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SA Product Team - Seeking Alpha © seekingalpha.com. Use of this feed is limited to personal, non-commercial use and is governed by Seeking Alpha's Terms of Use (http://seekingalpha.com/page/terms-of-use). Publishing this feed for public or commercial use and/or misrepresentation by a third party is prohibited. SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.com/author/sa-product-team Seeking Alpha's Mobile Apps http://seekingalpha.com/article/1341851-seeking-alpha-s-mobile-apps?source=feed 1341851 Dear Seeking Alpha readers,

We're excited to present our full range of free financial mobile apps, which give you quick and easy access to all your stock news on the go! With hundreds of thousands of SA mobile users, there's never been a more exciting time to join Seeking Alpha's growing mobile community.

Seeking Alpha's mobile apps bring our in-depth articles, and unique, short-form breaking news and commentary ("Market Currents") to iPhone, iPad & Android users. With more than 6,000 new articles and 90,000 comments every month, and the best short-form news & commentary product for investors, our mobile apps are a natural way to deliver even more value to our users.

Our mobile-optimized content can be accessed via the following apps:

iPhone Portfolio App

Already the App Store's #1 portfolio app, the iPhone Portfolio App offers lightning-fast page times, a clean user interface, multiple watchlists, and customizable

]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:28:26 -0400 SA Product Team Dear Seeking Alpha readers,

We're excited to present our full range of free financial mobile apps, which give you quick and easy access to all your stock news on the go! With hundreds of thousands of SA mobile users, there's never been a more exciting time to join Seeking Alpha's growing mobile community.

Seeking Alpha's mobile apps bring our in-depth articles, and unique, short-form breaking news and commentary ("Market Currents") to iPhone, iPad & Android users. With more than 6,000 new articles and 90,000 comments every month, and the best short-form news & commentary product for investors, our mobile apps are a natural way to deliver even more value to our users.

Our mobile-optimized content can be accessed via the following apps:

iPhone Portfolio App

Already the App Store's #1 portfolio app, the iPhone Portfolio App offers lightning-fast page times, a clean user interface, multiple watchlists, and customizable

Complete Story »]]> SA Product Team The New Seeking Alpha Portfolio Android App http://seekingalpha.com/article/1104311-the-new-seeking-alpha-portfolio-android-app?source=feed 1104311 Dear Seeking Alpha readers,

After the success of our iPhone app, we are proud to announce our new Android app.

Seeking Alpha's portfolio app delivers our opinion and analysis articles and unique, short-form breaking news and commentary ("Market Currents") to Android phones. The app is centered on portfolios or watchlists, and offers customizable push notifications, lightning-fast load times, and a clean user interface.

Here's a short video introducing the app:

