Social Media Marketing Blogtag:socialmarketing.oneupweb.com,2008://12008-07-24T12:21:22ZStraightUpSocial is a blog created to address topics pertaining to the social sphere of online marketing.Movable Type 3.35StraightUpSocial News Links for 7/24/2008tag:socialmarketing.oneupweb.com,2008://1.632008-07-24T12:19:44Z2008-07-24T12:21:22ZStraightUpSocial News Links for 7/24/2008keirsunDigg partners with Facebook to 'connect' users
Kevin Rose at Digg shares more details about Facebook Connect, which allows Facebook users to submit content to Digg using their Facebook logins, in addition to displaying diggs in their Facebook mini-feeds.
James Lewin at Podcasting News points out that Google has publicly opened Knol, a Wikipedia-like service, which offers its authors revenue incentives via Google AdSense.
Shel Israel at Global Neighbourhoods shares his thoughts on how and why Twitter is becoming his "personal search tool."
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StraightUpSocial News Links for 7/22/2008tag:socialmarketing.oneupweb.com,2008://1.622008-07-22T12:03:24Z2008-07-22T12:05:05ZStraightUpSocial News Links for 7/22/2008keirsunCheck out the new Facebook
Mark Slee at The Facebook Blog introduces us to some changes with Facebook's overall design, including updates to the Wall and a new tabbed profile.
Scott Roberts at the LinkedIn Blog announces a partnership with the New York Times, which allows LinkedIn members to receive targeted headlines, in addition to easier sharing of NYT articles within a user's LinkedIn network.
James Lewin at Podcasting News shares NBC's recent announcement that it will begin posting Internet videos as a training ground for new Late Night show hosts.
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StraightUpSocial News Links for 7/11/2008tag:socialmarketing.oneupweb.com,2008://1.612008-07-11T12:03:14Z2008-07-11T12:04:34ZStraightUpSocial News Links for 7/11/2008keirsunFacebook for iPhone
Joe Hewitt at The Facebook Blog announces the release of the Facebook for iPhone application, which offers access to more technology than Facebook's iPhone-friendly website.
Paul Glazowski at Mashable keeps our iPhone train rolling with his comparison of the MySpace and Facebook iPhone apps. Who's the winner? You'll have to read Paul's post.
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StraightUpSocial News Links for 7/09/2008tag:socialmarketing.oneupweb.com,2008://1.602008-07-09T12:04:17Z2008-07-09T12:05:21ZStraightUpSocial News Links for 7/09/2008keirsunBe who you want on the web pages you visit
Niniane Wang, Google Engineering Manager, introduces us to Lively, which is Google's new virtual reality world similar to Second Life.
Andy Saunders announces a partnership between Flickr and Getty Images on the Yodel Anecdotal blog.
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StraightUpSocial News Links for 7/07/2008tag:socialmarketing.oneupweb.com,2008://1.592008-07-07T12:16:56Z2008-07-07T12:18:16ZStraightUpSocial News Links for 7/07/2008keirsunThe Law and Your Privacy
The YouTube Team shares more information on the recent court order stemming from Viacom's lawsuit, including YouTube's request to keep IP addresses and usernames private.
Surya Yalamanchili at the LinkedIn blog announces the LinkedIn Learning Center, which includes a growing collection of user guides for the social network.
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StraightUpSocial News Links for 7/03/2008tag:socialmarketing.oneupweb.com,2008://1.582008-07-03T12:36:53Z2008-07-03T12:38:57ZStraightUpSocial News Links for 7/03/2008keirsunJudge Protects YouTube's Source Code, Throws Users To The Wolves
Michael Arrington at TechCrunch updates us on the ongoing Viacom lawsuit against Google/YouTube -- the presiding United States District Court judge has ordered Google to hand over "every YouTube username, the associated IP address and the videos that user has watched on YouTube" - a move which could put YouTube users in risk of being sued by Viacom.
Adam Connors at the Google Mobile Blog announces the release of a new version of Google Talk, which is designed specifically for the iPhone and iPod Touch browsers.
Tamar Weinberg at Techipedia compares the two microblogging platforms and concludes that they "are two entirely different beasts."
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StraightUpSocial News Links for 7/01/2008tag:socialmarketing.oneupweb.com,2008://1.572008-07-01T12:32:43Z2008-07-01T12:34:36ZStraightUpSocial News Links for 7/01/2008keirsunDigg Recommendation Engine Rolling Out
Kevin Rose at Digg announces the launch of Digg's recommendation-based engine, which will be available to a sampling of users and is expected to roll out site-wide in the near future.
Bret Taylor at the FriendFeed Blog announces the availability of a "specialized iPhone interface" with font sizes, graphics and forms specifically designed for the iPhone.
Surya Yalamanchili at the LinkedIn Blog has details on the social network's collaboration with CommonCraft to release a video to help explain the basics of LinkedIn.
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StraightUpSocial News Links for 6/30/2008tag:socialmarketing.oneupweb.com,2008://1.552008-06-30T12:42:59Z2008-06-30T12:44:17ZStraightUpSocial News Links for 6/30/2008keirsunData Availability has Arrived
Rhonda of the MySpace Developer Team announces the official launch of the MySpace Data Availability Project, which enables "users to leverage the power of their social data outside of the MySpace.com domain."
