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Bridging the Gap: How Semantic Web can move into the mainstream through SXSW

Austin Startup

Personally, I believe that the Semantic Web will become mainstream in the next few years (I actually have a bet on this with some college friends). After reading the wonderful blogpost on the BBC’s dynamic semantic publishing system , it reminded me that the Semantic Web has two audiences: the common web user (my mom) and developers.

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Data is the Next Major Layer of the Cloud & A Major Victory for Startups

Both Sides of the Table

Another big innovator in helping manage cloud implementations is Okta , founded by Todd McKinnon, the former VP of Engineering at Salesforce.com (who knows a thing or two about cloud services) and Freddy Kerrest who was senior in biz dev & sales at Salesforce and was there from 2002-07. Other Layers.

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5 SEO Action Steps You Can Take Today

Duct Tape Marketing

For the most part that post revealed how the shifting form of search into a less content and more context driven world requires site owners and SEO professionals to think differently about how they approach search engine optimization. I’ve used the Sociable and Digg Digg plug ins on and off for years. Embed larger images.

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Innovate Israel Conference Brings 28 Israeli startups to London

VC Cafe

Brandsforce is a plug & play social media marketing platform that generates conversations, engagements and measurable actions on social networks. Our platform extracts the real value from social networks, empowering online businesses to attract, engage and understand users like never before. How do we do this?

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Sales Is a Function of Marketing Pure and Simple

Duct Tape Marketing

Some of this might simply be semantics because the terms are widely fumbled around in various places, but here’s what I find to be true. The trouble with this mindset is that social media and inbound marketing has actually made the distinction even harder to appreciate. Hire more educators and engineers.

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RWW Recommends: The Startup Toolkit

www.readwriteweb.com

Its also incredibly flexible, allowing you to change your entire layout and composition with a single theme file, while still maintaining your sites integrity and standing with search engines. social media. social networks. social networking. semantic web. POPULAR TAGS. advertising. developers.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

In the era of social networks, LinkedIn, Facebook messaging, Quora and email addresses that are easily guessable, it’s easy to think that maybe you should just approach a VC directly. GroupOn, Living Social, AdMeld, Gilt Group, Demand Media, ShoeDazzle, Tumblr, FourSquare, etc. Determine how to get access to them.

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