{"id":471,"date":"2008-05-17T06:31:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-17T13:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulgillin.com\/2008\/05\/daily-reading-05172008.html"},"modified":"2008-05-17T06:31:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-17T13:31:00","slug":"daily-reading-05172008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gillin.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/daily-reading-05172008\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading 05\/17\/2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class='diigo-linkroll'>\n<li>\n<p class='diigo-link'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/internetNews\/idUSL1244854220080512?pageNumber=3&#038;virtualBrandChannel=0&#038;sp=true\">Web start-up unveils semantic Wikipedia search tool<\/a><\/p>\n<p class='diigo-description'>Powerset searches Wikipedia using conversational phrasing instead of keywords. It&#8217;s one of a new breed of search engines that tries to get at the underlying questions that Web searchers are trying to answer.<\/p>\n<p class='diigo-tags'>tags: <a href='https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/pgillin\/daily_reading'>daily_reading<\/a>, <a href='https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/pgillin\/search_engines'>search_engines<\/a><\/p>\n<li>\n<p class='diigo-link'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emarketer.com\/Article.aspx?id=1006278&#038;src=article1_newsltr\">EMarketer cuts social media ad spend forecast<\/a><\/p>\n<p class='diigo-description'>Social networks are still having trouble coming up with compelling ad models. EMarketer predicts ad spending on those networks will be just $2.6 billion by 2012, about five percent of the overall market. MySpace and Facebook collectively command 72% of social network ad spending.<\/p>\n<p class='diigo-tags'>tags: <a href='https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/pgillin\/daily_reading'>daily_reading<\/a>, <a href='https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/pgillin\/research'>research<\/a><\/p>\n<li>\n<p class='diigo-link'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com\/8301-13577_3-9943571-36.html\">Facebook backlash develops<\/a><\/p>\n<p class='diigo-description'>It was inevitable that Facebook growth would slow and critics would turn out to start talking about all that&#8217;s wrong with the social network. This CNet blog points to a developer&#8217;s observation that fewer people are developing Facebook apps than a year ago and extrapolates that Facebook may be in crisis. What&#8217;s really happening is that the market is becoming more mature and competitive.<\/p>\n<p class='diigo-tags'>tags: <a href='https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/pgillin\/daily_reading'>daily_reading<\/a><\/p>\n<li>\n<p class='diigo-link'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/technology\/content\/may2008\/tc20080514_269697.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_top+stories\">Why Twitter Matters<\/a><\/p>\n<p class='diigo-description'>BusinessWeek&#8217;s Stephen Baker updates the Twitter phenomenon, explaining why microblogging is becoming an intrinsic part of people&#8217;s lives and how businesses are tapping in to the conversation.<\/p>\n<p class='diigo-tags'>tags: <a href='https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/pgillin\/daily_reading'>daily_reading<\/a>, <a href='https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/pgillin\/twitter'>twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<li>\n<p class='diigo-link'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emarketer.com\/Article.aspx?id=1006293&#038;src=article1_newsltr\">Blogs Blossom into a Big Business<\/a><\/p>\n<p class='diigo-description'>&#8220;By 2012, more than 145 million people\u201467% of the US Internet population\u2014will be reading blogs at least once a month. That is up from a readership of 94 million in 2007, or 50% of Internet users.&#8221; Ad spending is forecast to grow to about $750 million by 2012, which is nearly triple today&#8217;s total but still a small number overall.<\/p>\n<p class='diigo-tags'>tags: <a href='https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/pgillin\/daily_reading'>daily_reading<\/a>, <a href='https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/pgillin\/research'>research<\/a><\/p>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Web start-up unveils semantic Wikipedia search tool Powerset searches Wikipedia using conversational phrasing instead of keywords. 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