links for 2007-07-11

  • I just read another report that talks about the need for marketing automation tools…
  • In today’s competitive business world, organizations that sustain profitability and continue to grow are firms that can attract, hire, and retain finishers.
  • Companies that were once skeptical about tools such as blogs are now blogging or considering starting one. Unfortunately, many companies that do so still have little idea of how to grow their blog into an integral part of their marketing efforts.
  • Today LifeHacker linked to a new tool which takes over as my new all time favorite – Bust a Name.
  • Attorney General Gonzales has shown an apparent reckless disregard for the rule of law and a fundamental lack of respect for the oversight responsibilities of Congress
  • EFF has obtained FBI documents showing years of chronic problems with its use of National Security Letters (NSLs).
  • Nielsen/NetRatings is going to dump page views as an official measurement of web site popularity and instead start measuring the total time spent by visitors on a web site.
  • Compete is out with its latest search marketshare report for June 2007, showing that MSN/Windows Live Search has posted a dramatic rise since last month.