New! Social Media Best Practices: Profiles and Recommendations

What makes for a successful implementation of social media content and features? This Shore research report highlights profiles of nine leading consumer and B2B portals using social media to improve their publishing and provides sixteen key recommendations for publishers to consider when creating a social media property, along with a checklist to guide implementation efforts.
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Enterprise Search Deployment, Usage, and Trends

Information Today, Inc., Shore Communications, Inc., and respected analyst Jean Bedord recently completed an in-depth study of the dynamic enterprise search marketplace. More than 250 search professionals - users, buyers, and champions of the technology - provided unique insight into the trends driving and shaping enterprise search. This primary market research was supplemented by in-person interviews with representatives of market leading vendors.   details and purchasing

Content Industry Outlook 2007: Reality Checks

After a year filled with blockbuster mergers, acquisitions and breakthroughs in the content industry by social media products there will be “reality checks” for both new and emerging players in content and for established players that had bet on a more leisurely transition to new sources of revenues. In Outlook 2007 Shore focuses on seven key "A"s for 2007: Answers, Audience, Aggregation, APIs, Alternatives, Acceleration and Asia.   details and complimentary download

Clearing the Fog: A Compact Guide to Creating Rich Data Products and Services

How do you become a breakthrough publisher in your market using rich data products and services? This complimentary ShoreViews guide summarizes the key unique market needs for information, publishing and media products driven by rich data and describes the winning products and services that Shore recommends to respond to the needs of sophisticated industry audiences.  details and complimentary download

Content Industry Outlook 2006: Investing in Users

2006 is the year in which we'll see content companies making far greater investment in publishing infrastructure and in new marketing strategies to tailor their services to increasingly sophisticated users untethered from many traditional content sources, distribution channels and platforms. Shore sees four key areas where investing in users will be most active: packaging, platform, premium and personalization.

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Business Information Use in Small to Medium U.S. Businesses: 2005 Survey

Small and medium businesses in the United States are very active users of internal and external business information and growing their budgets for business information rapidly.  This ground-breaking study details major trends in business information usage,   purchasing, sharing and the importance of key sources.  details and purchasing

The Financial Market Data Industry: A Market Sizing and Forecast

What's the way ahead for a financial market data industry struggling through ongoing major changes in global finance? Shore Senior Analyst Jack McConville has exclusive market sizing data, forecasts and insights to share on a content sector that's facing the  impact of advanced technologies and streamlined markets on publishing and aggregation profitability. details and purchasing

The New Aggregation: Models for Success in Creating Content Value

Content aggregators face flat or declining revenues while new players carve out highly profitable business models for aggregation. The New Aggregation focuses content and technology suppliers on the capabilities that best suit the changing needs of content audiences. Shore President John Blossom defines in detail how content aggregation can succeed in this changing marketplace. details and purchasing