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The Joy Of Rep
2008-05-12 10:05:00 Reputation management sounds so cold and formal. While it may excite the MBA crowd, the rest of us want to see a little joy with rep. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News
Facebook CTO Seeking ?Career Opportunities?
2008-05-12 10:05:00 It looks bad enough when any executive quits a company. Making the matter potentially worse for Facebook is the fact that Adam D’Angelo served as its chief technology officer. And strangely, it seems that the CTO position will be eliminated as he leaves. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Career , Opportunities , Seeking
Facebook Borrows $100 Million for Growth Purposes
2008-05-11 12:05:00 Facebook is borrowing $100 million to accommodate growth on the site. The money, from venture loan firm TriplePoint, brings the amount raised to around $350 million. The site has grown quickly and needs around 50,000 more servers to handle the load. Facebook has over 70 million active users and around 109 million monthly visitors. read more More: continued here Share This More About: Growth , Facebook , Million
MySpace Launches Data Availability Effort
2008-05-10 13:05:00 MySpace is launching what it calls the MySpace "Data Availability " initiative that will allow users to share their information with a number of partner sites. read more More: continued here Share This More About: Myspace
Twitter Blacklist Bites Thumb At Obnoxious People
2008-05-10 13:05:00 A public service or draconian narc network? You be the judge. It didn’t take long for a few things to happen with Twitter : for so-called spammers to seek out a "marketing" advantage; for Twitterers to fight back against said spammers; and for a moral authority to form. read more More: continued here Share This More About: People , Thumb , Obnoxious
Five Ways To Score Big On Digg
2008-05-10 13:05:00 The big social media sites receive thousands of submissions continually. Yours doesn’t have to be one that never escapes Digg ’s Upcoming section, or the basement of any social bookmarking presence. read more More: continued here Share This More About: Score
Facebook Has Connections
2008-05-10 13:05:00 On the heels of MySpace’s Data Portability announcement, Facebook has unveiled Facebook Connect, which the social networking site is calling "the next iteration of Facebook Platform that allows users to ‘connect’ their Facebook identity, friends and privacy to any site." read more More: continued here Share This More About: Connections
Facebook Agrees To Child Safety Plan
2008-05-10 11:05:00 Facebook has announced an agreement with 49 U.S. state attorneys general and the District of Columbia to take significant steps to protect children on the social networking site. The move comes after a similar agreement was reached with MySpace in January. The Facebook agreement is aimed at better protecting children from online predators and inappropriate content. read more More: continued here Share This More About: Safety , Child Safety , Facebook , Child , Plan
Microsoft Considers Facebook Acquisition
2008-05-10 11:05:00 Microsoft is attempting to see if Facebook has any interest in being purchased by the software company after it abandoned its bid to buy Yahoo. According to the WSJ Microsoft’s bankers put out subtle signals to Facebook, to see if it would be interested in being acquired. Last October, Microsoft bought a $240 million stake in Facebook, which valued the social networking site at $15 billion. An unnamed source says there are no active talks between the two companies. read more More: continued here Powered by SmartRSS Share This More About: Microsoft , Acquisition
Colorado Capital Conference - Marketing 2.0
2008-05-08 00:05:00 If the idea of spending a day with a few hundred entrepreneurs sounds great, then you really should join us at the Colorado Capital Conference later this month. We have two keynote speakers, Simon Leung and Marc Silverman, and have eight workshops that day, along with eleven companies pitching and hoping for a funding event. The workshops are going to be terrific: read more More: continued here Share This More About: Marketing
Startup Targets Angry eBayers
2008-05-07 01:05:00 The founders of a new startup called Wigix are calling eBay old school, and don’t hesitate to target boycotting sellers incensed by recently imposed eBay seller fees. The name is short for WantItGotIt Exchange, and is modeled after the stock market rather than the competitive bid auction model. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Angry , Startup
MySpace, Facebook Still On Top
2008-05-06 23:05:00 If MySpace were to lose its top spot among social networks, it’d have a long way to fall. Though US visits to the powerhouse were down five percent since last year, MySpace still commanded nearly 74% of the social networking market, according to Hitwise. Facebook , long in second place but up 32%, pulled in nearly ... More About: News , Myspace
Stephen Colbert Wins Webby For Person Of The Year
2008-05-06 22:05:00 The winners of the Webby Awards were announced today and comedian Stephen Colbert received a Webby for being the Internet’s "Person of the Year." read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Stephen Colbert
Digital Media Concepts Popular Among Execs
2008-05-06 13:05:00 Media and advertising executives are displaying an "eyes on the prize" attitude, according to new survey results. A significant number of the execs support fresh technologies and approaches, and want to embrace them over the next few years. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Media , Concepts , Popular , Digital
Will Death Add Life To The Internet?
