If you’re into staying on top of today’s most cutting edge technology, then let PulseOnTech be your go-to destination for realtime techie updates.  Featuring today’s most popular stories from your favorite tech publications – sites like TechCrunch, Mashable, Wired, and ReadWriteWeb, PulseOnTech delivers you fresh, relevant, results to keep you completely up to speed.  The best part?  All updates are sent straight to your Twitter account for complete convenience.

If technology’s not your thing, we’ve got plenty of other Riotfeed genres to choose from.  Not seeing what you’re looking for?  Email JHodges@OneRiot.com and suggest one.  We’ll see what we can do!

OneRiot’s “Trending Ads” were previously only available only via OneRiot’s API – meaning developers had to integrate the raw feed into their applications, and create their own UI. Today’s launch makes it easy for any destination website currently monetizing with standard static ad units to display RiotWise Trending Ads. They are available via standard-size IAB ad units.

Website owners simply need to call the RiotWise Trending Ad Units in the same way they would call standard ad units to benefit from RiotWise’s “realtime relevance.” This is especially pertinent for websites in the “realtime web” ecosystem such as social networks, realtime meme trackers, and other social sharing services, where a high volume of user engagement is discovery-oriented and driven by trending topics.

Our RiotWise Trending Ads link to freshly published and relevant content from OneRiot’s network of media partners. The “realtime relevance” of the ads leads to click through rates at four times industry norms.

Since its launch last December, OneRiot’s “Trending Ads” has seen exponential growth across Twitter apps (e.g. ÜberTwitter), Social Messaging Desktop apps (e.g. Digsby) and Realtime Search Engines. OneRiot shares revenue with the application developer.

If you have a website, and want to monetize with Riotwise Trending Ads, click here to get going!

RiotWise Trending Ad Units serve fresh content that’s relevant right now. It’s perfect for social networks, realtime meme trackers and other social sharing services where users are primarily in discovery mode and rabidly consume content related to trending topics. Now those sites have a smart way to monetize with an ad product that makes sense to their users.

-Tobias Peggs, GM of OneRiot

A big shout-out goes to the Microsoft BizSpark team for being such great partners and throwing such an awesome bash at SXSW!  Their “Meat Up” for Startups on March 15th provided not only delicious Texan BBQ, but also plenty of great conversations with other entrepreneurs and tech-folk from around the country.  You can check all the fun Microsoft action that took place at Austin’s Beauty Bar by visiting their Facebook page.  Don’t forget to tag the photo if you find a picture of yourself chowing down on some brisket!

About BizSpark One

The Microsoft BizSpark program is all about accelerating the growth of selected startups through a one-to-one relationship with Microsoft and a global community of advisers, investors, and peers.  Through this relationship, startups are able to be connected with the right people and resources within Microsoft and across its broad ecosystem.  They also deliver software, support, and visibility.  OneRiot has worked closely with the BizSpark team since 2008 on various tools, and we look forward to our future projects with their supportive and talented team.

Congratulations to @rar624 who won our Dine With Dino photo contest today.  People throughout SXSW took pictures of these prehistoric pals, and our favorite photo submission of the day won a $100.00 gift certificate to a local Austin restaurant.

While our stay in Texas has come to a conclusion, we certainly had a fantastic time attending panels, meeting new friends, eating delicious BBQ at the “Meat Up” and enjoying the nightlife.  Looking forward to next year already, and you never know—Pterodactyl, T-Rex, and the rest of the gang may come back from extinction again.  To check out more pictures from the dinosaurs’ time at SXSW click here.

Do a OneRiot search right now for Gary Vee and the top result won’t his life’s history, wine news, or even a review on his presentation yesterday at SXSW in Austin.  If you do a search for Gary Vee, you’ll find something completely different: A couple of rappers taking the mic, and breaking it down.

After Gary Vaynerchuk delivered a presentation at SXSW to rave reviews, a couple guys, Kosha Dillz and Flex Mathews took the Q & A microphone and sent the crowd into a frenzy.  Their rap ended the presentation with a bang, and afterward the video of their SXSW publicity stunt went viral-sending it right to the top of OneRiot’s results.

OneRiot realtime search is all about delivering you the most talked about stories, videos, and news right now.  If the crowd goes wild for a rap, and that rap is related to your searched key word, then that’s what you’re gonna get.

