Search Feedster Quietly Dies... So Which Blog Search Engine Do You Use? Blog search engine Feedster has had the following notice on its frontpage for at least a few weeks now: There is no sign of life on the site and the Feedster blog has already been killed off (the big 404 in the sky). In terms of the blog search market in general, Feedster has been struggling for 3+ years now - this RWW post in July 2005 shows… Richard MacManus View comments
Analysis Visualizing Social Software Best Practices: Three Approaches Here in the US it's the busiest travel day of the year and while media events and new product launches lay low, entrepreneurs and geeks are hard at work building the software that will launch in coming weeks. There's no better time to kick back and let yourself get philosophical. Social software is a whole new world in many ways and people… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Analysis The Rise Of Hyperlocal Information If you walk into any suburban Starbucks these days, you won't see people's faces, instead you'll see laptops. Moms and dads increasingly work from home; broadband took over the US and wireless is about to do the same. Digital cameras and cell phones have become the eye witnesses of local events. More and more people are connected to the grid… Alex Iskold View comments
enterprise Deconstructing the Business Social Network I am the wrong age for Facebook or MySpace. But I happen to have a relative who is in the LA music scene, who gave me a tour from his perspective - and now I totally get it. A few decades ago that is where I would have hung out. I am not looking for a social network. I cannot imagine choosing one single place as my only online hangout and I… Social Bernard Lunn View comments
News Newspaper Ad Sales Up Online, Down in Print The latest figures on the state of the US newspaper advertising industry indicate that print advertising sales have continued to plummet. Online ad sales, however, have risen significantly, though not enough to offset the sharp decline in print ad revenue. The Newspaper Association of America said that print ad spending fell 9% in the third… Josh Catone View comments