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Google Spreadsheets Update: Blessing in Disguise for Marketers…

The Marketing Blog

On digging deeper, it appears that the update has solved a big problem for market-researchers and statisticians. The Problem There are various form builders and online-survey tools out there but the ‘marketers’ face tough time to convince the respondents in filling up those web-based survey-forms. Let’s look at the 2 ‘W’s then.

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25 Major News Sites Ranked By Page Speed

Adam Sherk

To get a basic idea I ran Page Speed , the open source Firefox/Firebug add-on that Google recommends, on the home page of 25 news sites. At a minimum you should monitor the Site Performance data in your Webmaster Tools account and make an effort to minimize your average load times. How can you improve site speed?

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[INTERVIEW] How the University of Chester’s first-class social strategy gets them to the head of the class

Audiense

To see how well we’re doing this, I track against our nearest ten or so competitors, as identified by course application data. What research do you do into the people you’re targeting, whose tastes will likely change each year? Having access to that rich amount of data is hugely valuable to us.

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Social Network Analysis - KM4DevWiki

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Combines the survey and data analysis tools into one package. If there was one hassle it was having to manipulate data from surveys to input into analysis/visualisation tools. link] : I have learned to use Proximity, open-source software under development by the Univ. At this point it is research software.

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Six degrees of separation in instant messaging | Emerging Technology Trends | ZDNet.com

Buzz Marketing for Technology

According to Nature in ‘ Six degrees of messaging ,’ computer scientists at Microsoft Research Redmond lab have logged a full month of instant messengers using — logically — Microsoft Messenger. This study has been led at Microsoft Research Redmond lab by Eric Horvitz and Jure Leskovec, who was an intern at the time.

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An Early Look at News Media Twitter Lists: Not Much Traction

Adam Sherk

Daniel November 5, 2009 at 6:06 pm Also, how comfortable will news organizations be linking to other sources? To reporters’ sources? If we’re truly in an era of open-source journalism, I say reporters share their access (sort of) to sources via Twitter lists.

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Buzz Marketing for Technology

How research or any type of findings are packaged and presented can impact how readily the knowledge is put into practice.". data backup. open source. In defining your target audience, too, keep the intended outcome in mind: Which people are actually in a position to act on your information? Accessibility. accountability.

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