Google search change hits investor relations sites
A MAJOR change to Google’s search algorithm to weed out “low-quality” websites has hit investor relations departments as many hosted IR websites and the largest PR wire service appear to have had their rankings cut.
Did Google Finance just get big?
GOOGLE Finance, the investing website that has yet to make a real impact in the year since it was launched, has just gotten a major boost with an important change to Google’s main search results pages. Now when people search the main Google site for public company names, they will see an option to preview [...]
Information explosion: implications for publishers
THERE’s a new report out from technology research firm IDC saying the world is pumping out digital information so fast that we will soon run out of room to store it. Terms like “exabytes” and “terrabytes” and “zettabytes” are used to describe the looming data deluge. SiliconValleyWatcher’s Tom Foremski is dubious of the claim that [...]
IR website vendors are failing IROs
By Dominic Jones IT TAKES less than 30 seconds for anyone with a browser to set up a website and start publishing and building an audience. They have immediate access to a vast array of free tools to incorporate into their websites, from free email alerts to free video, even free stock charts and market [...]
How to fix your company’s Wikipedia entry
WIKIPEDIA, the encyclopedia that anyone can edit, is one of the Web’s most popular websites. As such, it is also extremely influential, which means that a lot people have a vested interest in what it says about a wide range of topics.
SEC’s New Edgar Search Useful for IROs. Is RSS Next?
AFTER a short time in testing, the Securities and Exchange Commission has flicked the switch to make its powerful new Edgar full-text search public. I used the beta version a few times and found it extraordinarily efficient to be able to search filings by keyword. I hope other regulators are paying attention. For IROs, this [...]
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