Posted on August 21, 2006 9:33 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Media
The BBC reports that respondents to a new study ranked traditional media—TV and newspapers—as far more trustworthy than websites and blogs. The study, from interactive marketing firm Telecom Express, queried 1,000 people on the percentage of information from different sources they found to be accurate. Television ranked highest, at 66%, followed by national, regional, and local newspapers, which scored 55%. Websites were seen…
Posted on August 17, 2006 7:11 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging
Today’s lesson: Once a post goes up, leave it up. Pulling it down can have worse consequences than letting it stand.
TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington spins the tale of Microsoft developer Stuart Padley, whose blog was last updated in October 2005 before he posted an item explaining that, after finishing work on SQL Server 2005, he was selected by Ray Ozzie to work on…
Posted on August 14, 2006 5:03 pm by Shel Holtz | Blogging
Since Dell launched its blog, I’ve been pretty staunch in my defense of the approach they’ve taken and counseled patience in letting them get up to speed. I still think they’re doing a good job and still counsel patience. But I have to admit I was a bit surprised to see a news report that Dell is recalling 4.1 notebook batteries but no mention on…
Posted on August 2, 2006 10:26 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging
Yahoo!—already the host to several product-oriented blogs—has launched “Yodel Anecdotal,”, the company’s official corporate blog. Blog Editor Nicki Dugan has offered up the introductory post, noting that the blog will be used to…
cover emerging trends, provide some behind-the-scenes commentary, profile interesting Yahoos, spotlight our beloved users, reveal some of our quirks, tap into guest bloggers, sprinkle in some videos and photo essays, and generally think out…
Posted on July 31, 2006 8:43 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging
Fard Johnmar, one of the clearest voices taking Jupiter research to task for its unwillingness to share its research methodology on a recent blogging report, is asking for help with a survey of his own. Johnmar works for Envision Solutions, which in conjunction with The Medical Blog Network has launched a comprehensive survey of the blogal healthcare blogging community.
“Taking the Puse of…
Posted on July 31, 2006 7:36 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging | New Media
Portugal’s Nuno Machado Lopes pointed me to this faux movie trailer created in celebration of the launch of Chris Anderson’s, book, “The Long Tail.”
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