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Blogging From A Sinking Ship

PubSub CTO Bob Wyman was never one to pull punches. And though the blogosphere has been a store window for many companies, Wyman's latest blog entry detailing not just that the company is days from bankruptcy, but chronicling the internal political struggles between himself and the CEO, has some wondering at what point transparency becomes the medium of aired dirty laundry.

PR Tools and Bag of Tricks

Okay, a lot of times I get people asking me what are the super-secret tools in my blogging/PR bag of tricks.

PubSub Quick Subscribe Bookmarklets

PubSub has rolled out a stack of handy dandy bookmarklets.

CoComment Gets Half the Job Down

Okay, I track blogs. I always have. It's not a big deal, it's part of PR and what I hope to convey to others in the industry and the agency life - that it's not just enough to be tracking the media, but you need to get your Pubsub / Technorati / Blogpulse on (yes, all three).

It's Not About SEO - It's About PR

Tom Foremski has an interesting post today - Foremski has always had good ideas, as one of the key people in the Financial Times office - but he wonders why PR is growing, while the media universe keeps shrinking.

PubSub, Viacom Affiliate TV Stations in RSS Alert Deal

PubSub and Viacom have inked a deal to integrate PubSub's RSS alerting technology on all CBS local affiliate news pages.

Alls Fair In Love and Search

PubSub CTO Bob Wyman and Feedster CTO Scott Johnson can agree on one thing, they don't like Google, especially when it comes to blog search and fighting splogs (spam blogs). But when they weren't dogpiling on Google at SES Chicago, they took jabs at each other as they jockeyed for top position in the search world.

Its Not Spying, Its Business Intelligence

A new subscription service for marketers allows subscribers to keep an ear to the blogosphere and other social media realms with automatic keyword updates. Similar to Google News Alerts, PubSub struck a deal with business intelligence company Cymfony to deliver the latest buzz.

Following On-Line Conversations is Hard Work!

"Markets are conversations" That phrase comes from the Cluetrain Manifesto and appears frequently in blog postings and comments.

PubSub Testing Blog Waters With New Ranking System

PubSub.com released LinkRanks yesterday, calling it the "Blogosphere's most comprehensive tool for tracking the popularity and influence of blogs and websites," along with a list of its top 1000 most influential sites with web feeds.