TechCrunch:
Joyent, the Californian provider of cloud computing solutions – although they like to refer to that as delivering “web application hosting Infrastructure as a Service” – today announced that it raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Intel Capital. The news comes only a few weeks after Intel helped the 5-year old compa (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Later today Senator Rockefeller is holding a U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation full committee hearing on Aggressive Sales Tactics on the Internet and their Impact on American Consumers. He released a report on his findings in advance of the hearing.The documents contain a lot of previously unava (Read More)
TechCrunch:
If you’re on the hunt for a new job, check out our CrunchBoard. We’ve added nearly 50 new jobs from leading internet businesses in the last two weeks, including two jobs here at TechCrunch. Here’s a quick sample:Conferences & Events ProducerTechCrunch – Palo Alto, CAVP, MarketingEventbrite – San Francisco, CANetwork Engin (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
The Motorola Droid is the newest smartphone on the market to compete for the iPhone's crown. Released by Verizon Wireless on November 6th, the Droid's advertising campaign has been a full-frontal attack on the popular Apple smartphone with a heavy focus on what the iPhone doesn't do. "iDon't run simultaneous apps, iDon't ha (Read More)
Mashable!:
It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s establish a media partnership.Ma (Read More)
Search Engine Land:
In-House SEM Exchange and Bruce Clay’s SEO Training Will Run March 5th
Join us for workshops that take a deep dive on search engine optimization (SEO) or issues confronting in-house SEM professionals at Search Marketing Expo – SMX West. The seminars will be held March 5th, immediately following SMX West on March 2-4. (Read More)
The Friday Traffic Report:
Notes from the Sphere is a post from: Blog Marketing Tips by Blog Marketing Expert Jack HumphreyNotes from the Sphere is a post from: Blog Marketing Tips by Blog Marketing Expert Jack HumphreyWill Google start ranking sites based on speed?Matt Cutts dropped this little bomblet on an interview on WebProNews. So how fast is (Read More)
Search Engine Land:
The courtship of social networking and local search will result in a marriage that diversifies the mix of sales tools and empowers circles of families, friends, co-workers and organizations to share experiences and opinions in the local search space.For a number of years, consumers have had a collective, powerful online voi (Read More)
mashable:
Evernote is the popular note-taking service that works across any platform: desktop, web, or mobile. On Monday morning, the always evolving service is announcing that they’ve raised $10 million in Series B funding, which follows their Series A round of $6 million. This round included participation from prior investors, bu (Read More)
TechCrunch:
This guest post was written by Steve Poland, a former TechCrunch writer working on his soon-to-launch start-up InSeconds that allows sites to easily customize each visitor’s experience, resulting in optimized revenue for each visit.Affiliate marketing is 15 years old this month—CyberErotica is said to have launched the firs (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
We've added a couple of more events to this week's events guide. You can download the entire event calendar in iCal format or import it into your Google Calendar. You can also import individual events using the link beside each entry. This events guide is a weekly feature here on ReadWriteWeb. We publish it every weekend, a (Read More)
Mashable!:
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.There are 25 billion videos watched each month in the US alone. That’s billion, with a “B.” So it should be no surprise that web video offers an impor (Read More)
Search Engine Land:
To successfully promote a business through social media means walking the finest of fine lines. To market without intruding, to advertise without offending; these things are not easily done. This week, I was thinking about online marketing opportunities using Facebook. And nowhere is the line finer than on Facebook. (Read More)
Mashable!:
Steve Cunningham is the CEO of Polar Unlimited, a digital marketing agency. To win a signed and personalized copy of each of the books mentioned here, visit Read It For Me.So you want to get up to speed fast on the latest social media thinking. Maybe give your colleague, boss or friend a dose of new social strategies. But (Read More)
Search Engine Land:
Tuesday at Search Marketing Now, Shari Thurow and Andrew Hally will present a webcast, “Making Online Marketing Relevant and Responsive: Tactics and a Tool for Success.”
The webcast will be in two parts: Part I covers how to segment your target audience via keywords, user response, geolocation and more. (Read More)