Holtz Communications + Technology

Jimmy Wales is using more of the real estate on his Wikia home page to explain what the mainstream media got wrong than he is explaining what he has in mind. The gist of the message, though, is pretty clear: Wales plans to release a first pass at a new search engine sometime in the first quarter of 2007.

The announcement,…

Countless authors, speakers, bloggers, podcasters and other advocates of social media have pointed out that companies should focus on their biggest fans and that social media like blogs—along with other Internet tools—are ideal channels for such outreach.

Yahoo! and comScore Networks have released research today that validates that point of view. “Engaging Advocates through Search and Social Media” makes the connection between effective use of the…

When was the last time a search engine made you say, “Wow”?

For me, it was probably the first time I tried Podzinger; I was wowed by the fact that the folks at the BBN-owned company had figured out how to catalog words spoken in audio and make them searchable, then take you just to that part of the audio file where the word…