</p> <p>We publish more than 6,000 articles and 90,000 comments per month. And we have the #1 short-form news product for investors. So rather than developing another "me too" Android app, we asked our developers to design a super-clean, super-fast stock market app that delivers timely news and commentary to mobile users.<br/> The Seeking Alpha Android app is fully customized around users' portfolios and watchlists. The app's simple, intuitive interface lets our content speak for itself, and brings readers</p> ]]> </content> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:59:09 -0500</pubDate> <author>SA Product Team</author> <description> <![CDATA[<p> <strong>Dear Seeking Alpha readers,</strong> </p> <p>After the success of our iPhone app, we are proud to announce our new <a href="http://market.android.com/details?id=com.seekingalpha.webwrapper" rel="nofollow">Android app</a>.</p> <p>Seeking Alpha's portfolio app delivers our opinion and analysis articles and unique, short-form breaking news and commentary ("Market Currents") to Android phones. The app is centered on portfolios or watchlists, and offers customizable push notifications, lightning-fast load times, and a clean user interface.</p> <p>Here's a short video introducing the app:</p> <p> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uDN5LPf38mU" width="490" height="275" frameborder="0"/> </p> <p>We publish more than 6,000 articles and 90,000 comments per month. And we have the #1 short-form news product for investors. So rather than developing another "me too" Android app, we asked our developers to design a super-clean, super-fast stock market app that delivers timely news and commentary to mobile users.<br/> The Seeking Alpha Android app is fully customized around users' portfolios and watchlists. The app's simple, intuitive interface lets our content speak for itself, and brings readers</p> <br/><a href='http://seekingalpha.com/article/1104311-the-new-seeking-alpha-portfolio-android-app?source=feed'>Complete Story »</a>]]> </description> <category type="author" link="http://seekingalpha.com/author/sa-product-team">SA Product Team</category> </item> <item> <title>Seeking Alpha's New Mobile Web Site</title> <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/1002951-seeking-alpha-s-new-mobile-web-site?source=feed</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">1002951</guid> <content> <![CDATA[<p>We recently launched our fully redesigned mobile web site, and are excited to let you know about the new features and improvements.</p><p>By way of background, Seeking Alpha now has over 1.3 million <em>registered</em> users, and <em>every day</em> about 500,000 people use Seeking Alpha. An increasing number of them are moving to mobile. For that reason, we recently launched <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/article/856911-the-new-seeking-alpha-portfolio-iphone-app">apps</a> for iOS and Android (to great reviews), and have one of the only apps <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/article/891021-sa-portfolio-app-optimized-for-iphone-5">optimized</a> for the iPhone 5.</p><p>For the mobile website, we were tasked with giving Seeking Alpha users a best-in-class mobile user experience. So we focused on three important factors: speed, simplicity, and integration. Our mobile website loads quickly on all major mobile platforms. The interface is easy to navigate, helping readers find the content they want fast. And our mobile site syncs with our main website so that users can easily access</p>]]> </content> <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:47:39 -0500</pubDate> <author>SA Product Team</author> <description> <![CDATA[<p>We recently launched our fully redesigned mobile web site, and are excited to let you know about the new features and improvements.</p><p>By way of background, Seeking Alpha now has over 1.3 million <em>registered</em> users, and <em>every day</em> about 500,000 people use Seeking Alpha. An increasing number of them are moving to mobile. For that reason, we recently launched <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/article/856911-the-new-seeking-alpha-portfolio-iphone-app">apps</a> for iOS and Android (to great reviews), and have one of the only apps <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/article/891021-sa-portfolio-app-optimized-for-iphone-5">optimized</a> for the iPhone 5.</p><p>For the mobile website, we were tasked with giving Seeking Alpha users a best-in-class mobile user experience. So we focused on three important factors: speed, simplicity, and integration. Our mobile website loads quickly on all major mobile platforms. The interface is easy to navigate, helping readers find the content they want fast. And our mobile site syncs with our main website so that users can easily access</p><br/><a href='http://seekingalpha.com/article/1002951-seeking-alpha-s-new-mobile-web-site?source=feed'>Complete Story »</a>]]> </description> <category type="author" link="http://seekingalpha.com/author/sa-product-team">SA Product Team</category> </item> <item> <title>SA Portfolio App - Optimized For iPhone 5</title> <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/891021-sa-portfolio-app-optimized-for-iphone-5?source=feed</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">891021</guid> <content> <![CDATA[<p>Dear readers,</p> <p>We hope everyone who downloaded the <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/download-iphone-app?source=portfolio_app_article_2">SA Portfolio iPhone app</a> is enjoying it. Following its launch on Sept. 5, the app quickly made its way to the Top 10 list for finance apps.</p> <p>Early reviews have been positive, and yes, we are working on an Android app! We'd love to hear from you if you have any feedback, suggestions, or just a compliment. Feel free to email us at <a href="mailto:product@seekingalpha.com" rel="nofollow">product@seekingalpha.com</a>.</p> <p>Since the launch, our developers have been busy brewing our first post-release update - one that leverages the</p> ]]> </content> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:25:15 -0400</pubDate> <author>SA Product Team</author> <description> <![CDATA[<p>Dear readers,</p> <p>We hope everyone who downloaded the <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/download-iphone-app?source=portfolio_app_article_2">SA Portfolio iPhone app</a> is enjoying it. Following its launch on Sept. 5, the app quickly made its way to the Top 10 list for finance apps.</p> <p>Early reviews have been positive, and yes, we are working on an Android app! We'd love to hear from you if you have any feedback, suggestions, or just a compliment. Feel free to email us at <a href="mailto:product@seekingalpha.com" rel="nofollow">product@seekingalpha.com</a>.</p> <p>Since the launch, our developers have been busy brewing our first post-release update - one that leverages the</p> <br/><a href='http://seekingalpha.com/article/891021-sa-portfolio-app-optimized-for-iphone-5?source=feed'>Complete Story »</a>]]> </description> <category type="author" link="http://seekingalpha.com/author/sa-product-team">SA Product Team</category> </item> <item> <title>The New Seeking Alpha Portfolio iPhone App</title> <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/856911-the-new-seeking-alpha-portfolio-iphone-app?source=feed</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">856911</guid> <content> <![CDATA[<p> <strong>Dear Seeking Alpha readers,</strong> </p> <p>I’m proud to announce <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/download-iphone-app?source=portfolio_app_article">our first iPhone app</a>.