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1. Congrats! Techmeme gets search box at last!

   http://www.susanmernit.com/blog/2008/05/congrats-techmeme-gets-search.html

   " Hours after Techmeme launched in 2005, search uberblogger Danny Sullivan remarked "there's no keyword search facility that I can see. I want that, and soon!" Nobody wants to let Danny down, so I got right to work and 32 months later, a search box now sits atop the site." --Gabe Rivera, TM chief cook and bottle washer Susan sez: Fun, and hoping RSS feeds for search results follow soon, yes? …

   2 days ago

2. Quote of the Day

   http://www.susanmernit.com/blog/2008/05/quote-of-the-day-370.html

   "Procrastinating was a way of giving myself permission to do a less than perfect job on a task that didn't require a perfect job. As long as the deadline was a ways away, then, in theory, I had time to go the library, or set myself up for a long evening at home, and do a thorough, scholarly, perfect job refereeing this book. …

   2 days ago

3. Elephant fight: The New Collaboration versus the old Compete and Kill'em

   http://www.susanmernit.com/blog/2008/05/the-new-collaboration-versus-t.html

   Woke up this morning and read Duncan Riley's right on the money post Blogging 2.0: It's All About the User, and Louis Gray's related and more personal Blogging 2.0 causing friction with 1.0 bloggers. Duncan talks about attention shift, as I and others have, and then Louis picks up the meme and says: …

   2 days ago

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   EKIVE - Thoughts and Ideas as Web 2.0 meets the Enterprise

   http://ekive.blogspot.com

   TwitterSnooze - Yes you can snooze those twitterers in your feed that are excessively verbose. TweetClouds - Create a tag cloud from the public Twitter feeds for a Twitterer. Susan Mernit's "Rules to Tweet By" - Great advice. Tara Hunt's "Tweeting for companies" over on her HorsePigCow blog has some great guidance. hahlo.com - A gorgeous Twitter site for iPhone users. This is a very nice interface. Currently at version 3 - therefore a very tongue in cheek

   2 days ago in EKIVE - Thoughts and Ideas as Web 2.0 meets the Enterprise by ekivemark · Authority: 11
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   Techmeme

   http://tech.memeorandum.com

   + Discussion: Mark Evans, Podcasting News, Online Media Cultist, Susan Mernit's Blog, Alexander van Elsas's Weblog …, Colin Walker, Feedonomics, My Blog Posts and The Stalwart

   3 days ago in Techmeme · Authority: 20
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   L'actualité de MAI 2008

   http://www.cordoleani.com/2008/05/lactualit-de-ma.html

   http://www.human-network.fr/ YouTwit - suivez vos amis Twitter sur une carte Google Maps : http://www.youtwit.co.uk/ "Twitter is becoming an internet utility, or, why we live in the shtetl" : http://www.susanmernit.com/blog/2008/04/twitter-is-becoming-an-interne.html "Boulder Daily Camera Moves Community Site to Ning.com" : http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=141989 "Facebook: Not Dead Yet" : http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31

   9 days ago in Le blog d'Olivier Cordoleani · Authority: 4
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   Tired, But INSPIRED!!! - Part Two

   http://sweetfunkyvintage.blogspot.com/2008/05/tired-but-insp...

   (one of my all-time favorite fabric designers), Beth Ferriera (of etsy), Lena West (total computer guru), and Anna Fox and Donna King (of the totally fab catalog, Room Service Home). The moderator of the panel was Susan Mernit (technology guru who was blogging before blogging was cool! Also happens to be the sister of Nancy Soriano). What can I say about these fabulous ladies?! Wow. I wrote down so much good information, advice and inspiration!

   10 days ago in sweetfunkyvintage · Authority: 4
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   Is Geolocation Data Becoming Ubiquitous?

   http://dremi468.blogspot.com/2008/05/is-geolocation-data-bec...

   of users of mobile devices). I wish he'd touched on those aspects in some way, although I do like the techno-evangelist spin he's provided on location as a foundational aspect in site design. Update: Susan Mernit, formerly of Yahoo!, also points out that security is a major concern for applications like dating sites, and that there's consumer irritation involved with some contextual advertising. About the Author: Chris formerly headed up the Advanced Technology Department for Verizon

   13 days ago in SEO Articles & Newsletters · Authority: 8
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   Hot Links

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   Location aware Services: Now this is something to truly think about - Susan Mernit's Blog 4 hours ago factoryjoe : Location aware Services: Now this is something to truly think about - Susan Mernit's Blog - "Susan sez: Coming from an online dating service, where we did large quantities of research into safety and security, among both men

   15 days ago in Hot Links · Authority: 57
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   Hot Links

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   15 days ago in Hot Links · Authority: 57
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   Will Geolocation Become Ubiquitous?

   http://www.naturalsearchblog.com/archives/2008/05/06/will-ge...

   d touched on those aspects in some way, although I do like the techno-evangelist spin he’s provided on location as a foundational aspect in site design. Update: Susan Mernit, formerly of Yahoo!, also points out that security is a major concern for applications like dating sites, and that there’s consumer irritation involved with some contextual advertising.

   16 days ago in Natural Search Optimization SEO Blog by sspencer · Authority: 152
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   YAM: The big disconnect

   http://www.financialmd.info/yam-the-big-disconnect

   than they are to be big Yahoo! Sports or Finance fans….0 c) Front doors and content personalization–ie How to make Yahoo’s front page and the front pages of top content destinations like finance and sports more profitable a… Original post by Susan Mernit’s Blog

   16 days ago in Financial Md · Authority: 2
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    Last Night’s Innovation Dinner

    http://www.blonde2dot0.com/blog/2008/04/16/last-nights-innov...

    Monday’s dinner was a great success. I want to thank everyone who came. Especially our guests of honor from the US: Robert Scoble Craig Newmark JD Lasica Susan Mernit Renee Blodgett Cathy Brooks Deb Schultz Sarah Lacy Brad Reddersen Jeff Saperstein Let me also take this opportunity to thank Flixwagon and Meemix for sponsoring the event. Here are some pics from the event. You can find tons more pics on

    17 days ago in Blonde 2.0 by blonde20 · Authority: 61

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