2008-05-06 11:05:00 Monster.com founder Jeff Taylor thinks so, as his Tributes.com prepares for a launch next month, with the Wall Street Journal and others backing it. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Internet , Life , Death , The Internet
Twitter Took A Week?s Vacation
2008-05-06 11:05:00 Among social media and network types of websites, Twitter spent over 37 hours away from the Internet and the service’s users. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Vacation , Week
Wikipedia Sued For Libel
2008-05-05 23:05:00 A literary agent is suing the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia contributors for negative comments, but Wikimedia says it’s not liable for user-generated content. Barbara Bauer filed a lawsuit in New Jersey Superior Court alleging that the Wikimedia Foundation is liable for postings that called her one of the "Dumbest of the twenty worst" agents, who has ... More About: News , Sued
Social Media Important In Purchasing Process
2008-05-05 22:05:00 The term "social media" might conjure up images of tossed sheep or sparkly profile pages, but a new study proves businesses need to take it seriously. Consumers are quite willing to both share bad experiences and learn about what’s happened to others. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Social , Media , Process
Women Make More Friends On Social Networks
2008-05-05 13:05:00 When it comes to social networks, a new study shows that men are more likely than women to downplay the first part of the term. Women , according to Rapleaf, tend to have deeper relationships and a greater number of friends. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Social , Friends , Social Networks
Big Changes May Be In Store For LinkedIn
2008-05-05 13:05:00 Now that most of the Microsoft-Yahoo stuff is (at least temporarily) out of the way, it’s time for the rumor mill to latch onto some other topic. One contender is the possible acquisition of LinkedIn. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Store , Linkedin
GodTube Blessed With $30 Million In Funding
2008-05-05 13:05:00 GodTube, a faith-based Christian video sharing site and social network has raised $30 million at a $150 million valuation. The funding comes from GLG Partners, a hedge fund. The site had previously raised $2.5 million from private investors, including Norm Miller of Interstate Batteries, according to paidContent. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Funding , Blessed , Million , Godtube
The UK Leads Europe In Social Networking
2008-05-03 00:05:00 Close to half of all people in the UK will be members of a social networking site within four years, a new report indicates. The study found that the UK has the highest number of users in Europe who are members of sites such as MySpace and Facebook. At least 9.6 million people in the UK ... More About: News , Social , Social Networking , Networking
How Blogs Make Me Schizo
2008-05-03 00:05:00 One part I like about this digital revolution is that it takes a lot of the pretentiousness out of publishing. One part I dislike about this digital revolution is that it takes a lot of the pretentiousness out of publishing. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Blogs , Make , Schizo
Clinton Advisor Fights In YouTube War Room
2008-05-03 00:05:00 Decide which is worse: Doctoring a video and posting it online to smear a political figure; or said political figure threatening libel suits against news organizations for even talking about it. Luckily, he’s not up for election—well, not technically. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Youtube , Fights , Clinton , Room
Post Popularity: Your Blog Needs It
2008-05-02 23:05:00 There’s a good time and a bad time to put up your latest bit of life-changing brilliance on your blog. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Post , Blog , Popularity
?Featured? App Status Not Free At MySpace
2008-05-02 22:05:00 Here’s a funny thing: if you visit the MySpace Apps page with AdBlock Plus enabled, the "Featured Applications" section appears entirely blank. And as it turns out, developers are indeed paying to show up in those spots. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Myspace , Free , Status
Blogger Puts Posts On Schedule
2008-05-02 22:05:00 Google’s Blogger service opened up a new feature, scheduled posting, to automatically put up an entry at a future time. read more More: continued here Powered by SmartRSS Share This More About: News , Schedule , Posts
This Article Is Miley Cyrus Link Bait
2008-05-02 01:05:00 Actually, this article is more of a commentary on collective mental illness, exploitation and mountains made of molehills—no, that’s not a boob joke. It’s also about invented controversy for the sake of ogling eyeballs and links at the expense of a teenage girl who will be lucky if she’s not in rehab on her 18th ... More About: News , Article , Link , Miley Cyrus , Cyrus
Playboy Launches YouTube Channel
2008-05-02 00:05:00 Playboy Enterprises is launching the Playboy Audience Network and is partnering with a number of video sharing sites. The digital distribution partnerships include YouTube, Break, Veoh, Howcast and Metacafe. Playboy has also entered into a deal with social advertising provider Mixercast, who will develop ad-supported content and contest widgets. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Youtube , Channel
Stumbling Towards More Conversions
More articles from this author:2008-05-01 22:05:00 StumbleUpon has been around a while, and if you’re like 5 million others, you understand what an addictive, stimulus-response type network it really is. But like with other social networks such as Digg, Twitter, or Facebook, many marketers are still at a loss for how to make the most of it. read more More: continued ... More About: News , Stumbling 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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