</p> <p>Seeking Alpha’s portfolio app delivers our opinion and analysis articles and unique short-form breaking news and commentary (“Market Currents”) to iPhones. The app is centered on portfolios or watchlists, and offers customizable push notifications, lightning-fast load times, and a clean user interface.</p> <p>Here’s a short video introducing the app:</p> <p> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OmBPgRD7SMk?feature=player_detailpage" width="480" height="360" frameborder="0"/> </p> <p>We publish more than 6,000 articles and 90,000 comments per month. And we have the #1 short-form news product for investors. So rather than developing another “me too” iPhone app, we asked our developers to design a super-clean, super-fast stock market app that delivers timely news and commentary to mobile users.</p> <p>The Seeking Alpha iPhone app is fully customized around users’ portfolios and watchlists. The app’s simple, intuitive interface lets our content speak for itself, and brings readers real-time data, news and analysis on the stocks they follow.</p> ]]> </content> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 06:52:50 -0400</pubDate> <author>SA Product Team</author> <description> <![CDATA[<p> <strong>Dear Seeking Alpha readers,</strong> </p> <p>I’m proud to announce <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/download-iphone-app?source=portfolio_app_article">our first iPhone app</a>.</p> <p>Seeking Alpha’s portfolio app delivers our opinion and analysis articles and unique short-form breaking news and commentary (“Market Currents”) to iPhones. The app is centered on portfolios or watchlists, and offers customizable push notifications, lightning-fast load times, and a clean user interface.</p> <p>Here’s a short video introducing the app:</p> <p> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OmBPgRD7SMk?feature=player_detailpage" width="480" height="360" frameborder="0"/> </p> <p>We publish more than 6,000 articles and 90,000 comments per month. And we have the #1 short-form news product for investors. So rather than developing another “me too” iPhone app, we asked our developers to design a super-clean, super-fast stock market app that delivers timely news and commentary to mobile users.</p> <p>The Seeking Alpha iPhone app is fully customized around users’ portfolios and watchlists. The app’s simple, intuitive interface lets our content speak for itself, and brings readers real-time data, news and analysis on the stocks they follow.</p> <br/><a href='http://seekingalpha.com/article/856911-the-new-seeking-alpha-portfolio-iphone-app?source=feed'>Complete Story »</a>]]> </description> <category type="author" link="http://seekingalpha.com/author/sa-product-team">SA Product Team</category> </item> <item> <title>Seeking Alpha Passes One Million Members -- 5 Things You Need To Know</title> <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/456131-seeking-alpha-passes-one-million-members-5-things-you-need-to-know?source=feed</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">456131</guid> <content> <![CDATA[<p>I'm excited to announce that Seeking Alpha has passed 1 million members, and is adding over 2,000 members per market day. In other words, we've doubled our size in less than two years, and at our current growth rate expect to double again in even less time. This is important for five reasons:</p><p><strong>1. Seeking Alpha is one of the handful of new media startups which has built an </strong><strong>outstandingly valuable product</strong>. Our goal is to help people invest better, by presenting them with valuable insight and information, allowing them to choose between different perspectives, and empowering them to discuss ideas with other smart investors. To do this, we combine financial content from a broad contributor base with oversight by a team of human editors. We add our own real-time news coverage (<a href="http://seekingalpha.com/currents/all">Market Currents</a>). And for members, we offer personalization (watchlists and portfolios, the ability to follow</p>]]> </content> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <author>SA Product Team</author> <description> <![CDATA[<p>I'm excited to announce that Seeking Alpha has passed 1 million members, and is adding over 2,000 members per market day. In other words, we've doubled our size in less than two years, and at our current growth rate expect to double again in even less time. This is important for five reasons:</p><p><strong>1. Seeking Alpha is one of the handful of new media startups which has built an </strong><strong>outstandingly valuable product</strong>. Our goal is to help people invest better, by presenting them with valuable insight and information, allowing them to choose between different perspectives, and empowering them to discuss ideas with other smart investors. To do this, we combine financial content from a broad contributor base with oversight by a team of human editors. We add our own real-time news coverage (<a href="http://seekingalpha.com/currents/all">Market Currents</a>). And for members, we offer personalization (watchlists and portfolios, the ability to follow</p><br/><a href='http://seekingalpha.com/article/456131-seeking-alpha-passes-one-million-members-5-things-you-need-to-know?source=feed'>Complete Story »</a>]]> </description> <category type="author" link="http://seekingalpha.com/author/sa-product-team">SA Product Team</category> </item> <item> <title>An Open Letter to Seeking Alpha Contributors</title> <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/246803-an-open-letter-to-seeking-alpha-contributors?source=feed</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">246803</guid> <content> <![CDATA[<p>I wanted to let you know personally about three new initiatives that have rolled out on Seeking Alpha this morning:</p> <p> <strong>1. Sharing revenue with contributors</strong> </p> <p>I've always viewed Seeking Alpha as a partnership with our contributors: You provide us with outstanding articles, and we invest heavily (we now have over 70 employees) in technology, web design, editors and traffic partnerships to get your ideas in front of a large and valuable audience and drive customer leads to your business. But we've always known that some of our contributors don't have businesses we can drive leads to, and that many contributors would appreciate additional direct income from their articles.