Archive for the ‘Web 2.0’ Category
Monday, July 7th, 2008
In a clever post from Don Schindler, he compares his cluttered desk (which sounds oh-so-familiar) to the clutter of the web. If you know where what you're looking for is, its easy to find. But if you're just browsing, with just a general idea of what information you want, you'll ...
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
Looking to add news-oriented content to your website quickly and easily? Look no farther than the Google NewsBar Wizard. We're testing it for the "On the News" page here on eMedia Daily, and in our sidebar. It's easy to set up - taking less than 5 minutes, and provides your ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
Web 2.0 has been changing the way many of us work, relax, and research. In a struggle to not be left behind, the US government is also using Web 2.0 technologies for internal communications.
The federal government has launched several wikis, which permit staffers to post information and expand on ...
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Yahoo Buzz, a Digg-like service that launched on February 25, is now nearly three weeks old. We asked Yahoo to share some of the data from those first two weeks.
The big benefit for publishers is that top Buzz stories are linked from the Yahoo home page, which turns a firehose ...
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Friday, March 14th, 2008
AOL announced the purchase of Bebo - the third largest social networking site. Third largest is used lightly - its a distant third to the behemoths of MySpace and Facebook. So, why would AOL, which has struggled in recent years, take the plunge to purchase them?
According to eMarketer....
However, Bebo has ...
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
From WalletPop....
Can you imagine a media outlet, which lives and dies by readership and distribution of its articles, prohibiting you from linking to pages within its website??? I couldn't imagine it either, but it's true.
BusinessWeek.com has a user agreement which prohibits readers from "deep-linking," which essentially means you are not ...
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Just for fun... Merchant Talk has the cast of Web 2.0, and the celebrites who would play them. Good for a quick laugh... Web 2.0 - Hollywood Style
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Thursday, December 20th, 2007
The new BBC Beta homepage (www.bbc.co.uk/home/beta) has distinct Web 2.0-ey features, like oversized fonts, bright colors, rounded corners... and of course, the ability to customize the page. You can drag and drop content blocks, as well as get localized content.
Is this truly the type of site that today's web consumers ...
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Thursday, December 13th, 2007
MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Clearspring Technologies Inc., the market leader in widget syndication and tracking, today announced the launch of the Widget Ad Network. Clearspring’s Widget Ad Network provides media publishers an easy and scalable solution for monetizing digital content across social networking sites, start pages and blogs, by creating an ad ...
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
From ClickZ...
New currents beget new buzzwords. In 2008, the "conversation" will certainly march on, but I'll put myself out on a limb and predict we'll see more than a little correction and a reality check on our sometimes overly romantic exuberance over Web 2.0.
Realistically, getting it right with consumers in ...
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