The Best Business Information Blogs

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There’s great blog coverage of the business information industry, from the content perspective, the technology perspective and the marketing perspective. And there’s a plethora of blogs covering the search engine space.

Some of the best include:

ContentBiz, http://blog.contentbiz.com/ the sister blog to MarketingSherpa, provides interesting insights into the world of content.

InfoCommerce which focuses on the database and directory publishing industry.

Outsell Now, which analyzes breaking events and trends in the information industry. The Friday email edition provides an excellent weekly wrap-up.

John Blossom at Shore Communications comments on and analyzes the marketplace for content and related technologies. Shore’s daily news headlines are invaluable.

Rafat Ali’s coverage at Paid Content is much broader than the business information space – pretty much all of digital content - but he does have a special business and finance section

Content Matters, Barry Graubart's commentary on the intersection of Content and Technology.

The Shifted Librarian focuses on bringing librarians up to speed technologically.

For following the search engine space, John Battelle’s Searchblog often gets the inside scoop. For more complete analysis turn to Search Engine Watch, Search Engine Land or SearchViews. Ian Kennedy’s Flashpoint covers the world of business blogging.

Fred Wilson is one of New York City’s most well-known and successful venture capitalists. Currently a Managing Partner of Union Square Ventures, Fred has previously plied his trade at Flatiron Partners and Euclid Partners. He is the author of the widely read blog A VC where he covers a range of topics including business information.

The Alacra Blog, from Alacra CEO Steve Goldstein, covers all issues in the business information space, including search strategies, new content, desktop applications, venture funding, M&A and the role of information professionals.

Alacra's Research Recap showcases compelling industry, economic, academic, market, investment and credit research. The audience includes the investment community and professional services firms, as well as others interested in the types of research we include.

David Meerman Scott's Web Ink Now is a Web marketing blog focused on cashing in with Web content. Discover how innovative marketers use digital information to turn browsers into buyers by creating compelling Web sites and corporate blogs.

The ALM Research Blog, from ALM Research's Director of Client Relations, Chuck Lowry, focuses on legal business and competitive intelligence issues and information, with a particular focus on large law firms.

The Reportlinker's Blog, is a blog dedicated to the information industry : Web 3.0, Vertical Search, Information Industry and Market Research News are presented. This blog is managed by Benjamin Carpano (CEO), and Nicolas Bombourg (Sales Manager), founders of the company Ubiquick (Fr).

Tom Hagy's blog The SIPA Blog is a fresh look at the newsletter and specialized information industry with a good dose of humor and considerable insight into the world of content, specialized information publishing and the principals and protocols that keep it moving ahead at rocket speed.

Terese Terry's Biz Ref Blog provides a running list of business reference sites. Subtitled: "land of the free and the good," this blog should be a regular read by info pro's.

Report Buyer's new blog called RBlog covers latest trends from market research reports. Contributions come from in-house writers, publishers and industry commentators.

The Library House Blog offers insights on the European venture ecosystem backed up with data from 9000+ companies tracked by our data service.

HSM is a global leader in executive education with operations in over 9 countries. The HSM Blog covers the Brazilian operation.

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