</p> <p>We've spent over a year building a direct sales team, and our readership has hit an all-time high and continues to grow (see report <a href="http://www.quantcast.com/seekingalpha.com" rel="nofollow">here</a>). As a result, we can now share meaningful revenue with contributors: You'll earn $10 for every</p> ]]> </content> <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 08:18:52 -0500</pubDate> <author>SA Product Team</author> <description> <![CDATA[<p>I wanted to let you know personally about three new initiatives that have rolled out on Seeking Alpha this morning:</p> <p> <strong>1. Sharing revenue with contributors</strong> </p> <p>I've always viewed Seeking Alpha as a partnership with our contributors: You provide us with outstanding articles, and we invest heavily (we now have over 70 employees) in technology, web design, editors and traffic partnerships to get your ideas in front of a large and valuable audience and drive customer leads to your business. But we've always known that some of our contributors don't have businesses we can drive leads to, and that many contributors would appreciate additional direct income from their articles.</p> <p>We've spent over a year building a direct sales team, and our readership has hit an all-time high and continues to grow (see report <a href="http://www.quantcast.com/seekingalpha.com" rel="nofollow">here</a>). As a result, we can now share meaningful revenue with contributors: You'll earn $10 for every</p> <br/><a href='http://seekingalpha.com/article/246803-an-open-letter-to-seeking-alpha-contributors?source=feed'>Complete Story »</a>]]> </description> <category type="author" link="http://seekingalpha.com/author/sa-product-team">SA Product Team</category> </item> <item> <title>Seeking Alpha Celebrates 500,000 Registered Users!</title> <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/213185-seeking-alpha-celebrates-500-000-registered-users?source=feed</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">213185</guid> <content> <![CDATA[<p>Congratulations. You’re now a part of a community which is 500,000 members strong! (That’s greater than the population of Miami, St. Louis or New Orleans!)</p><p>What else can I say about our users other than, “You astound me”? Your comments are insightful, rigorous, well argued and (typically) respectful of other members of the Seeking Alpha community. You provide authors and your fellow readers with a valuable sanity check on investment ideas. You challenge each other by offering alternative viewpoints, but more often you offer support and sometimes passionate analysis of ideas that resonate with you on Seeking Alpha.</p><p>Now that we’ve reached the 500,000 member milestone, I’d like to take the opportunity <b>to tha</b><strong>nk our amazing community</strong> for all I’ve learned from you. It’s no secret that I built this site with myself in mind, and I’m thrilled the site also resonates with so many people.</p><p>As many</p>]]> </content> <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:43:45 -0400</pubDate> <author>SA Product Team</author> <description> <![CDATA[<p>Congratulations. You’re now a part of a community which is 500,000 members strong! (That’s greater than the population of Miami, St. Louis or New Orleans!)</p><p>What else can I say about our users other than, “You astound me”? Your comments are insightful, rigorous, well argued and (typically) respectful of other members of the Seeking Alpha community. You provide authors and your fellow readers with a valuable sanity check on investment ideas. You challenge each other by offering alternative viewpoints, but more often you offer support and sometimes passionate analysis of ideas that resonate with you on Seeking Alpha.</p><p>Now that we’ve reached the 500,000 member milestone, I’d like to take the opportunity <b>to tha</b><strong>nk our amazing community</strong> for all I’ve learned from you. It’s no secret that I built this site with myself in mind, and I’m thrilled the site also resonates with so many people.</p><p>As many</p><br/><a href='http://seekingalpha.com/article/213185-seeking-alpha-celebrates-500-000-registered-users?source=feed'>Complete Story »</a>]]> </description> <category type="author" link="http://seekingalpha.com/author/sa-product-team">SA Product Team</category> </item> <item> <title>Why Buy-Side Research Is Better Than Sell-Side Research</title> <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/210548-why-buy-side-research-is-better-than-sell-side-research?source=feed</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">210548</guid> <content> <![CDATA[<p>Having worked as a sell-side analyst in the late 90s (I covered tech stocks), I value the reports research analysts write - up to a point. For one, due to regulatory concerns, sell-side analysts have no “skin in the game”. They can’t own the stocks they write about, and that makes a difference. It’s easy to keep recommending a falling stock as a “Buy” when you don’t feel the pain of the losses personally or have to explain them to the portfolio manager you work for. In addition, sell-side analysts are often forced to adopt a “house style” by the banks they work for. That makes their research reports more formulaic, less enjoyable to read, and less creative. And in many cases, SEC rules and compliance concerns crimp the ability of sell-side analysts to publish real-time, pithy research.</p> <p>When I started Seeking Alpha in 2005, I envisioned a website for</p> ]]> </content> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <author>SA Product Team</author> <description> <![CDATA[<p>Having worked as a sell-side analyst in the late 90s (I covered tech stocks), I value the reports research analysts write - up to a point. For one, due to regulatory concerns, sell-side analysts have no “skin in the game”. They can’t own the stocks they write about, and that makes a difference. It’s easy to keep recommending a falling stock as a “Buy” when you don’t feel the pain of the losses personally or have to explain them to the portfolio manager you work for. In addition, sell-side analysts are often forced to adopt a “house style” by the banks they work for. That makes their research reports more formulaic, less enjoyable to read, and less creative. And in many cases, SEC rules and compliance concerns crimp the ability of sell-side analysts to publish real-time, pithy research.</p> <p>When I started Seeking Alpha in 2005, I envisioned a website for</p> <br/><a href='http://seekingalpha.com/article/210548-why-buy-side-research-is-better-than-sell-side-research?source=feed'>Complete Story »</a>]]> </description> <category type="author" link="http://seekingalpha.com/author/sa-product-team">SA Product Team</category> </item> <item> <title>Eli Hoffmann Is Seeking Alpha's New VP Content and Editor In Chief</title> <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/197860-eli-hoffmann-is-seeking-alpha-s-new-vp-content-and-editor-in-chief?source=feed</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">197860</guid> <content> <![CDATA[<p>I'm delighted to announce the promotion of <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/author/eli-hoffmann">Eli Hoffmann</a> to the position of Editor in Chief and VP Content. Eli joined Seeking Alpha's editorial team in August 2006. As a Managing Editor, he drove the expansion of our news products, nurturing <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/tag/wall-street-breakfast">Wall Street Breakfast</a> into the most popular one-page financial news summary on the web, and launching and developing <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents">Market Currents</a>, our real-time market micro-blog, which in March hit almost 7 million page views.