Mike Rundle looks at the meaning of “the long tail” and why it may be difficult to create an A-List blog: “If you look at nearly all blogs on the Technorati 100, it’s difficult to say they made it there solely on the quality of their content and not because of any external factors. These… Continue reading Blog Niche
Category: social media
Sunday Wrap Up
Just clearing out some remaining news and commentary for the week: The Bivings Report surveys the top 100 newspapers’ use of online offerings. “Socialmeter… scans several major link-tracking sites and spits back an analysis of your URL’s popularity” Darren Rowse discusses why bloggers call it quits. A brief but interesting article on 5 Ways to… Continue reading Sunday Wrap Up
Non-Profit, on Purpose
The New York Times has a report on two magazine brands that are thriving: AARP and Consumer Reports. Their parallels to the success of online communities is a key ingredient: “…perhaps most vexing to publishers are the online rivals that at first blush do not appear commercially motivated. Instead, these companies start from a position… Continue reading Non-Profit, on Purpose
Pity Party for Lonely Bloggers
Nicholas Carr throws a pity party for himself as he reflects on the hierarchy of A-list bloggers and the many smaller bloggers on the Web. It is interesting that for centuries, people have produced written work and relied on one-to-one feedback or no feedback at all. Now that the Web has made it easy to publish online,… Continue reading Pity Party for Lonely Bloggers
Social Search
Social search has been one of those “it” topics recently. Chris Sherman from Search Engine Watch takes a look at the pros and cons of such a system. One conclusion: “Some people, no matter how well intentioned, will simply do a poor job of labeling content. Others will deliberately mislabel content to attempt to fool… Continue reading Social Search
Social Everything
Joshua Porter reports on some upcoming features of the new Apple operating system, OS X Leopard: Apple Making Huge Social Network Software Push? He outlines several new features in development that provide ways to collaborate with others – your iTunes library, your calendar, and even a Wiki-server. “…all of these features are about enabling communication as much… Continue reading Social Everything