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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007Unlike our good friend Steve, Eric Schmidt is one of the “true believers” in social networking. Perhaps he’s just one of the “younger people” (or younger at heart people) that Ballmer said were so absorbed in the faddish nature of social networking, even though he is a couple months older than Ballmer.
Whatever the case, Schmidt [...]
Facebook Has LinkedIn In Their Crosshairs
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007Facebook may be used for professional networking (particularly in Silicon Valley), but it sure isn’t set up to be. People’s profiles are all about their dating status, pictures, videos and other very personal information. It’s perfect for college dorm networking, but not so much for job or business development hunting.
LinkedIn, by contrast, is set up [...]
Google hints at secret plan for search
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007Most good Google stories come with an element of mystery. This one is no different. Speaking at the Zeitgeist conference, Google CEO Eric Schmidt hinted to attendees that the company has big plans for using the social networking juggernaut to improve its search capabilities.
According to a New York Times report, Schmidt called social networking a “very [...]
Why MySpace just won’t cut it
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007Social networking for companies means more than putting up a MySpace page. Learn from Neighborhood America’s exec VP how to drive engagement and profits.
Social networking is here to stay. With a reported 114 million people frequenting MySpace, and another 52 million connecting through Facebook (source: comScore, June 2007), consumers have grown to expect opportunities for [...]
There’s More To The FaceBook Traffic Story
Sunday, October 14th, 2007Om Malik says Facebook traffic is tanking, based on the September Comscore data which shows a 9.3% decline in uniques v. steady uniques at MySpace.There’s a problem though - he’s showing unique visitor data but talking about traffic. The Comscore data for U.S. traffic shows only a 4% decline, from 15.2 billion to 14.7 billion [...]
Wikipedia Hits Mid Life Slow Down
Sunday, October 14th, 2007Techcrunch posted yesterday on the move by the Wikimedia Foundation to relocate from Florida to San Francisco, but aside from the obvious conclusions that the move would allow Wikimedia to tap into the superior developer community out West, there may be another reason as well: a mid life slow down.
It’s tempting to call it a [...]
DivShare Upgrades its One-stop shop Free File Hosting Service
Sunday, October 14th, 2007When it comes to decide where and how to host your files on the web you ask yourself two main questions: Are you ready to pay for it? What is the best service for a the type of file you need. File hosting/sharing is a totally crowded space with both vertical solutions (think Flickr or [...]
The Clock is Ticking for Joost
Sunday, October 14th, 2007There’s a time bomb out there with Joost’s name on it. Full-screen, broadcast-quality video streams—the main selling point of Joost’s peer-to-peer Internet TV client software—is quickly coming to the Web. Brightcove will soon be offering such streams to its video publishers using BitTorrent DNA. But the real threat to Joost will [...]
Answers.com Partners with Wordpress to Offer AnswersLink Button
Sunday, October 14th, 2007Answers.com has partnered with Wordpress (and its parent company Automattic) to offer an official Wordpress plugin for the Wordpress.org software and addition to the Wordpress.com blogging service, which will let bloggers link words in their posts to definitions and explanations from Answers.com with the click of a button.
“We’re particular about the [...]
SEO and User Experience Fusion
Sunday, October 14th, 2007So, you want to build a Web site. Where do you start? Do you sit down with your programmers and demand a Web 2.0 site full of techie buzzwords? Or do you turn to your design team for a “visually appealing” Web site that “meets the needs of the business?”
If you’re smart, [...]