</p> <p>Eli was promoted to VP Content at the beginning of January, taking responsibility for all of Seeking Alpha's editorial initiatives, and overseeing the team of editors who filter, select and publish our contributors' articles. Today, Eli receives the additional title of Editor in Chief.</p> <p>Eli has clear vision, a long-term perspective, and a strong focus on delivering quality and value to our readers. He's an outstanding personnel manager, a rigorous thinker, a fearless</p> ]]> </content> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:01:32 -0400</pubDate> <author>SA Product Team</author> <description> <![CDATA[<p>I'm delighted to announce the promotion of <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/author/eli-hoffmann">Eli Hoffmann</a> to the position of Editor in Chief and VP Content. Eli joined Seeking Alpha's editorial team in August 2006. As a Managing Editor, he drove the expansion of our news products, nurturing <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/tag/wall-street-breakfast">Wall Street Breakfast</a> into the most popular one-page financial news summary on the web, and launching and developing <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents">Market Currents</a>, our real-time market micro-blog, which in March hit almost 7 million page views.</p> <p>Eli was promoted to VP Content at the beginning of January, taking responsibility for all of Seeking Alpha's editorial initiatives, and overseeing the team of editors who filter, select and publish our contributors' articles. Today, Eli receives the additional title of Editor in Chief.</p> <p>Eli has clear vision, a long-term perspective, and a strong focus on delivering quality and value to our readers. He's an outstanding personnel manager, a rigorous thinker, a fearless</p> <br/><a href='http://seekingalpha.com/article/197860-eli-hoffmann-is-seeking-alpha-s-new-vp-content-and-editor-in-chief?source=feed'>Complete Story »</a>]]> </description> <category type="author" link="http://seekingalpha.com/author/sa-product-team">SA Product Team</category> </item> <item> <title>December Update from Seeking Alpha's CEO: Series B Funding Round, Nasdaq.com Partnership</title> <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/176873-december-update-from-seeking-alpha-s-ceo-series-b-funding-round-nasdaq-com-partnership?source=feed</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">176873</guid> <content> <![CDATA[<p> <font size="3">In this update, we:</font> </p><ul type="disc"><li><font size="3">completed a $7 million series B funding round, </font></li> <li><font size="3">launched a broad content partnership with Nasdaq.com,</font></li> <li><font size="3">held our first real-time contributor roundtable,</font></li> <li><font size="3">passed the 2,000th Instablog set up on Seeking Alpha’s financial blog platform. </font></li></ul><p> <strong> <font size="3">Series B Round Completed </font> </strong> </p><p> <font size="3">Seeking Alpha recently completed a $7M series B funding round, led by new investor DAG Ventures with full participation from existing investors Benchmark & Accel. This round provides us with a strong capital base to support our innovation and growth plans for the coming years. </font> </p><p> <strong> <font size="3">Nasdaq.com Partnership</font> </strong> </p><p> <font size="3">Nasdaq.com joins the growing list of partners populating their sites with high-quality news, analysis and earnings call transcripts from Seeking Alpha. Nasdaq is the first partner to begin hosting Seeking Alpha’s unique news products, Market Currents and Wall Street Breakfast, in addition to numerous opinion pieces from our contributors. </font> </p><p> <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents"> <font size="3" color="#0000ff">Market Currents</font> </a> <font size="3"> is Seeking Alpha’s highly popular, real-time coverage of the market.</font> </p>]]> </content> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:10:21 -0500</pubDate> <author>SA Product Team</author> <description> <![CDATA[<p> <font size="3">In this update, we:</font> </p><ul type="disc"><li><font size="3">completed a $7 million series B funding round, </font></li> <li><font size="3">launched a broad content partnership with Nasdaq.com,</font></li> <li><font size="3">held our first real-time contributor roundtable,</font></li> <li><font size="3">passed the 2,000th Instablog set up on Seeking Alpha’s financial blog platform. </font></li></ul><p> <strong> <font size="3">Series B Round Completed </font> </strong> </p><p> <font size="3">Seeking Alpha recently completed a $7M series B funding round, led by new investor DAG Ventures with full participation from existing investors Benchmark & Accel. This round provides us with a strong capital base to support our innovation and growth plans for the coming years. </font> </p><p> <strong> <font size="3">Nasdaq.com Partnership</font> </strong> </p><p> <font size="3">Nasdaq.com joins the growing list of partners populating their sites with high-quality news, analysis and earnings call transcripts from Seeking Alpha. Nasdaq is the first partner to begin hosting Seeking Alpha’s unique news products, Market Currents and Wall Street Breakfast, in addition to numerous opinion pieces from our contributors. </font> </p><p> <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents"> <font size="3" color="#0000ff">Market Currents</font> </a> <font size="3"> is Seeking Alpha’s highly popular, real-time coverage of the market.</font> </p><br/><a href='http://seekingalpha.com/article/176873-december-update-from-seeking-alpha-s-ceo-series-b-funding-round-nasdaq-com-partnership?source=feed'>Complete Story »</a>]]> </description> <category type="author" link="http://seekingalpha.com/author/sa-product-team">SA Product Team</category> </item> <item> <title>Seeking Alpha Enhances ETF Research Data with Tools from Marco Polo XTF</title> <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/176498-seeking-alpha-enhances-etf-research-data-with-tools-from-marco-polo-xtf?source=feed</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">176498</guid> <content> <![CDATA[<p>I’m pleased to announce a cooperative agreement between Seeking Alpha and <a href="http://www.xtf.com/" rel="nofollow">XTF</a> to provide at-a-glance statistical information on all Seeking Alpha ETF quote pages. The XTF data includes critical ETF information such as expense ratio, dividend, tracking error and more. Upgraded ETF quote pages with data from XTF are now live on Seeking Alpha providing additional tools for investors to use when assessing the merits of individual ETFs.</p> <p>We’re focused on providing our users with powerful research tools and resources to augment our prolific coverage of ETFs. Seeking Alpha publishes more than 400 monthly articles covering a broad selection of ETFs.<span> </span></p> <p>As part of</p> ]]> </content> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:55:40 -0500</pubDate> <author>SA Product Team</author> <description> <![CDATA[<p>I’m pleased to announce a cooperative agreement between Seeking Alpha and <a href="http://www.xtf.com/" rel="nofollow">XTF</a> to provide at-a-glance statistical information on all Seeking Alpha ETF quote pages. The XTF data includes critical ETF information such as expense ratio, dividend, tracking error and more. Upgraded ETF quote pages with data from XTF are now live on Seeking Alpha providing additional tools for investors to use when assessing the merits of individual ETFs.