7/20/05
Search Engine Watch summarizes what Americans are looking for via the Google, Yahoo!, Ask Jeeves and MSNs of the Web:
* Getting directions/maps - 75%
* Looking for news - 64%
* Shopping - 51%
* Looking for entertainment web sites - 47%
How Americans Search [Search Engine Watch]

Shameless plug: JSOnline, the Web site of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, is seeking a hard-working, creative and detail-minded journalist to join its team in producing the site's award-winning sports content.
This person will be responsible for producing, packaging and enhancing editorial and multimedia content from the newspaper and other sources, with a focus on accuracy, completeness, […]

Nanny writes a blog. Nanny's employer, an editor for the New York Times, reads nanny's blog. Employer finds content disturbing, fires nanny. Employer writes a harsh, one-sided rant about the experience for the Times. Nanny responds back through her blog. This, my children, is the circle of life new media.
The New Nanny Diaries Are Online […]

"At just 24, computer wiz Adrian Holovaty decided to use his technical skills to help the city he loves with a very unique Web site…"
The CNN spot comes off a bit "gee-whiz" due to its intended audience, but Adrian's outstanding work deserves all the attention it gets. (Yes, Adrian's part of Curley's Lawrence.com posse.)
Holovaty's free […]

"Here's an interesting career move: Rob Curley, he of online-media-industry celebrity and many a new-media award for the newspaper websites he's led, is leaving the Lawrence Journal-World and heading to Naples, Florida, where he'll run the online operations of the Naples Daily News."
Rob Curley Heading to Naples, Florida [Poynter]
Dan Cox taking over LJWorld.com [Poynter]

Mark Glaser: "Embarrassing juxtapositions have plagued contextual ads on media sites and blogs. But they can fit well with commercially focused content. Here's a deeper look at the pros and cons of AdSense and ContentMatch."
The good, bad and ugly of contextual ads from Google, Yahoo [OJR]

WashingtonPost.com's leades share thoughts about their site.
Strategic Focus of washingtonpost.com [Media Center morph]