How it works:
A sponsor's blog occupies a permanent place in the
"Techmeme Sponsor Post" area of the site
for the duration of the sponsorship.
The technology is simple:
a sponsor's blog feed is polled every few minutes,
the latest post of which appears in its assigned slot (first, second, or third)
along with a logo image that links to the sponsor's site.
See also this post to learn why this model is used and this extensive Techmeme roundup for other perspectives.
About Techmeme: Techmeme is the leading automated news site for tech industry decision makers and the media who cover them. It presents an automated newspaper-like summary of the latest buzz from leading online voices in technology. The unique approach applied for surfacing news means Techmeme routinely beats mainstream media outlets to major stories. For example, the AOL search data incident hit Techmeme on August 6, 2006, a day ahead of traditional media coverage. (Not surprisingly, the AOL spokesman who responded to the issue first discovered it on Techmeme.)
Techmeme's Readership: An important portion of Techmeme's readership are influencers who reverberate what they find to a far wider audience. Refer to the "BlurbLog" in the right column of the site blog for testimonials from journalists and other notables. (Techmeme was formerly known as tech.memeorandum, so some Techmeme references are to "memeorandum" instead.) So like the DEMO conference, Techmeme offers sponsors a shot at winning over people positioned to greatly amplify their messages. Unlike DEMO, Techmeme offers this opportunity continuously.
References across mainstream and new media sites are numerous, e.g.: BusinessWeek, TechCrunch, Wired, GigaOM, ZDNet, The Wall Street Journal, SF Chronicle, eWeek, and PC World (which named founder Gabe Rivera among the "50 Most Important People on the Web").
Pricing: Monthly rates begin at $5000.
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