</p> <p>We’re focused on providing our users with powerful research tools and resources to augment our prolific coverage of ETFs. Seeking Alpha publishes more than 400 monthly articles covering a broad selection of ETFs.<span> </span></p> <p>As part of</p> <br/><a href='http://seekingalpha.com/article/176498-seeking-alpha-enhances-etf-research-data-with-tools-from-marco-polo-xtf?source=feed'>Complete Story »</a>]]> </description> <category type="author" link="http://seekingalpha.com/author/sa-product-team">SA Product Team</category> </item> <item> <title>Seeking Alpha Rolls Out Microblogging and Instablogs</title> <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/129551-seeking-alpha-rolls-out-microblogging-and-instablogs?source=feed</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">129551</guid> <content> <![CDATA[<p>Today we're rolling out four signficant upgrades to our website:</p> <h2>1. Followers/Following</h2> <p>Until recently, our readers were able to follow their favorite authors via watchlists. Adding a Seeking Alpha contributor to your watchlist meant that you could track new articles by your favorite authors on the home page and in a daily email alert. But watchlists were limited: contributors couldn't see who was following them, readers couldn't see which contributors other contributors thought worth reading, and readers weren't able to track comments by other readers.</p> <p>We've changed that by introducing Followers and Following. You can now "follow" contributors or other readers, and view your own "followers" and those of others.</p> <p>To take advantage of this feature, you don't have to do a thing: your watchlist will automatically be converted into Following.</p> <h2>2. My Portfolio and Real-Time Quotes</h2> <p>Until now, readers followed stocks via their watchlists. Just as author watchlists have</p> ]]> </content> <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:13:42 -0400</pubDate> <author>SA Product Team</author> <description> <![CDATA[<p>Today we're rolling out four signficant upgrades to our website:</p> <h2>1. Followers/Following</h2> <p>Until recently, our readers were able to follow their favorite authors via watchlists. Adding a Seeking Alpha contributor to your watchlist meant that you could track new articles by your favorite authors on the home page and in a daily email alert. But watchlists were limited: contributors couldn't see who was following them, readers couldn't see which contributors other contributors thought worth reading, and readers weren't able to track comments by other readers.</p> <p>We've changed that by introducing Followers and Following. You can now "follow" contributors or other readers, and view your own "followers" and those of others.</p> <p>To take advantage of this feature, you don't have to do a thing: your watchlist will automatically be converted into Following.</p> <h2>2. My Portfolio and Real-Time Quotes</h2> <p>Until now, readers followed stocks via their watchlists. Just as author watchlists have</p> <br/><a href='http://seekingalpha.com/article/129551-seeking-alpha-rolls-out-microblogging-and-instablogs?source=feed'>Complete Story »</a>]]> </description> <category type="author" link="http://seekingalpha.com/author/sa-product-team">SA Product Team</category> </item> <item> <title>The Homepage, Refreshed</title> <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/124817-the-homepage-refreshed?source=feed</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">124817</guid> <content> <![CDATA[<p> <em>By Mick Weinstein, Editor-in-Chief of Seeking Alpha</em> </p> <p>We updated <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/">Seeking Alpha's homepage design</a> over the weekend in a way that, I believe, represents a huge step forward for both our site's development and the direction that all online media could take.</p> <p>You'll notice two main changes: we've widened our popular Market Currents (which provides near-real-time coverage of the market) so it's easier to read, and we've redesigned our central column to allow clearer organization around themes.</p> <p>We're doing something unique in this central column - here's a model element with red gloss to explain:</p><p> <a href="http://static.seekingalpha.com/uploads/2009/3/9/saupload_examplewc4.jpg" rel="lightbox"> <br/> </a> </p> <p>I'm convinced that readers of market news and analysis want more than any single website can provide - on its homepage or anywhere on its own site. We want everything seen here: links to primary sources, a limited number of concise news sources on the issue (more than one only if they are differentiated), and</p> ]]> </content> <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:57:14 -0400</pubDate> <author>SA Product Team</author> <description> <![CDATA[<p> <em>By Mick Weinstein, Editor-in-Chief of Seeking Alpha</em> </p> <p>We updated <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/">Seeking Alpha's homepage design</a> over the weekend in a way that, I believe, represents a huge step forward for both our site's development and the direction that all online media could take.</p> <p>You'll notice two main changes: we've widened our popular Market Currents (which provides near-real-time coverage of the market) so it's easier to read, and we've redesigned our central column to allow clearer organization around themes.</p> <p>We're doing something unique in this central column - here's a model element with red gloss to explain:</p><p> <a href="http://static.seekingalpha.com/uploads/2009/3/9/saupload_examplewc4.jpg" rel="lightbox"> <br/> </a> </p> <p>I'm convinced that readers of market news and analysis want more than any single website can provide - on its homepage or anywhere on its own site. We want everything seen here: links to primary sources, a limited number of concise news sources on the issue (more than one only if they are differentiated), and</p> <br/><a href='http://seekingalpha.com/article/124817-the-homepage-refreshed?source=feed'>Complete Story »</a>]]> </description> <category type="author" link="http://seekingalpha.com/author/sa-product-team">SA Product Team</category> </item> <item> <title>What's Changed on the Seeking Alpha Website?</title> <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/90559-what-s-changed-on-the-seeking-alpha-website?source=feed</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">90559</guid> <content> <![CDATA[<p>Today we're launching some significant improvements to the Seeking Alpha website. The goal of the changes -- as always -- is to make Seeking Alpha more useful for our readers.</p> <p>Here are the key changes:</p> <p>• <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/">New home page design</a>, with clearer designation of top headlines, easier access to key topics such as long and short ideas and most popular articles, and improved presentation of watchlists and Market Currents, our coverage of breaking news.</p><p>• New <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/sector_dashboard">Sector Dashboard</a>, showing the latest Seeking Alpha articles by sector in one easy view.