James Lewin at Podcasting News shares info on the recent partnership between Seesmic and Six Apart, which has produced a free video commenting plugin for Movable Type blogs.
Mark Glaser at MediaSift points out a number of factors that show online video advertising is about to take off.
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StraightUpSocial News Links for 6/26/2008tag:socialmarketing.oneupweb.com,2008://1.542008-06-26T13:33:00Z2008-06-26T13:34:07ZStraightUpSocial News Links for 6/26/2008keirsunWhy Social News Sites Must Implement Social Search
"Social search is the future," writes Muhammad Saleem, who shares his thoughts on ReadWriteWeb about the possibilities of social search and what social news sites should be doing now to move in this direction.
Paul Colligan sums up Vint Cerf's recent remarks that downloading of online video content will surpass streaming content.
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StraightUpSocial News Links for 6/25/2008tag:socialmarketing.oneupweb.com,2008://1.532008-06-25T12:21:56Z2008-06-25T12:23:07ZStraightUpSocial News Links for 6/25/2008keirsunSocialbrowse: Y Combinator Startup is Twitter For Links
Jason Kincaid at TechCrunch reviews Socialbrowse, a Twitter-esque sharing tool that displays user icons adjacent to shared links.
Paul Glazowski at Mashable points out Searchme's recent enhancement to its visual search features, which allows users to search and view YouTube and Flickr content, in addition to bookmark and share all search results.
The YouTube Team announces the release of a new personalized homepage to all logged-in users.
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StraightUpSocial News Links for 6/23/2008tag:socialmarketing.oneupweb.com,2008://1.522008-06-23T12:26:32Z2008-06-23T12:27:51ZStraightUpSocial News Links for 6/23/2008keirsunLinkedIn Companion + Firefox 3 = Good Web 2.0 Karma
LinkedIn releases an updated version of its popular Companion web browser extension for Firefox 3.
Alexander van Elsas speculates on the possibility of using social media as both the tool and the inspiration to solve real world problems, such as hunger, energy needs, and waste management.
Peter Kafka at Silicon Alley Insider shares the details of a semi-formal debate taking place between representatives of the presidential candidates via Twitter.
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StraightUpSocial News Links for 6/20/2008tag:socialmarketing.oneupweb.com,2008://1.512008-06-20T15:34:11Z2008-06-20T15:37:14ZStraightUpSocial News Links for 6/20/2008keirsunThe YouTube Screening Room: Now Playing
Sara P. at the YouTube Blog introduces us to the YouTube Screening Room, "a platform for films from around the world to find the audiences they deserve."
Prashant Malik at the Facebook Blog shares the details of Inbox Search, an upcoming Facebook tool that will allow you to search your messages by keyword or by sender's name.
Aarti Shah at PRWeek provides the reasoning behind MySpace's redesign earlier this week.
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StraightUpSocial News Links for 6/18/2008tag:socialmarketing.oneupweb.com,2008://1.502008-06-18T12:14:00Z2008-06-18T12:30:21ZStraightUpSocial News Links for 6/18/2008keirsun11 Billion Videos Viewed Online in the U.S. in April 2008
comScore releases April 2008 data from its Video Metrix service, which reveals that 71% of the total U.S. Internet audience viewed videos online, with Google's YouTube holding the largest audience share.
Adam Ostrow reviews the public launch of Fav.or.it, a new RSS based news aggregator/reader service.
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StraightUpSocial News Links for 6/16/2008tag:socialmarketing.oneupweb.com,2008://1.492008-06-16T15:42:00Z2008-06-16T15:57:09ZStraightUpSocial News Links for 6/16/2008keirsunThe Associated Press to Set Guidelines for Using Its Articles in Blogs
Saul Hansell at The New York Times has the details on a decision made by the Associated Press to set clear copyright standards for its news stories and broadcasts. The decision will likely have the greatest effect on bloggers who frequently quote A.P. articles.
Michael Arrington at TechCrunch responds to the A.P.'s decision by pointing out, "The A.P. doesn't get to make it's own rules around how its content is used, if those rules are stricter than the law allows." Arrington also announces that A.P. stories are banned from TechCrunch and he encourages other bloggers to follow suit.
Nick O'Neill at Social Times shares his recent experiences at the Blog Potomac in Washington D.C., specifically focusing on how large news media companies are recognizing the need to adapt to the flexibility of smaller, efficient news blogging teams.
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StraightUpSocial News Links for 6/06/2008tag:socialmarketing.oneupweb.com,2008://1.482008-06-06T14:11:22Z2008-06-06T14:13:23ZStraightUpSocial News Links for 6/06/2008keirsunFriendFeed adds personalized recommendations
Bret Taylor at the FriendFeed blog shares the details of the service's new "Best Of" feature, which links to the most popular FriendFeed items from the past day, week, or month according to the people you're subscribed to.
Nate Koechley at the Yahoo! User Interface blog sits down with 3 LinkedIn web developers to discuss how the Yahoo User Interface fits into their site development process. (video included)