Has anyone else noticed that the new Technorati doesn’t have search feeds any longer? I mean, I’m open to correction but I certainly can’t find them. And I’m not the only one. It’s actually been a bit of a conversation around Mesh. What’s Technorati thinking? I ask again, is Technorati really the authority if they [...]

Many folks choose to use the Pingomatic to ensure that when the post a blog entry, as many search indexes such as Technorati and Feedburner. however, what I find interesting is that there are a large number of “dead” services in the list of indexes pinged. For instance, Pubsub is listed and they’ve been dead [...]

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud. -Ralph Waldo Emerson Friends are important. Friendships allow a healthy organization to function smoothly. The companies where the management team considers each other friends is a healthy organization that is thriving. At b5media, we have become somewhat famous [...]

Stickiness is the term we use that describes when visitors come to a site and come back again. If a blog has great stickiness, chances are that readers typically find very interesting things there and they bookmark it or subscribe to the feed. Most sites are not very sticky though. They may have moments of [...]

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. -Sir Winston Churchill Everyone has a boss. It doesn’t matter if you’re the person taking orders at a drive through or a CEO of a multinational company. Everyone reports to somebody in someway. The CEO has to go before the board and answer questions. [...]

There are subject matter experts; then there are Subject Matter Experts™. Mark Jaquith is a Subject Matter Expert™. Rarely do companies get the opportunity to get the caliber of talent that embodies Mark. So, naturally, we’re thrilled to announce that Mark is joining the b5media ranks this Friday (June 1). For those of you who [...]