</p><p>• New design for article pages (<a href="http://seekingalpha.com/article/90514-if-content-is-king-then-aol-is-a-handsome-prince-not-a-toad">example</a>), including a more readable font, and improved navigation with a clear link to the home page and a new area below the search box for "Quick Links".</p><p>• New <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/tag/transcripts">Transcript Center</a>, showing the latest and most popular transcripts, convenient tools for searching transcripts by phrase or finding them</p> ]]> </content> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:08:33 -0400</pubDate> <author>SA Product Team</author> <description> <![CDATA[<p>Today we're launching some significant improvements to the Seeking Alpha website. The goal of the changes -- as always -- is to make Seeking Alpha more useful for our readers.</p> <p>Here are the key changes:</p> <p>• <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/">New home page design</a>, with clearer designation of top headlines, easier access to key topics such as long and short ideas and most popular articles, and improved presentation of watchlists and Market Currents, our coverage of breaking news.</p><p>• New <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/sector_dashboard">Sector Dashboard</a>, showing the latest Seeking Alpha articles by sector in one easy view.</p><p>• New design for article pages (<a href="http://seekingalpha.com/article/90514-if-content-is-king-then-aol-is-a-handsome-prince-not-a-toad">example</a>), including a more readable font, and improved navigation with a clear link to the home page and a new area below the search box for "Quick Links".</p><p>• New <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/tag/transcripts">Transcript Center</a>, showing the latest and most popular transcripts, convenient tools for searching transcripts by phrase or finding them</p> <br/><a href='http://seekingalpha.com/article/90559-what-s-changed-on-the-seeking-alpha-website?source=feed'>Complete Story »</a>]]> </description> <category type="author" link="http://seekingalpha.com/author/sa-product-team">SA Product Team</category> </item> <item> <title>Blogonomics: The Seeking Alpha Model</title> <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/71783-blogonomics-the-seeking-alpha-model?source=feed</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">71783</guid> <content> <![CDATA[<p>Until now, I’ve written relatively little about Seeking Alpha as a business. But a debate has started, prompted by Barry Ritholtz, about Seeking Alpha’s model versus the goals of bloggers. So here are some thoughts on the "blogonomics" (term coined by <a href="http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/market-movers/?TID=Seekpartner" rel="nofollow">Felix Salmon</a>) of Seeking Alpha.</p> <p>Seeking Alpha grew out of my own experience as a blogger after the bursting of the tech bubble. Typepad, Blogger and WordPress had cut the cost of web publishing to zero. By 2004, a growing number of professional and retail investors were blogging about stocks and the market. We weren’t writing to generate income as journalists; in fact, journalism as a profession was (and continues to be) under extreme financial pressure, reflected in the relentless decline of the newspaper stocks. Instead, we loved writing, loved the freedom of instantaneous publication, and loved the exchange of investment ideas. And hey, if we could promote</p> ]]> </content> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:43:42 -0400</pubDate> <author>SA Product Team</author> <description> <![CDATA[<p>Until now, I’ve written relatively little about Seeking Alpha as a business. But a debate has started, prompted by Barry Ritholtz, about Seeking Alpha’s model versus the goals of bloggers. So here are some thoughts on the "blogonomics" (term coined by <a href="http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/market-movers/?TID=Seekpartner" rel="nofollow">Felix Salmon</a>) of Seeking Alpha.</p> <p>Seeking Alpha grew out of my own experience as a blogger after the bursting of the tech bubble. Typepad, Blogger and WordPress had cut the cost of web publishing to zero. By 2004, a growing number of professional and retail investors were blogging about stocks and the market. We weren’t writing to generate income as journalists; in fact, journalism as a profession was (and continues to be) under extreme financial pressure, reflected in the relentless decline of the newspaper stocks. Instead, we loved writing, loved the freedom of instantaneous publication, and loved the exchange of investment ideas. And hey, if we could promote</p> <br/><a href='http://seekingalpha.com/article/71783-blogonomics-the-seeking-alpha-model?source=feed'>Complete Story »</a>]]> </description> <category type="author" link="http://seekingalpha.com/author/sa-product-team">SA Product Team</category> </item> <item> <title>Google's Killer App for Investors, Consultants and Journalists</title> <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/69866-google-s-killer-app-for-investors-consultants-and-journalists?source=feed</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">69866</guid> <content> <![CDATA[<p>What if you could quickly identify the customers, suppliers and partners of any company? That way, as new products suddenly become successful, you could buy the stocks of the publicly-traded suppliers that benefit.</p><p>What if you could easily find companies that had disclosed exposure to sub-prime debt or auction-rate securities? That way, you could eliminate stocks from your portfolio before the risks blow up.</p> <p>And what if you could rapidly identify the stocks that benefit from a particular investment theme, such as solar energy?</p> <p>We’ve discovered how to do these things, using Google’s off-the-shelf search. Let me explain.</p> <p>In mid-2005, Seeking Alpha decided to start publishing free transcripts of public companies’ quarterly conference calls with analysts and investors. Initially, we published a couple of hundred transcripts a quarter. Our readers loved them, because quarterly conference calls are full of valuable information about companies, products and markets, and transcripts are easier</p> ]]> </content> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:16:46 -0400</pubDate> <author>SA Product Team</author> <description> <![CDATA[<p>What if you could quickly identify the customers, suppliers and partners of any company? That way, as new products suddenly become successful, you could buy the stocks of the publicly-traded suppliers that benefit.</p><p>What if you could easily find companies that had disclosed exposure to sub-prime debt or auction-rate securities? That way, you could eliminate stocks from your portfolio before the risks blow up.</p> <p>And what if you could rapidly identify the stocks that benefit from a particular investment theme, such as solar energy?</p> <p>We’ve discovered how to do these things, using Google’s off-the-shelf search. Let me explain.