New media is steadily becoming a larger and larger part of everyday life. Not only is it becoming the primary communication channel for a larger segment of the population, it is also increasingly becoming big business. Advertising dollars and e-commerce opportunities continue to grow on new media platforms, creating new jobs and new ways to […]
Where Can You Find the Most Insightful Conversations Online?
September 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
One major goal for teachers and librarians today is to foster “information literacy,” a set of skills that allows us to efficiently communicate what information we need, understand where and how to search, think critically about information and use it strategically to achieve our goals. Information literacy instruction typically involves activities like a discussion of what makes […]
Are You Taking LinkedIn Seriously Enough?
January 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Making fun of LinkedIn is pretty common. People will poke fun at it for being pointless, for flooding their inbox with emails about groups they don’t care about, or for bombarding them with invites from networking obsessives they don’t know. But there are a lot of benefits for LinkedIn users that these naysayers may not […]
What is a Vertical Search Engine?
November 29, 2011 By 2 Comments
Q: What’s a vertical search engine? Is Google one, or is it something else? When we think of search engines, Google typically comes to mind first. This is perfectly natural, since they own a dominating market share over Yahoo and Bing, the closest competitors. But there are plenty of other search engines that stick to […]
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