• $100 Million Payday For Feedburner – This Deal Is Confirmed Agencies Miss The “Relations” In Blogger Relations Strategies Another Blogger Relations Learning Moment Branding Your Blog for Success Coke secrets plot woman is jailed CyberExtruder Puts You Into SL on the Easy EU Legislators Back Cap on Cell Roaming Fees Ghost blogging – Sallie Goetsch provides the (updated) perspective of a ghost writer/blogger [Disruptive Conversations] Google and FeedBurner – Strong Growth in the Blogosphere Google Zeitgeist 2007 video podcasts summary…

    Full story: Biz-Tech-News: Headlines 24-May-07
  • Blog search engine Technorati relaunched itself yesterday. All the details are in Dave Sifry’s post. Here’s a highlight that sets the scene for understanding what Technorati has done: […] the world has changed. Whereas folks using Technorati a couple of years ago were predominantly coming to us to search the blogosphere to surface the conversations that were most interesting to them, today they are increasingly coming to our site to get the 360 degree context of the Live Web –…

    Full story: Timely changes from Technorati
  • If you read about Silicon Valley these days, you’ll notice quite a bit of opinion out there that a new dot-com bubble is building. A sense of dot-com deja vu, some say. One of the Silicon Valley movers I give quite a bit of attention to is Michael Arrington at TechCrunch. He’s posted an interesting assessment of the current climate there: […] Times are good, money is flowing, and Silicon Valley sucks. I don’t know what it is, but the…

    Full story: No more fun in the Valley
  • A British climber has set a world record by making a mobile phone call from the top of Mount Everest: In the early hours of 21 May, Rod Baber made two calls from the mountain’s north ridge. […] To make the call at the summit, 8,848 metres, Mr Baber had to contend with high winds and temperatures of -30 degrees. The call was made to a voicemail account created by sponsor Motorola to ensure the attempt was recorded. Mr Baber…

    Full story: Because it’s there
  • Content summary: Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; to create buzz, US TV networks try a little ‘blogola’; delivering breaking news via a breaking news blog; building a list of blogs by accountants; GM rises in reputation index; cross-platform financial exchange for virtual worlds coming soon; Amy Gahran on how to work with citizen journalists; Lee Hopkins reports; Question of The Week: How to portray a positive view about Dolphin Music; listeners’ comments discussion; news about Thursday’s show; three Virtual Thirst…

    Full story: The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #242: May 21, 2007