There is a new report out from the Economist, the next in it’s annual series of reports that detail the state of democracy around the world. This year’s report is entitled “The Democracy Index 2011: Democracy under stress”. Read more and download this year’s report. Original post
More than one million Clipper cards are now in circulation, representing an increase of nearly 30% over the last six months. Original post
Declaring that it’s a great year to be a data geek, The Atlantic Cities presents its list of 10 best urban datasets released in 2011. Original post
Ridership is surging on intercity bus companies like BoltBus and Megabus, as passengers choose to surf the Internet instead of driving, flying, or taking the train. Original post
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What are the differences between SEO actions taken for Business-to-Consumer (B2C) campaigns, vs. Business-to-Business (B2B)? KME Internet Marketing has delivered many B2B campaigns over the past years, typically regarding very technically-complex or domain-specific subject matter – we’ve found the following information and strategies tend to ring true for most… For B2B SEO vs B2C, theRead… Read more »
1.) “What would a ‘government shutdown’ mean in practical terms?” started by Chris Stevenson When the government first threatened to shut down in February, many govies were confused about what exactly this meant to them – what were the consequences? What would change? Would their agency close it’s doors, or remain open? Will they getRead… Read more »
AON SETTLEMENT. Story here. “Aon Corp., the largest insurance broker, agreed to pay $16.3 million to resolve criminal and civil probes of possible bribes paid overseas to get business.” The DOJ release is here. FRIENDLY FACEBOOK CAMPAIGNS. Politico. “Is this the cycle in which presidential campaigns finally figure out how to effectively use Facebook asRead… Read more »
MTA New York City Transit launched an email notification system to let customers subscribe to updates on the status of station elevators and escalators. Original post
Early on during the Expertnet consultation last year, I shared the following (sadly, the Expertnet wiki is locked due to its paid subscription having expired, but Google still has most of it cached): re: Notifying Experts tbonnema Dec 18, 2010 12:43 am It looks like ExpertNet is trying to solve at least two distinct problems:Read… Read more »