The truth about Sun's Web-first earnings release — Update 3
Note: I’ve added more specifics around the sequence of events around Sun’s release, including adding a screenshot taken from Yahoo! Finance which shows times various news items became available there. I’ve also added a link to a PRWeek article that provides a more balanced report than IR Magazine. I’ve also added an update about Business [...]
The emerging engagement expectation
AS INTERNET users, particularly younger generations, spend more time online, the Web has become a vital means for them to interact with one another. This has led to a surge in the popularity of so-called social media or engagement media –- websites and Internet-based technologies that enable users to converse, contribute, create and share online [...]
Nothing to see, but much to ponder at XTO Energy
AS PART of a continuing theme that many corporate websites are becoming increasingly irrelevant to investors due to poor management and a lack of a clear communication strategy, I offer two screenshots. The first is from the events calendar page on XTO Energy Inc.’s (NYSE:XTO) investor relations website, which is hosted by Thomson Financial on [...]
How does pretty stand up when things get ugly?
SOME corporate websites are gorgeous to look at. They make a strong impression the moment they load in your browser. They establish credibility instantly. It’s like when you meet someone who looks attractive. You’re immediately favorably disposed to them. Researchers have delved into the importance of looks on the web and they’ve found that a [...]
PDF flaw fears grow, Adobe seeks fix
AS ADOBE Corp. worked to produce a patch for flawed versions of its ubiquitous PDF reader, new details emerged about the severity of the flaw and how it can be used to compromise visitors to trusted websites. CNET News.com reported Thursday that the PDF security risk was greater than originally thought. The online news site [...]
A new model for corporate website management
MOST corporate websites today are managed by different departments with different audiences and sometimes even completely different technical platforms. A big problem with this approach is that internal departments often don’t talk to each other. The problem is even worse when, as with many IR sites, outside vendors don’t talk to the company’s internal technical [...]
Johnson & Johnson bans right-clicking on its website
I HAVE seen a lot of bad decisions made on corporate websites over the years, but this may be the worst by far. Apparently in an effort to stop people copying photographs from its website, health care giant Johnson & Johnson has coded its pages to make it impossible for people to use the right-click [...]
Japan’s Bloggers More Trusting Than Their English Counterparts
By IR Web Report Staff A COMPARISON of Japanese and English-language bloggers reveals stark differences in their attitudes towards corporations and in their reasons for blogging. Public Relations firm Edelman and blog search company Technorati Japan surveyed 213 Japanese bloggers and compared their answers with those of 821 English-language bloggers who were surveyed a year [...]
Who should control your corporate website? None of the above.
PR BLOGGER Neville Hobson has a post today about the continuing battle between corporate IT departments and communications departments for control over companies’ web-based communications — see Communication and IT: Still an uneasy alliance. He says that while he still sees cases where IT and communications people are in conflict, it is much less prevalent [...]
Survey finds analysts not into RSS, blogs or podcasts
A THOMSON FINANCIAL survey of North American investment analysts has shone a light on their technology use and found that many are still in the dark about new technologies like RSS and podcasts. The global financial information and services giant surveyed 304 sell- and buy-side analysts in an online poll to probe their needs when [...]
Big companies snub small shareholders
LAST week saw the deadline for big American companies to file their annual 10-K reports with the SEC. There was quite a bit of hoopla this year because it was the first time companies were filing their internal control reports in compliance with the much-hyped Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley act. Most companies made the [...]
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