Thanks to @FlexMathews for chatting to OneRiot today, and best wishes on the rest of his tour!  To follow the latest SXSW news hop on over to SXSWPulse, and for a review on Gary’s presentation yesterday click here.

Tomorrow afternoon (Wed. March 17) OneRiot’s Tobias Peggs will be speaking on a panel at OMMA Global San Francisco. The panelists will discuss ad models for the realtime web. What opportunities do these models offer media planners and buyers to reach new audiences? Attend the panel to find out.

If you’re attending the conference, drop Tobias a note - he’d love to see you there.

What: MediaPost’s OMMA Global Conference
Where: San Francisco Marriott Marquis Hotel (in downtown SF on 55 Fourth Street)
When: March 17-18, 2010
Panel Information: 2:45 p.m. PST - Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010; Salon 8

How Do I Make Recency Work For My Clients’ Search Marketing Budgets?
Moderator: Marshall Clark (Organic, Inc.)
Panelists: Tobias Peggs (OneRiot), Mark Drummond (Wowd), Rick Egan (The Search Agency), Dan Olsen (YourVersion)

Real Time Search is still a hot button and a number of companies are starting to launch new ad models that take into account real time results from sites like Twitter and MySpace. These streams of consciousness provide insights into the user making the inquiries and provide media planners and buyers with the ability to combine content search with behavioral targeting for an even more effective marketing opportunity, but will it work? Will this model scale to present planners and buyers with a true way to reach audiences efficiently or are we cutting the cake into too many pieces? Participate in an open discussion about whether or not real time search will be a viable marketing tool for your clients in 2010.

We’ve got social networks and we’ve got search engines, but is social search merely the combination of the two? That’s the question that’s being discussed at today’s social search panel, “A Little Help From My Friends” at SXSW.  Featuring a diverse panel of speakers, including OneRiot’s very own Ash Rust, this Q&A session is all about making search and discovery more relevant to users.  Be there at 11:00 AM in Ballroom A for a great discussion for those interested in the realtime realm.

We’ll be live Tweeting, so follow @OneRiot and the #SocialSearch #LittleHelpFromFriends for updates.

While bloodthirsty and terrifying, you may be surprised to find out that dinosaurs are in fact sentimental creatures.  Yesterday was their first day on the town at SXSW, and those little guys had so much fun they decided to make a scrapbook. To follow their adventures around Austin, check out their online album.  They’ll be updating it throughout the next couple days as they meet new people and scare some panelists.

These prehistoric predators will be back again only for the next two days, so keep a sharp lookout for them.  If you snap a picture with these little beasts and are the first to meet us at our secret Loopt restaurant location, (OneRiot & Taptu tweets will let you know,) you snag a $100.00 gift certificate to grab some grub.

Happy Hunting!

On the days of March 14, 15 and 16th, thirty inflatable - though massively terrifying - dinosaurs will be abandoned at SXSW hot spots, wearing only a set of directions and a mouthful of ferocious teeth. If you spot a dinosaur, use the directions (also posted after the jump) to score free drinks and food for yourselves and a handful of friends.

We’ll be tweeting secret locations from @oneriot and @taptu accounts on a daily basis, so hunt down a dino, take some pics, and keep an eye on our twitters. If you’re one of the first two people to arrive with proof of dino domination, you’ll score a $100 gift card.

SXSWi is just around the corner and the excitement, anticipation, and preparation has taken the social web by storm.  With new parties to RSVP to, etiquette guidelines, panel schedules, convention news, and survival guides for SXSW noobs, it truly is information overload!  While SXSW.com is your official guide to updates straight from the source, check out SXSWpulse for convention information from various different places across the web.  Pulling in articles from places like Advertising Age, Mashable, and even SXSW.com, SXSWpulse delivers you a constant stream of Austin updates straight to your Twitter account, so you can stay on top of all the action all the time.

OneRiot is excited to be heading down to Austin again this year, and really looking forward to seeing some old (and meeting some new) faces.  While you’re there you’ll probably stop to eat at some point during the week, so make sure you keep an eye out for our terrifying dinosaurs to snag some free grub.

See you there!

There’s fast, faster, and fastest.  For all you speed demons out there, is there any question which degree of acceleration you’d choose?  Didn’t think so.  That being said, it only makes sense that you would turn your attention to FastestFox, the speediest little add-on you’ll ever meet.

