Editor and Publisher Senior Editor Joe Strupp lists the top newspaper industry events of the past year. In related news, Scarborough Research did a relatively small sample study that shows online newspaper readers are more likely than the average Internet…
Following up on Seeking Alpha's list of top tech events of '06 (included in our top 10 list roundup earlier in the week), Ashkan Karbasfrooshan lists his picks for the top trends that will shape online media in '07. On…
BBC News reports on a Gartner study that predicts the number of blogs will peak at around 100 million next year. "Most people who would ever start a web blog had already done so," said the article, quoting Gartner analyst…
Online recruitment spending has surpassed print recruitment spending for the first time, according to my friends and former colleagues at Borrell Associates. The line was crossed in 4Q 2006 (now), and online now accounts for US$5.9 billion, while print accounts…
Search Engine Watch has a write-up of an interview between Danny Sullivan and blogging pioneer, turned AOL exec, turned VC Jason Calacanis. Last time we wrote about Calacanis, he was given the task of turning the downtrodden Netscape brand into…
The Australian directory publisher Sensis is continuing its efforts to build online destinations for key verticals. Sensis recently unveiled a beta version of CarShowroom.com.au, a site that allows comparative shopping of new cars sold in Australia, according to this report…
We understand that tomorrow morning the U.K. competition commission will release its final report on classified directories in the U.K. The report is expected to reaffirm the commission's earlier recommendations that the longstanding rate cap on Yell be essentially rolled…
It is the end of the year, and the executive turntable is spinning a little faster. Today, it was TrueLocal head Jake Baillie's turn to announce his departure. TrueLocal, a spin-off from GeoSign, provides unique, local company URL information for…
There has been lots of coverage throughout the blogosphere about Ask.com's new experimental search interface Ask X. The reviews are overwhelmingly positive and I have to agree with most of them. As we've mentioned in the past, differentiation should be…
I'm a bit late on this news, but Digg.com started off the week with a new interface that users so far (going by anecdotal evidence) seem to really like. Part of the redesign involves the integration of videos and podcasts.…
It's the end of the year, and you know what that means: top 10 time. Here are a few top 10 lists that relate to local search and online media: Search Engine Watch breaks apart the top 10 searches…
Just weeks after Yahoo! announced a management overhaul, AOL announced today that it will reorganize its corporate structure into six different divisions that will each report directly to COO Ron Grant. This is meant to clean up the communication tree…
Simon Greenman, R.H. Donnelley senior VP of digital strategy innovation and products, confirmed today that he is stepping down and likely to be replaced by Sean Green, 36, who was promoted to VP of strategy and business development in October.…
Last week we wrote about NearbyNow's new mobile product. Quoting myself: Today's announcement involves a mobile search platform that allows any mobile device user to send product queries via text to a mall's designated NearbyNow short code. Info will be…
The difference in lookups between print Yellow Pages and Internet Yellow Pages and local search continues to be a big one. It is also a major reason why the channels haven't converged as much as conventional wisdom would dictate. Just…
On Tuesday, both my wife and I tried to get on Amazon.com from two separate computers. We had the same problem: We were both trying to pay for our purchases through Amazon's One-Click Service, but the credit cards that were…
As we reported last week, Zillow has taken a significant step by offering free listings in its real estate maps. Zillow has since provided a counter on its home page that currently lists just over 9,000 sale listings so far…
Following Tuesday's post on Google's efforts to bring more SMEs online, here is a recent audio interview with Google's head of SME product development, Dan Rubinstein, (click to stream the audio if you have a browser plug in for streaming…
Online local commerce is seeping into nearly every facet of our lives. The latest: parking. ABCNews.com reports on a start-up called SpotScout.com that wishes to create eBay-style auctions for parking spots. So in busy urban areas at specific times of…
The Internet, e-mail and instant messaging are great ways to jumpstart word-of-mouth "conversations." But just 4 percent of word-of-mouth conversations (which are just short of a "lead") are ultimately passed off via e-mail, and 3 percent through IM. Another 1…
