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CondéNet is cashing in on Facebook

Mike Shields of MediaWeek reports that CondéNet, the Internet arm of magazine publisher CondéNast, has aggressively used Facebook applications.

The article mentions that in June the company acquired the "What Are You Wearing?" application, which CondéNet executives claim that about 1,000 users are joining each day the over 90,000 others who are revealing their wardrobe on Facebook. ...

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Yahoo! Ads Help with Appointment Viewing

As someone who works in search marketing a little, I usually completely ignore advertisements on the Internet.  However, while using my Yahoo! e-mail account yesterday, I noticed a rather interesting ad for the new CBS show Viva Laughlin (the network's apparent answer to NBC's Las Vegas…).

Beyond its normal animation that catches the eye, the ad gave me the ability to add the show times of the show's entire first season to my Yahoo!...

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Newsweek’s Nifty Homepage Header

Newsweek unveiled a redesigned site yesterday.  The new site looks nice; although it still crams a bit too much information on the page than I would like, it does so in a much more organized manner than it did.

One of the new features that really caught my attention is the homepage header that can appear on any page. ...

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USA Today’s Candidate Match Game

I came across an interesting interactive feature on USA Today‘s website — the Candidate Match Game.

The premise behind this feature is pretty simple. A person selects one of a few defined responses to policy questions ranging from the war in Iraq to global warming to health care....

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State Department’s DipNote

Despite its somewhat odd name, The State Department's new blog site, DipNote , is a pretty interesting example of new ways to use blogs.

The site features several State Department officials blogging about their work, their travels, and current issues in international affairs. The content is certainly interesting,...

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