Jewish Social Media Update: Jewish E-Books News and Author Blog Uncovers a Whole New Jewish World

Jerusalem, Israel (PRWEB) November 13, 2011

It was game-changing: with the groundbreaking June launching of Jewish-e-books.com, Jewish readers worldwide excitedly pulled out their iPads and Androids, thrilled to finally access hundreds of popular Jewish works anytime, anywhere.

But the digital fun didnt stop there: now, the Jewish E-Book superstore has debuted an exciting new blog featuring the Jewish E-Books Author Blog and Michals list, with the latest news, views, and reviews about Jewish books and everything Jewish.

Theres so much going on in Jewish publishing today and in the Jewish world at large, says CEO Yossi Levy, an out-of-the-box thinker whose Jewish e-book dream has been realized. Our goal is to give readers a fascinating, current glimpse into the action.

Moderating the more intimate, in-depth section of the blog is seasoned writer Azriela Jaffe, a popular feature writer and columnist at Mishpacha magazine who herself has authored tens of Jewish books. In her engaging, upbeat author interviews, Azriela allows blog readers to connect with bestselling Jewish writersand hear the intriguing personal stories behind their books. Shell also be spotlighting gems in the Jewish eBook world through her book reviews, letting readers know about worthwhile books they might have missed.

As a journalist myself, says Azriela, I find that wherever I go, readers are eager to know me on a more personal level. My goal with this blog is to bring some of the Jewish world's most popular writers from behind their computersand gain a deeper understanding of who they are, and what informs the books they write that we love.

Michals List, the dynamic, newsy section of the blog, is the address for the latest in Jewish book & eBook news and more. Updated constantly, the list features the best that the Jewish world has to offerranging from books and music to lectures and social events. Its the forum of choice for popular Jewish authors and musicians, giving them a voice to get their messages out. And for Jewish publishers, the lively newsfeed also spotlights new releases, keeping readers up-to-date on whats out there and offering targeted publicity to publishers core markets.

CEO Yossi Levy is no stranger to innovation, and with the Jewish E-Book Blog, hes done it again. With its exclusive insiders view into the Jewish book world and newsworthy Jewish happenings around the globe, the blog has created an irresistible blend of Jewish content and connection, uncovering a whole new Jewish world.

Follow us at http://www.facebook.com/JewishEBooks?ref=ts

Follow us at http://twitter.com/#!/Jewish_eBooks

Watch us on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/JewishEBooks

###

Related Youtube Press Releases

Blekko Takes War On Spam To New Level With Zorro Update

Redwood Shores, CA (PRWEB) June 21, 2011

Blekko, the new search engine that is working to eliminate spam from search results, today released a major update that for the first time utilizes millions of social cues and human edits to put the best content at the top of search results.

On the new blekko, search results pages will boost sites that blekko users have hand-picked to be included in one or more slashtags. Since its launch last November, blekko users have created over 100,000 slashtags in a wide variety of topics. Boosting sites that are included in slashtags adds a new human site review element to the continued war on spam.

Blekko highlights these efforts by listing the certified slashtags at the top of the search results and also, for each boosted site, next to its URL. For the first time, search results will display each sites logo so that users can quickly choose results from trusted brands that offer the best content.

Millions of users and hundreds of millions of searches have given us insight into what is truly great quality content on the Web and what is poor quality spam, said Rich Skrenta, CEO of blekko. This new version of blekko bakes in that intelligence in every search so the spam gets weeded out and the best content comes to the top in every search.

At its launch, blekko introduced its slashtag concept that for the first time allowed users to build their own search experience by weeding out sites that that didnt offer quality results. At the same time, slashtag creators were pointing out the sites on the Web that offered the best content and information. Users created millions of slashtags for different topics and provided millions of points of information about sites on the Web.

In addition, this release includes a new relevance model for ranking and an expanded index. This model includes a ramped up adspam algorithm, identifying millions more pages on the Web that contain multiple ads and little content. Those pages have been permanently eliminated from the blekko search index so that they will never appear in search results.

For more information, visit: http://blekko.com/

About Blekko

Blekko was founded in 2007 to pursue innovation in search. The company has raised $ 24 million since its founding in 2007 from US Venture Partners and CMEA Capital, as well as leading angel investors including Ron Conway, Mike Maples, Jeff Clavier, and Marc Andreessen. Blekko has 22 employees, including former Google and Yahoo! Search engineers.

###