The Many Futures of Search

Lots of discussion lately about search and its future. Before we really have had time to decide if Bing was necessary to our search life or that the thought of Yahoo’s new homepage was interesting enough to take a look at, Ad Age reports that, “Yahoo is close to making Microsoft’s Bing its search provider.”… Continue reading The Many Futures of Search

Part 2: College Admissions Through The Social Media Looking Glass

In my last post on the topic of social media and the college admissions process I noted that in part 2 I would discuss what social media in the admissions process means to the applicany and thought there might be a part 3. So part 2 will be about social media and the application process;… Continue reading Part 2: College Admissions Through The Social Media Looking Glass

College Admissions Through the Social Media Looking Glass (Part 1 of 2)

So, you know you are a social media mom when late one night, you Tweet your son’s college acceptance (or totally lame if you ask the son). And you also know it when your social media pals Tweet back their congratulations @danielabarbosa, @ckEpiphany, @tishgrier.  But then in the morning, you find that your yaaaay was… Continue reading College Admissions Through the Social Media Looking Glass (Part 1 of 2)

BlogWell, DoGood

WOM pal Michael Rubin asked me to pass along a really cool thing that he and Andy Sernovitz are doing in support of their upcoming conference BlogWell, How Big Companies Use Social Media. They are auctioning off tickets to BlogWell on Ebay and 100% of the proceeds go to charity, a different charity each week.… Continue reading BlogWell, DoGood

State of the Blogosphere ’08 Released: Who Cares? {About the Report}

You know you have been blogging for a long time if you can remember when Technorati’s State of the Blogosphere meant something and influential bloggers announced its release and listed the results with few questions asked. A new State of the Blogosphere was released today and things are a little different in the land of… Continue reading State of the Blogosphere ’08 Released: Who Cares? {About the Report}