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Appliance manufacturer Electrolux is heating things up this Valentine's Day - in a virtual oven that is. The brand is using their Facebook application to create a little buzz and do some good in return.

Techcrunch provides an executive summary of startup action for 2008. Based on their own research data (which you can purchase).

OGC Network™ is a window onto the dynamic, constantly changing geospatial web as described by the OpenGIS® Reference Model (ORM). Multiple communities of interest for research in geospatial interoperability are supported, and persistent demonstration capability is provided. Here you will find the latest information on OGC-compatible software, services, and information models (e.g. GML profiles, SLD examples, etc.). From this site you can quickly locate OGC-compatible geospatial web services, the latest XML schema documents, discussion forums, conformance testing resources, and GML profile working areas. Instructions on signing up for authoring privileges are on the help page.

All kinds of resources, from Twitter applications for physicians to visualizations of various categories of medical research on PubMed. Fantastic blog; do NOT miss it!

Although the Internet is already a valuable information resource in medicine, there are important challenges to be faced before physicians and general users will have extensive access to this information. As a result of a research effort to compile a health-related Internet directory, new tools and strategies have been developed to solve key problems derived from the explosive growth of medical information on the Net and the great concern over the quality of such critical information. The current Internet search engines lack some important capabilities. We suggest using second generation tools (client-side based) able to deal with large quantities of data and to increase the usability of the records recovered. [...] The evaluation of the quality of health information available on the Internet could require a large amount of human effort. A possible solution may be to use quantitative indicators based on the hypertext visibility of the Web sites. The cybermetric measures are valid for quality evaluation if they are derived from indirect peer review by experts with Web pages citing the site. The hypertext links acting as citations need to be extracted from a controlled sample of quality super-sites.

hierin wordt beschreven hoe de kwaliteit van online resources wordt bepaald door de citaties, oftewel links, op sites van experts die de resource citeren (en dus naartoe linken). Dat is 1 manier om kwaliteit te beoordelen.

Are your testimonials properly optimized? Probably not. Our research indicates that most sites don't use credibility indicators to their full advantage

World Community Grid's mission is to create the largest public computing grid benefiting humanity. Our work is built on the belief that technological innovation combined with visionary scientific research and large-scale volunteerism can change our world for the better. Our success depends on individuals - like you - collectively contributing their unused computer time to this not-for-profit endeavor.

"Community features are spreading from 'Web 2.0' to 'Enterprise 2.0.' Research across 14 companies found that many are making productive use of social intranet features."

With 300 million active users, it is definitely an advertising channel worth considering; but advertisers need more confidence. Nielsen, a leading market research company will bring Facebook another step closer to perfecting its advertising platform.

Ever wondered what the world is searching for on the internet?Use Google Insights for Search, a tool that helps advertisers and marketers understand user behavior.

I loved this one. It was indeed informative for me.

New research by SeeWhy /Nielsen published today in a free ebook titled 'Lessons learned from the Top 10 Converting Websites' reveals that the Top 10 Converting websites do things differently.

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Livebinder collection of Web 2.0 Tools: presentations, audio, animation, comic strips, publishing, graphics, organization, research, collaboration

Ever wonder how women search and share product information online? Statistic charts from eMarketer and reports from PopSugar and Radar Research will tell you exactly how.

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