links for 2009-05-19

  • It was a great surprise today to find The Marketing Technology Blog at #163 on the Top 200 Social Media blogs on the Internet.
  • What I’m getting at is that no marketer can thrive long-term without staying at the edge, as fluency in tools is imperative to be able to think in terms of strategy and come up with good ideas. And, that’s the basic requirement of each and every communications professional.
  • Big changes are in the works for Twitter and their realtime search features, says new Twitter VP of Operations Santosh Jayaram, changes that may spell the end of the status quo both for the microblogging platform in particular and the entire concept of organic searching in general.
    (tags: twitter search)
  • Silicon Alley Insider’s Chart of the Day sums up the recent growth of online advertising revenue–or lack thereof.
  • Thank goodness! A person who chased followers and came to their senses!