Nov
26th
Posted by Keirsun on November 26, 2008 at 8:52 am
Mike Shields at MediaWeek reports on a new report by market research firm IDC showing that advertising initiatives are struggling on busy social networking sites. The IDC report offers insights for using effective advertising.
The YouTube Team announces the release of its new widescreen video player.
Mike Fruchter, via louisgray.com, shares an extensive list of ways to utilize the powers of FriendFeed.
Nov
24th
Posted by Keirsun on November 24, 2008 at 8:39 am
Kara Swisher at All Things Digital examines why buyout negotiations between Twitter and its potential buyer Facebook, broke down without a deal in place.
Peter Kafka at All Things Digital (yes, them again) compares viewer numbers of YouTube’s live broadcast this past Saturday night, a first for the online video site, with average network TV viewer totals.
Richard MacManus at ReadWriteWeb takes a closer look at how music promotion has moved from television to the web, specifically networks such as MySpace, Imeem and last.fm.
Nov
21st
Posted by Keirsun on November 21, 2008 at 8:34 am
Douglas MacMillan at BusinessWeek investigates how social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn are combating online scams artists.
Tamar Lewin at The New York Times shares the details of a recent study showing that teenagers who participate in social networks online are learning valuable life skills.
Justin Smith at Inside Facebook tells us that Facebook has added a list of favorite Facebook pages to a user’s public profile, which can be indexed by Google and therefore increase the link popularity of those “bookmarked” pages.
Nov
19th
Posted by Keirsun on November 19, 2008 at 8:47 am
Erick Schonfeld at TechCrunch tells us that VideoEgg is adding mobile to its advertising platform, focusing primarily on the iPhone.
Sean P. Aune at Mashable shares a generous list of Firefox plugins to make the YouTube experience even more interesting.
Joe Betz at the LinkedIn Blog announces that portions of a company’s LinkedIn profile will now be accessible to search engines.
Nov
17th
Posted by Keirsun on November 17, 2008 at 8:49 am
Andy Beal at Marketing Pilgrim points out the recent firestorm of negative Twitter comments flaring up following a viral campaign from Motrin designed to target new moms.
Michael Arrington at TechCrunch shares FAQs from AOL that address its recent decision to shut down the AOL Video upload service.
James Lewin at Podcasting News tells us that President-elect Barack Obama will be uploading his weekly presidential address to YouTube, and in fact has already begun (see video).
