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ScientificBlogging.com Announces New Alliances and Version 2.0 Feature Set
Thursday, May 08, 2008
FOLSOM, California, May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- ION Publications LLC, publisher
of ScientificBlogging.com ( http://www.ScientificBlogging.com), The world's
premier online science community, today announced its feature set for version
2.0 and partnerships with LiveScience.com (http://www.livescience.com/)and
Magnify.net (http://www.magnify.net/).
ScientificBlogging.com (http://www.ScientificBlogging.com) is an online
science community where world-class scientists, professionals and science
enthusiasts alike contribute to writing science articles and blogs while
facilitating discussions about physical science, earth science, biology,
medicine, neuroscience and culture. The 25 featured writers include
best-selling science authors as well as academics who are leading
cutting-edge research in their respective fields while total membership
includes people from all areas of science academia and the private sector.
- Enhanced Profile customization will allow more individuality
for writers
- Open access will allow tens of thousands of science members to
participate
- Chat, forums, email and onsite collaboration
- New front page will make more articles available to readers
- An integrated video platform increases the breadth of the science
content
- Going live July 2008
"The new features along with the ground-up optimization we have done will
allow us to continue to grow as a community but maintain a speedy interface
and allow readers to get to content quickly," says Hank Campbell, publisher
of ScientificBlogging.com.
Along with new features the company has new partnerships. LiveScience.com
, part of the Imaginova network, will be bringing ScientificBlogging.com
articles directly to their audience with a syndication agreement for select
features.
"Our current partnership allows the science enthusiasts who visit
Scientific Blogging to also have direct access to premium original content
from LiveScience, while the intellectually curious LiveScience audience was
able to learn more about the latest scientific breakthroughs directly from
the scientists and researchers themselves," says Campbell. "This new
agreement takes that a step further and some of our articles will appear
directly on LiveScience.com as part of their syndication worldwide."
Announced as part of the feature set for version 2.0, video capability is
currently live on the site in test mode. To insure that the Scientific
Blogging audience has the best possible experience, Scientific Blogging
teamed up with Magnify.net to create video.scientificblogging.com
(http://video.scientificblogging.com/). Users enjoying an article will now
have access to keyword-specific related articles and also video presentations
on that topic hosted on that video page. Authors will also be able to use it
to embed their own videos for articles, search for relevant video content to
include in their articles or create custom video using the webcam option.
"Our writers and our audience are definitely thought leaders and want
cutting edge capability," said Campbell, "Magnify is definitely the future of
video integration and we're thrilled they were able to do this for us. They
went above and beyond to make this a terrific asset for our audience."
"We're excited to power video for ScientificBlogging.com (
http://www.ScientificBlogging.com)" said Steve Rosenbaum, CEO of Magnify.net.
"As one of the top science sites on the Internet, ScientificBlogging.com
(http://www.ScientificBlogging.com) has done an incredible job of being at
the forefront of breaking science news. Now, with Magnify's video platform,
Scientific Blogging's writers will be able to complement their text posts
with rich video content."
About ION Publications
ION Publications, publisher of ScientificBlogging.com, is the world's
largest online science community and among the top science sites on the
Internet. Members and writers can create feature articles, chat, collaborate,
interact, use the forums or host their own science blogs and get paid to do
it. Founded in 2006, ION Publications is privately held and based in Folsom,
CA. For more information, please visit http://www.ScientificBlogging.com.
About Imaginova
Imaginova is a leading digital media and commerce company and the
preeminent online destination for the Intellectually Curious. The Imaginova
Network of media properties, including LiveScience.com, Space.com,
Aviation.com, Newsarama.com and Space News (SpaceNews.com), delivers engaging
and entertaining editorial and multimedia content to a robust community of
curious and well-informed users. Imaginova's original content is syndicated
through major online portals and licensed by educational publishers and
institutions. Imaginova is also the premier source of innovative consumer and
educational products available at OrionTelescopes.com, LiveScienceStore.com,
and StarryNightStore.com. Founded in 1999, Imaginova Corp. is privately held
and based in New York City, with offices and news bureaus in Virginia,
California, Toronto and Paris. For more information, please visit
http://www.Imaginova.com.
About Magnify.net
Magnify hosts more than 35,000 video channels for its Enterprise, Pro and
Free customers. Magnify's video platform allows websites to easily add custom
branded video channels to their existing sites. Please visit Magnify.net
(http://www.magnify.net/) for more information on custom video solutions for
websites.
SOURCE ION Publications
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