Google started personalizing everyone’s search results last week. This week, they added real time search. If they get social, they can make make search really personal. Here is the start of what I would want integrated into a personalized search algorithm: Twitter: Pages that I’ve linked to Twitter: Pages that my friends have linked to Twitter: [...]
Chuck Peters (@cpetersia on Twitter) is the chief executive at The Gazette Company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. When I asked if it would be wise for news executives to join Twitter, Peters replied that it is an important part of his work. I asked Peters to provide a few reasons why news executives should use Twitter. [...]
Shortly after four police officers were killed in Washington, David Boardman (@dlboardman), the executive editor of The Seattle Times started using Twitter. His account was created 27 days prior to the shooting, and he had tweeted once. After the police slayings, Broadman posted two messages telling people to visit the site. Then, he started really using Twitter. [...]
NYU professor Jay Rosen has a Twitter list of the “top 15-20 people most likely to give good link about journalism and its struggles.” The Twitter Times creates a “real-time personalized newspaper” based on links shared by people you follow on Twitter, and the people your followers follow. Links are ranked by recency and popularity. Here [...]
