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
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
Where Do Blogs End?
Traditinal media is moving online. Blogs and individual content producers are gaining increasing credibility in the media landscape. Ryan Block, managing editor of Engadget asks this question: Is Engadget still a blog. His answers, and those of his readers, illustrate the evolving nature of online publishing.
Social Relationships: The Merging of Online & Real-Life
As we use online environments for more day-to-day business and personal matters, I often wonder when we will make the jump to a more cohesive and accountable presentation of self that merges the two. There are two ways I look at this. One is the more technical: how do others know that it is you… Continue reading Social Relationships: The Merging of Online & Real-Life
Social Relationships: The Merging of Online & Real-Life
As we use online environments for more day-to-day business and personal matters, I often wonder when we will make the jump to a more cohesive and accountable presentation of self that merges the two. There are two ways I look at this. One is the more technical: how do others know that it is you… Continue reading Social Relationships: The Merging of Online & Real-Life
YouTube: Sharing Revenue with Content Creators
YouTube founder Chad Hurley has announced that in the future, the site will share revenue with those who create and upload videos to the site. His reason for waiting: “…he says he did not do that at first because he wanted to build a community of people who wanted to be there to be there… Continue reading YouTube: Sharing Revenue with Content Creators
Dissing the Digg Effect: A Closer Look at Traffic Value
For many, getting a link to their site on the Digg homepage is a dream that they constantly work toward. If they do so, massive amounts of traffic will come their way. From this, the theory goes, readership, brand awareness, ad revenue, etc., should all shoot through the roof. But will it really? Scott Karp… Continue reading Dissing the Digg Effect: A Closer Look at Traffic Value
Can Bloggers Compete with Established News Sources?
Robert Scoble started off a bit of a debate online when he lashed out at some prominent blogs for not linking to his content, and to other bloggers on the web. “It’s interesting how everyone links to the New York Times, who of course doesn’t link to blogs, but very few bloggers will link to… Continue reading Can Bloggers Compete with Established News Sources?