THVideo: Ghidotti on Moms and Social Networking

Natalie Ghidotti, a Little Rock PR pro who used to work with me at Arkansas Business and was a guest blogger here recently, was on “Today’s THV This Morning” today talking about social networking and how mothers are using it to share information and experiences. In her post for this site, Ghidotti talked about how [...]

Twitter: A Threat to Google with Social Search

We noted last week how Twitter is challenging Google in search (Facebook is doing it, too). The thought is that Twitter has the potential to offer highly relevant, real-time search results from its growing user base. Case in point: Restaurant search. My wife and I put a request on Twitter seeking the best place for [...]

Break Time

Blogging will be light for the next few days. I’ve got the week off and a list of home chores a mile long: replacing eves on the house, adding new light fixtures, painting the bathroom, hanging new curtains and more. It’s like HGTV on speed over here. While I’m gettin’ my Bob Vila on, be [...]

Happy Memorial Day!

Here’s hoping the rain the stays away.

paidContent.org: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s Model Not the Answer for Everyone

A paidContent.org column (via the Washington Post) echoes conclusions in Mark Potts’ recent examination, noted here, of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s print/Web strategy, which put newspaper content online behind a pay wall. Many newspapers cite the DG’s strategy as proof that locked-down online news content can work for daily newspapers. But paidContent argues that “if this [...]

Tough Times for Auto Dealers in This Week’s Arkansas Business

Happy Memorial Day! This week’s edition of Arkansas Business is online now. Among the highlights: George Waldon takes a look at the state’s beleagered auto dealers, who were already facing tough times before Chrysler and GM started pruning dealerships, including several in Arkansas. Includes a list of recent closings. (Also: Click here for video of [...]

Pardon the Interruption

Where have I been? In short, sick as a dog. Before you ask, let’s go ahead and clarify: I’m pretty sure it’s not H1N1! Suffice it to say, blogging will be light if at any all. Heck, I can’t even muster a tweet. E-mails are piling up, but they’ll just have to keep on piling. [...]

The Winner

AP: Allen Wins Congrats from the hometown paper | TheCabin.net fan page 100 million votes after lowest-rated penultimate ep in ‘Idol’ history KLRT retracts ’38 million votes from Arkansas’ report HuffPo: ‘Spoiler!’ Allen wins NY Daily News: ‘Surprise upset’ NY Times: Protest? Cowell remains seated after announcement USA Today: ‘Awful, moldy, bloated finale’ Washington Post: [...]

Google: We’ve Fallen Behind Twitter on Real-time Search

Cue the next wave of “Google’s buying Twitter” rumors, despite CEO Eric Schmidt’s best efforts. This, after statements this week by Google co-founder Larry Page and Schmidt, reported today in the Guardian UK. Speaking at Google’s Zeitgeist Conference, Page admitted that the company has been “losing out to Twitter” in a race to meet Web [...]

The Obligatory ‘Good Luck Kris Allen’ Post

But seriously, good luck tonight. More Arkansas Business: His post-’Idol’ prospects Official Site TheCabin.net fan page Congressional Quarterly: Allen will win F Yeah, Kris Allen