Marketing Pilgrim

Temperatures will exceed 100F in Raleigh today, so I didn’t want to risk my keyboard melting before I could get these stories to you. Instead of a full post, here’s a link roundup.

• It’s been in beta for a while but today Spock, the people search engine, publicly launches.
• Google’s purchase of Postini - the web-security provider - has received the blessing of the FTC.
• Traditional media companies are snapping-up social media. Om Malik reports Forbes has acquired Clipmarks, while Hearst has snapped up Kaboodle - both are social bookmark companies.
• Dabble Do launches. What is it? It’s a social to-do list that works with Facebook. In other words, you can bug the crap out of your friends until they complete a task you sent them. Go ahead, just try and assign your grocery shopping to me.