SWMS Facebook Group & @SWMSTweet: Latest Feeds
Submitted by Sam Whitmore on Tue, 2010-08-31 15:59The latest subscriber only feeds on VMWorld, TheStartupDigest, The Google Beat, moves at the FT, The Dachis Group and much more...
SWMS Tweet: Google's Gaither & Eller
Submitted by Sam Whitmore on Fri, 2010-04-02 11:29Spent time yesterday with Google PR's Chris Gaither and Kat Eller to discuss new Google projects... 3/30/09
SWMS Tweet: From the week of Feb 7, 2010
Submitted by Sam Whitmore on Thu, 2010-02-11 22:00SWMSTweet from the week of 2/7/09
Paywalls: Micropayments Everywhere. Then What?
Submitted by Sam Whitmore on Thu, 2009-09-10 21:00Dead Ahead: Micropayments Everywhere. Then What?
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Google soon will help publishers monetize their content a second way, through micropayments.
SWMSTweet Supplement: Apple 9/9/09
Submitted by Sam Whitmore on Tue, 2009-09-08 21:00Apple.com shrewdly waited an entire hour to post any detail about the new products.
swmstweet: The number 1 provider of video to YouTube is not AP -- it's Demand Media. They pay their freelancers, on average, $20 for a one-minute clip.
Submitted by Sam Whitmore on Fri, 2009-08-21 11:06swmstweet: The number 1 provider of video to YouTube is not AP -- it's Demand Media. They pay their freelancers, on average, $20 for a one-minute clip.
SWMS Coverage Analysis: Google Chrome
Submitted by Sam Whitmore on Wed, 2009-07-08 17:01SWMS Coverage Analysis: Google Chrome
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Who did the best job of covering today's breaking news about Google Chrome becoming a netbook operating system?
For what it's worth, Ars Technica broke the story, shortly before Google itself announced the news in a company blog.
More revealing are the editorial approaches, categorized below:
Google Byline Search Disappoints
Submitted by Sam Whitmore on Mon, 2009-06-29 03:12Don't drop your Factiva subscription just yet. Google News's byline search capability -- announced last week -- often yielded faulty results and was frustrating to use during SWMS testing.
A Fatal Flaw in Business Exchange?
Submitted by Sam Whitmore on Mon, 2009-06-22 08:12Is there a fundamental flaw in Business Exchange, BusinessWeek's community and content-aggregation site? InformationWeek blogger Bob Evans thinks so. In a Jun. 15 blog post, Evans observed that Google News treats any link contributed to Business Exchange as being from BusinessWeek itself.
The Problem with Search Bots
Submitted by Sam Whitmore on Sat, 2009-06-13 03:12Ask most folks to name "Google alternatives" and you're likely to hear Yahoo, Microsoft Live Search or Ask.