Archive for August, 2009
Beeb outlines online operations
Last week’s BBC Open Day saw the Beeb reaffirm its commitment to the link economy and, in the process, keep driving traffic to many of the publicly funded corporation’s fiercest critics. The clickthrough numbers look pretty impressive, rising from 10 million per week in February to 12 million today – in part powered by the BBC’s partnership with Moreover, and these stats should only increase as Auntie pushes more outbound linking.
Also on the agenda was the BBC’s plans to refresh its BBC News website ahead of an expected UK General Election next spring, this “spring clean” looking to improve layout and navigation rather than introducing any new editorial content. The BBC Sport website can also expect a similar makeover as the corporation readies itself for next year’s World Cup and intends to maximise the newly acquired Football League online rights.
Read more or watch videos from the event on the BBC Internet Blog: http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?x3346310850u&f=2179
1 comment August 20, 2009
Weblogs.com iPod winner revealed
Congratulations to Ellen Dean who, after completing our Weblogs.com survey, is now the proud owner of a shiny new iPod Touch.
Ellen is an author from North Yorkshire in the UK, who is currently working on the follow-up to her 2006 novel Beautiful Strangers. To catch up on the latest from Ellen be sure to check her blog, which can be found here : http://www.ellendean.blogspot.com/
2 comments August 18, 2009
Kick-off the season with Moreover feeds
As football fans across the UK, and the world, get ready for the start of the new Premier league season we would like to remind you of the best place to check all the latest news and transfer gossip from your team.
Subscribe to Moreover’s free RSS news feeds to read up on all the action, from Michael Owen’s first United injury goal to who tops the table come May. If you’ve any thoughts on the feeds or don’t see your team (sorry, no Football League teams just yet) then drop us a comment below.
Add comment August 14, 2009
Moreover is hiring 2.0
We’re hiring again… so now is your chance to jump into the fast moving world of business intelligence by becoming part of the team here at Moreover.
We’re currently looking for an experienced Senior Java Developer and a not-quite-so experienced Java Developer to work from our company headquarters based in Reston, Va.
In Dayton, Oh we are on the lookout for a Client Services Representative, Senior Network Engineer, HTML Programmer and, similarly to Reston, Java Developers of varying experience.
In sunny London a new Client Services Representative, Senior Java Developer and a more junior Java Developer are all on our radar.
If you like the sound of any of these positions and think you have “the right stuff” to fit in at Moreover then we’d love to hear from you. For the US positions contact the Moreover Technologies Recruiting Department on 800-779-5619 or send an email to apply@testfirsthiring.com to learn more. If you’d like details on the UK roles please call 0207 0173787 or email kdraycott AT moreover.com. We look forward to hearing from you!
3 comments August 14, 2009
Reuters loves linking
Chris Ahearn, Media President at Thomson Reuters, has spoken up in favour of the “link economy”. You may have noticed the recent ripple within the blogosphere over the issues surrounding linking and the World Wide Web, so it is certainly refreshing to hear a major publisher speak up with an understanding of how linking can be beneficial to all the parties involved.
So with that, I’ll direct to the original piece by Chris here, and recommend you follow his further musings on the matter via Twitter @cjahearn (not forgetting if you want the very latest from us at Moreover be sure to follow @moreovertech).
3 comments August 10, 2009
Real-time rewards?
The virtues and innovation of the real-time Web are being discussed in this piece from BusinessWeek, as you’d expect Twitter features quite heavily, alongside what the emerging trend could mean for Google.
Real-time Web is a pretty hot topic at the moment, as the various players find their role in the space from search to real-time news services, such as ourselves here at Moreover, it’ll be interesting to watch how this sector evolves and if it will usher in a new era of the Web.
Add comment August 7, 2009
YouTube Near You
With Microsoft Vine in beta testing, NBC rolling out ten new city sites, and our own link-up with MetaCarta, it seems hyperlocal content is a trend that’s here to stay.
The past weekend’s New York Times reports that YouTube is now joining the party, already having 200 providers signed up to its “News Near You” feature, although with most videos not coming traditional local TV stations. Whether the stations sign-up to YouTube’s new vision of local news remains to be seen, and as recent events in Iran have shown us how social media is empowering citizen journalism, the range of News Near You sources has the potential to be quite diverse.
1 comment August 4, 2009