</p> <p>In mid-2005, Seeking Alpha decided to start publishing free transcripts of public companies’ quarterly conference calls with analysts and investors. Initially, we published a couple of hundred transcripts a quarter. Our readers loved them, because quarterly conference calls are full of valuable information about companies, products and markets, and transcripts are easier</p> <br/><a href='http://seekingalpha.com/article/69866-google-s-killer-app-for-investors-consultants-and-journalists?source=feed'>Complete Story »</a>]]> </description> <category type="symbol" link="http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/goog">GOOG</category> <category type="symbol" link="http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/fds">FDS</category> <category type="symbol" link="http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/etfc">ETFC</category> <category type="symbol" link="http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/yhoo">YHOO</category> <category type="symbol" link="http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/tri">TRI</category> <category type="author" link="http://seekingalpha.com/author/sa-product-team">SA Product Team</category> </item> <item> <title>Is the New Generation of Financial Content an Opportunity or Threat for Investor Relations?</title> <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/70040-is-the-new-generation-of-financial-content-an-opportunity-or-threat-for-investor-relations?source=feed</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">70040</guid> <content> <![CDATA[<p>Articles about stocks written by money managers, industry experts, or smart retail investors -- namely "non-journalists" -- pose opportunities and challenges for investor relations professionals. IR expert Elaine Stattler asked me about these issues in an interview to be published in the upcoming issue of <a href="http://www.ioma.com/issues/INVRN" rel="nofollow">Investor Relations News</a>.</p><p>Here's the full text:</p> <blockquote><p><strong>Getting Visible:<br/> An Interview with Seeking Alpha CEO David Jackson</strong></p><p>Seeking Alpha is the largest source of stock market opinion and analysis on the Web. It covers more than 5,000 stocks, publishes over 160 articles per day, and has more than 400 regular contributors.</p> <p>After only two years, Seeking Alpha is catching up to sites like TheStreet.com (TSCM). It’s the main provider of stock market opinion pieces to Yahoo! Finance (<a href='http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/yhoo' title='Yahoo! Inc.'>YHOO</a>). It also just rolled out a partnership with E*Trade (<a href='http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/etfc' title='E*TRADE Financial Corporation'>ETFC</a>), and is expecting increases in readership as the year progresses. From an IRO’s [investor relations</p> </blockquote> ]]> </content> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:12:23 -0400</pubDate> <author>SA Product Team</author> <description> <![CDATA[<p>Articles about stocks written by money managers, industry experts, or smart retail investors -- namely "non-journalists" -- pose opportunities and challenges for investor relations professionals. IR expert Elaine Stattler asked me about these issues in an interview to be published in the upcoming issue of <a href="http://www.ioma.com/issues/INVRN" rel="nofollow">Investor Relations News</a>.</p><p>Here's the full text:</p> <blockquote><p><strong>Getting Visible:<br/> An Interview with Seeking Alpha CEO David Jackson</strong></p><p>Seeking Alpha is the largest source of stock market opinion and analysis on the Web. It covers more than 5,000 stocks, publishes over 160 articles per day, and has more than 400 regular contributors.</p> <p>After only two years, Seeking Alpha is catching up to sites like TheStreet.com (TSCM). It’s the main provider of stock market opinion pieces to Yahoo! Finance (<a href='http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/yhoo' title='Yahoo! Inc.'>YHOO</a>). It also just rolled out a partnership with E*Trade (<a href='http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/etfc' title='E*TRADE Financial Corporation'>ETFC</a>), and is expecting increases in readership as the year progresses. From an IRO’s [investor relations</p> </blockquote> <br/><a href='http://seekingalpha.com/article/70040-is-the-new-generation-of-financial-content-an-opportunity-or-threat-for-investor-relations?source=feed'>Complete Story »</a>]]> </description> <category type="author" link="http://seekingalpha.com/author/sa-product-team">SA Product Team</category> </item> <item> <title>Seeking Alpha Announces Free Conference Call Transcripts for 2,500 U.S. Companies</title> <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/60079-seeking-alpha-announces-free-conference-call-transcripts-for-2-500-u-s-companies?source=feed</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">60079</guid> <content> <![CDATA[<p>I'm pleased to announce that Seeking Alpha is expanding its conference call transcript coverage to 2,500 companies.</p><p>When I was a sell-side research analyst, I always felt that analysts' earnings notes were less informative than the transcripts of the companies' own conference calls. The prepared remarks contained the company's presentation of its business and quarterly results, and the question and answer session pinpointed the issues that surprised or concerned investors and analysts.</p> <p>The easiest way to know what a company has said on its conference call is to read the transcript. Transcripts solve the problem of multiple companies holding calls at the same time. They also allow investors to skim, and skip to the Q&A or other sections that are most impactful. Because of these advantages, conference call transcripts have long been a critical resource for professional investors.</p> <p>Until Seeking Alpha started publishing free transcripts, individual investors were priced-out of</p> ]]> </content> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:06:00 -0500</pubDate> <author>SA Product Team</author> <description> <![CDATA[<p>I'm pleased to announce that Seeking Alpha is expanding its conference call transcript coverage to 2,500 companies.</p><p>When I was a sell-side research analyst, I always felt that analysts' earnings notes were less informative than the transcripts of the companies' own conference calls. The prepared remarks contained the company's presentation of its business and quarterly results, and the question and answer session pinpointed the issues that surprised or concerned investors and analysts.</p> <p>The easiest way to know what a company has said on its conference call is to read the transcript. Transcripts solve the problem of multiple companies holding calls at the same time. They also allow investors to skim, and skip to the Q&A or other sections that are most impactful. Because of these advantages, conference call transcripts have long been a critical resource for professional investors.</p> <p>Until Seeking Alpha started publishing free transcripts, individual investors were priced-out of</p> <br/><a href='http://seekingalpha.com/article/60079-seeking-alpha-announces-free-conference-call-transcripts-for-2-500-u-s-companies?source=feed'>Complete Story »</a>]]> </description> <category type="symbol" link="http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/fds">FDS</category> <category type="symbol" link="http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/tri">TRI</category> <category type="author" link="http://seekingalpha.com/author/sa-product-team">SA Product Team</category> </item> </channel> </rss>