The ‘Twitter Effect’: Possibilities and limits

February 5th, 2009 by admin

Is there a “Twitter Effect,” by which the rapid spread of information through the microblogging service can crush a Web site with traffic? As I see it, the answer is yes, but it’s not as simple as it might appear at first blush.
First, the background: Mashable CEO Pete Cashmore, whose Twitter postings more than 52,000 [...]

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LinkedIn unveils Surveys business for researchers

October 25th, 2008 by admin

LinkedIn on Thursday announced the launch of LinkedIn Surveys, a service from the LinkedIn Research Network that allows market researchers and investors to access the site’s 30 million professionals for market intelligence by creating a survey, and either opening it up to the entire LinkedIn community or targeting a select group.
In order to increase the [...]

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