Equipped for both Firefox and Chrome, FastestFox helps you browse faster by speeding up common tasks such as searching Wikipedia and Google, visiting your bookmarks, and more.  You can even snag “related results” which fetches relevant results from other search engines including Surf Canyon and our very own OneRiot.

One of the sweetest features of FastestFox is their highlight feature.  Read something online that you’re interested in?  Just highlight the text and a little bubble will pop up letting you choose between OneRiot, Wikipedia, Twitter, and Google.  Click any of the four options and be automatically directed to query results within your search of choice.

Go ahead and hook yourself up with FastestFox for an enhanced browsing experience–Though be on the lookout for the internet police, they can come down hard on speeding violations.

Geeks everywhere are rejoicing for Spring Break in Austin, TX.  That’s right, it’s that time of year again for the South By Southwest Interactive Festival (SXSWi) and OneRiot will be there with bells on.  We’ll be tracking the parties, the panels, and the people that make this one of the greatest web events all year.

Look out for team members: Jennifer Hodges, Carmel Hagen and Ash Rust and follow our adventures at SXSW on Twitter @OneRiot.

In addition to our delicious Dining With Dino campaign, here’s a run-down of the events we’ll be at:

Sunday, March 14th

Microsoft BizSpark Tech Cocktail - Johnny Cash Blackout Sunday

• 8-10:30pm
• Palm Door (401 Sabine St., Austin, TX)
• TECH cocktail will be showcasing over 30 start-ups (including OneRiot) to kickoff the SXSW Accelerator. Wear your favorite black hat and be ready to connect with entrepreneurs, innovators and technology enthusiasts.

Monday, March 15th

Social Search- A little Help from my friends

• 11:00am
• Austin Convention Center - Ballroom A
• We’ve got social networks and we’ve got search engines, but is social search merely the combination of the two? Learn what social search is and what it isn’t, who’s working on it and getting it right, and hear expert perspectives on making search and discovery more relevant to users.
• The moderator is Marc Vermut; panelists include Ash Rust (OneRiot), Scott Prindle (Crispin Porter), Max Ventilla (Aardvark) and Brynn Evans.
• Tags: #SXSW #littlehelpfromfriends

SXSW Meatup for Startups

• 5:30-7:30pm
• Beauty Bar (617 E. 7^th St. Austin, TX)
• Come join us at the SXSW Meatup for Startups, a meetup event with a Texas twist. Enjoy delicious Salt Lick barbecue, frosty beverages and good conversations with entrepreneurs, developers and web luminaries during SXSW Interactive. Hosted by Microsoft BizSpark, this is an invite-only event. If you’d like to go,  please RSVP here.

Hope to see you there!

It’s true, we like to Tweet.  Our OneRiot Twitter account is a great place to get quick 140 character bursts of realtime news, newly written blogs, Riotfeeds contests, and more.  We also encourage feedback via Twitter.  Feel free to ask us any questions, or just say a quick hi.  We’re always eager to chat.

While we’re constantly updating and monitoring our company account, there are several employees at OneRiot who are also Twittering-machines.  We love to talk about all things in the realtime realm, and I’m just gonna say it: we’re awfully cool people in general.  A few of us will be heading to SXSWi next week, so if you want to connect-just ping us.  Below is a list of a few OneRiot folk on Twitter.

Are you interested in realtime search and have a Twitter account?  Let us know you’re @name in a comment, or just say hello!

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Dinosaurs are coming to Austin, and they’re ready for dinner.

OneRiot is teaming up with Taptu (the leading mobile search engine) and Loopt (a location-based social mapping service) at the SXSW Interactive Festival to bring a herd of hungry, prehistoric creatures to Austin, TX.  Using cellphones, geo-tagging and status updates, Dining with Dino will use the year’s most popular technological advances to bring SXSW attendees back to where it all began: with huge, flesh-eating reptiles.

On the days of March 14, 15 and 16th, thirty inflatable - though massively terrifying - dinosaurs will be abandoned at SXSW hot spots, wearing only a nametag and a set of directions.

#SXSWi conference attendees brave enough to interact with the beasts will unlock a world of dino-sized dinners, as their journey through panels, parties and downtown Austin leads T-Rex and friends to free meals at secret destinations. Just follow @OneRiot and @Taptu Twitter accounts to learn when and where to bring the dinos to score *free drinks and grub* for yourselves and a handful of friends.