new Google patent plans to rank social profiles by a number of criteria ala PageRank. dumbfounder Tue Jul 15 14:00:30 -0400 2008 natalia Fri Jul 11 14:54:38 -0400 2008 Kimberley McKee Thu Jul 10 10:51:46 -0400 2008 Searchles, the DC-based developer of a social search platform, said that it has landed a new round of angel funding to increase its total backing to nearly $2 million. The financing follows Searchles' launch of a new platform for online media companies, designed to analyze the content consumed by site users and connect them to other users with similar interests. "As proposed partnerships with a few major media properties move forward, this additional funding will help us in keeping pace with demand," said Elias Shams, the company's CEO. The technology behind Searchles is an evolution of the search engine Dumbfind, developed by company founder and CTO Chris Seline. killbill0017 Tue Jul 08 20:39:16 -0400 2008 With Clipmarks in your browser you're always a click away from sharing anything you find on the web. Instead of copying and pasting links, Kimberley McKee Mon Jul 07 18:20:25 -0400 2008 Searchles, the developer of a social search platform, said that it has landed a new round of angel funding to increase its total backing to nearly $2 million. Kari Sun Jul 06 15:16:27 -0400 2008 Tips for finding and testing the best social networking sites for your blog. Kari Sat Jul 05 16:10:12 -0400 2008 Yelp has erased some reviews that they think have been "bought", or reviews that are too positive. social media power Sat Jul 05 10:10:01 -0400 2008 This is a good look at some social media newsrooms out there. driftabit Fri Jul 04 14:31:27 -0400 2008 There has been some speculation recently about what is being called an “internal Facebook” valuation – a value the company has assigned to its own common stock that is dramatically lower than the $15 billion valuation set so publicly last year by Microsoft’s investment. Kimberley McKee Thu Jul 03 10:34:58 -0400 2008 DC! Not Seattle. Kimberley McKee Wed Jul 02 18:44:12 -0400 2008 Searchles is a search engine, a social bookmarking site and a social network, of sorts. It combines these features into a web site that lets you share news stories you find interesting and meet other people who like those same kind of stories. It also has a widget for online publishers, so a reader on a site can find related stories and similar readers. social media power Wed Jul 02 17:40:46 -0400 2008 A Web 2.0 development firm has launched a practical, solutions-oriented, interactive guidebook to social media and Web 2.0 optimization to benefit entrepreneurs, small businesses, authors, and small publishers. The guide may be the first of its kind to offer such specific and detailed action steps for social media advocates. The guide is available through Amazon Kindle, Mobipocket, and on Social Media Power's site.