International news items created by McClatchy foreign correspondents will be added as ‘Trusted Voices’ to Yahoo News.
NCAA Tournament Coverage – Poor Usability
Why is it so difficult for me to get coverage of the college basketball tournament while I’m at work?
After navigating the mess at cbs.sportsline.com to try to watch the games over the live internet feed, (they make it almost impossible to find the link for to watch the games live.) I’ve come to find out that the video for whatever reason doesn’t even work on my Linux box, not to mention crashed my browser several times. I’ve also heard a friend say he can’t get the video working on Firefox either for Windows. He had to use Internet Explorer. HELLO? I wasn’t even aware people still used Internet Explorer.
Live Blogging Leads Macworld Keynote Coverage
Coverage of the Steve Jobs keynote at the Macworld conference took on several different forms this year. Some publications took the traditional journalistic approach by writing articles after the fact, while others experimented with the less formal, more reactionary approach of blogging.
Googles Buys JotSpot, Self-Coverage Ensues
Google has acquired JotSpot, which describes itself as “the first application wiki company.” In a well-coordinated display, JotSpot’s co-founder Joe Kraus made a post about the purchase on the Google Blog, while the JotSpot site supplied the answers to eleven “frequently asked questions” about the deal. There’s another post on the “JotBlog,” as well.
ClickTracks Gets Big Sales, Gartner Coverage
The web analytics company announced a record sales quarter and the addition of the company to coverage by Gartner in its MarketScope for Web Analytics.
Shuttle Coverage Equals Optimization for Yahoo, AOL
Space shuttle news remains hot and heavy in the news with thousands upon thousands of stories about the trials and tribulations of the Discovery’s current mission. One significant angle not mentioned much so far is the Internet coverage of the launch.
Search For Discovery: Online Coverage Of Shuttle Launch
NASA tried something new for media coverage with the launch of the Discovery. They set up online coverage through Yahoo and AOL. While normal television broadcast and cable networks will cover the launch, these two companies give you something new to search for. Both companies scored big points with this coverage and having watched both, both were sharp.
Google Expands Alert Coverage
Instead of RSS feeds, Google offers email-based alert updates for news topics users choose to monitor. Whenever you establish an update, Google emails you to inform you the topic you are monitoring has changed or had content added.
Google Maps Updates, Increases Satellite Coverage
Since the integration of Keyhole’s satellite technology into their mapping service, Google Maps has become incredibly popular and quite useful. The use of high-resolution images puts portions of the globe in the palms of their visitors’ hands; and it appears as if this ability will only increase.
Study: Search Engines Increase Coverage
As we go through existence, we find there are great questions in life: What is life’s meaning? What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? And finally, just how big is the Internet? A recent study attempted to put some of the Internet question into perspective and they discuss how much is covered by the big search engines.