Archive for May, 2008
Blogs Are Popular But Not A Major News Source
BloggingA total of 95 percent of the top 100 U.S. newspapers now feature reporter blogs, up from 80 percent in 2006, according to a study by the Bivings Group.
A Prospero Technologies study found that 78 percent of U.S. businesses that use social media included blogs for their editorial staff. That was the top-ranked category in [...]
Blogs On Track To Hit 35 Million
BloggingThe number of people launching blogs in the U.S. will hit 35 million by 2012 or about 16 percent of the Internet population, according to an eMarketer forecast.
By 2012, over 145 million people, 67 percent of the Internet population will be reading blogs at least once a month. That is an increase from 94 million [...]
Google Launches Reader For iPhone
featuresGoogle has launched a new beta version of its newsreader for the Apple iPhone and other smartphones with advanced browsers.
From the official Google Reader Blog,” This new version is designed to offer many of the same features as the desktop, while making it quick and easy to act on items. If you’ve used list view, [...]
Social Media Influencing Investment Decisions
BloggingSocial media is playing a growing role in individual investors financial decision-making according to a study by Cogent Research.
“Today’s companies can no longer sit on the sidelines when it comes to social media,” said Christy White, chief of operations at Cogent Research.
“Purchasing decisions are being influenced by what investors are seeing on blogs, message boards [...]
Blogger Adds Scheduled Posting Feature
BloggingGoogle has added a new feature to its Blogger service that allows users to schedule when they want to publish a post.
By setting a posts date in the future, Blogger will delay the post until the scheduled time arrives.
From the Blogger Buzz Blog, “Scheduling a post is easy to do: on the post editor page, [...]