Category: web 2.0

eduStyle announces higher ed web awards

eduStyle, a virtual gallery of higher ed websites, announces its awards program for higher ed websites.

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“These awards celebrate the best work in college and university websites of 2007,” explains eduStyle founder Stewart Foss in announcing the awards competition. “Thirty-five categories recognize the most innovative and exciting developments in key areas of higher education web development.”

“Top-level prizes include best overall website, best redesign and most innovative. There are also awards in areas such as information architecture and video; awards for sub-sites (e.g. a faculty website), special projects and writing. Awards on blogging in higher-ed will be presented in partnership with CollegeWebEditor.com.”

More info at http://www.edustyle.net/awards/.

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Silobreaker: a new PR analytics tool

I’ve been playing around a bit with a new analytics tool (and news source) called Silobreaker. It’s an online search service that provides contextual search results in a graphical format. Below is an example of one tool, a network map that allows you to see contextual links between your search term and other relevant data.

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I’m not sure what it all means yet, but it’s interesting. I see some possible applications with measuring media relations efforts, media placement and overall online reputation management.

Silobreaker also has a blog, if you’re interested in updates.

Thanks to Lois Kelly for blogging about this and another interesting but probably less practical tool (for my purposes), HubDub.