Yahoo! is looking to ride the wave of niche websites, launching Brand Universe, which intends to: “…create online destinations that will draw large audiences around individual movies, television shows, bands, celebrities, games and other types of entertainment.” Their first site is for the Nintendo Wii. The page is an aggregation of Wii info from Yahoo’s… Continue reading Yahoo! Moves in on Niche Websites
Month: February 2007
Mainstream Media is not an Island
Read/Write Web gives us a quick look at mainstream media’s adoption of Web 2.0 elements, such as including links to Digg and del.icio.us in their articles: “It appears that we are nearing a tipping point for the mass adoption of prominent web 2.0 services, like digg and del.icio.us. Endorsement by mainstream media opens these services… Continue reading Mainstream Media is not an Island
Where Editorial, Marketing and Advertising Meet
Jeff Jarvis has started an interesting discussion regarding Pay Per Post, a service that pays bloggers to write about products & services. While this is not a new topic in any medium, it is particularly relevant in the current state of online media. As YouTube prepares to share revenue with those who upload content, this… Continue reading Where Editorial, Marketing and Advertising Meet
How Fragile We Are: The Life and Death of Social Networks
Flickr, a social network fueled by photo sharing has made some changes, and has some members of its community jumping ship. Some changes to Flickr: Limiting the maximum number of contacts, or ‘friends’ in your Flickr network. Each photo can have a maximum of 75 tags. They will be discontinuing their email-based Flickr sign in… Continue reading How Fragile We Are: The Life and Death of Social Networks