It's hard to come up with an adjective to describe Craigslist's decision to sue Red Trumpet other than "dumb." Nothing good will come of this lawsuit for a variety of reasons, and Craigslist is asking for trouble in filing it.
Monday, November 2, 2009
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At the intersection of old media and social media, there's an emerging need to be more judicious in both the coverage and placement of news on both sides of the street, said Craigslist's founder Craig Newmark at Digital Media Conference West. Newmark, the unassuming media mogul whose site is among the most widely-visited on the Internet, discussed media's evolution, social media, and his own classifieds destination during a fireside chat-style keynote with Richard Hart, founder of The Next Step.
Monday, October 26, 2009
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When I wrote a post a month ago detailing why I thought Facebook could really hurt Google (GOOG), lots of readers scoffed at my logic. So I was relieved to see that Sean Parker agrees with me. Parker, a babyfaced wunderkind tech enterpreneur, played key early roles in Facebook and, before that, music filesharing site Napster. He gave the most provocative presentation at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco last week -- laying out, in broad brushstrokes, how and why he thinks Facebook will kill Google.
Monday, October 5, 2009
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Is Google a newspaper killer? Not by a long shot, says Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Nor does he want it to be. In a long interview about his company’s relationship with newspapers and the print journalism industry, Schmidt made it clear he wants established players to survive. In fact, he thinks Google has a “moral responsibility” to help. But help doesn’t mean a handout.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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Kijiji, a free classified ads site attempting to rival Craigslist, is taking a cheap shot at Craigslist by publicizing the results of a one-sided survey. According to the survey, which was commissioned by eBay, “Three in four U.S. adults (75%) said they prefer to buy or sell items from a Web site that does not host erotic ads or adult services, and more than half (53%) of consumers said they would prefer that a family member use a site without such listings.”
Monday, September 14, 2009
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An idea is gaining momentum: online readers must open their wallet. In recent weeks, several suggestions for moving from wish to implementation have popped up. The latest one comes from Google. The company proposes to give a boost to its not-so-successful Checkout service by harnessing it to online newspapers interests.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
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When it comes to finding a new job, they say it’s all about who you know. With the rise of online social networks that has never been truer. Today, 42% of adults in the U.S. with Internet access maintain a profile on a social networking site, up from 20% in 2007, according to Forrester Research. And in an economy where almost one-tenth of the population is unemployed, more job-seekers are likely to look for opportunities online.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Downtown Tampa / Andrew Avitus Tampa, FL - With the Tampa Bay area's unemployment rate above 11 percent, finding a job these days can take a heroic effort. Tales of hiring managers being inundated with resumes are everywhere. When a company called Vangent opened a telephone call center in Riverview earlier this summer, it received 2,000 applications for 200 positions.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
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A Middle Eastern man was looking to hire an English tutor for his teenage daughter who'd be attending school in Chicago this year. The pay? $40 an hour. One day a week for two months. Under better circumstances, Denise Misrac, 34, would not have given the ad a second thought. But she needed money and was desperate to find a teaching job, even if it was temporary. She responded to the post on Craigslist by e-mailing her credentials to the man. Soon after, she received notice that she had landed the job.
Monday, August 31, 2009
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Newspapers, which have been hit by declines in ad revenue, are trying to figure out how to charge for their online content without alienating readers. Above, Dorothy Miller at a newsstand in Cambridge, Mass. (Steven Senne / Associated Press / January 30, 2009) You think the economy is sending mixed signals? Just look at the newspaper industry. For every "green shoot" that appears, there's a tumbleweed or two rolling by next door. On the positive side, advertising sales firmed a bit in June at major chains such as Gannett Co. and New York Times Co., enabling those companies to post unexpectedly strong second-quarter profits. Newspaper stocks rallied sharply -- Gannett shares have rocketed 156% since the end of June -- as some investors bet that aggressive cost cutting has positioned the companies for higher profit once the economy rebounds.
Monday, August 31, 2009
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eBay acquired a 28 percent share of the Craigslist online classified site in 2004, and then proceeded to launch its own competing classifieds site Kijiji in 2005. It has been less than a "marriage made in heaven," with things coming to a head when eBay launched Kijiji in the U.S. in 2007. The two parties have sued each other and accusations have gotten rather nasty.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
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I'm a big movie fan and New York Times Sunday newspaper reader. I still find myself reading up on movies in the Sunday Times. But it's a rarity these days. Most of the time, I'm checking out SFGate.com for reviews and times on my iPhone. It does beg the question: How well are brand marketing dollars doing for movie ads and listing in newspapers?
Thursday, August 20, 2009
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As social networking grows increasingly pervasive, more employers are utilizing these sites to screen potential employees. Forty-five percent of employers reported in a recent CareerBuilder survey that they use social networking sites to research job candidates, a big jump from 22 percent last year. Another 11 percent plan to start using social networking sites for screening. More than 2,600 hiring managers participated in the survey, which was completed in June 2009.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
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There are a slew of programs online that job-seekers can use to build personal Web sites. Even though the numbers have improved, there are still a lot of people looking for work these days. But the newest way to get your name out there may be right at your fingertips. Beyond social networking sites, people are creating personal Web sites to job search. Will Lindow is one of them.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
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When a Visalia-based advertising company printed rental ads that barred couples and people with children, fair-housing advocates sued. They said the company violated a federal ban on discriminatory housing ads. But when the same company published similar ads on the Internet, fair housing laws didn’t apply.
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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