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Social Media

Xbox Achievements are wildly successful

January 5, 2007

So says an article today on GameDaily It’s kind of funny how people can succumb to something as simple as points and collecting. I feel pressure to beat my friend Charlie on Xbox Live despite the fact that he is a more avid gamer than I am. While I haven’t gone as far as getting [...]

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How much for a Google ad?

January 5, 2007

Given Ziki’s marketing gimmick, I’m curious just how cheap it is to buy an ad for my name on Yahoo! or Google. I’ve never used either AdWords or Yahoo! Marketing Solutions personally, so it will be a fun way to see if I get any clickers. No fair clicking on my ad if you are [...]

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Ziki – free advertising for bloggers

January 4, 2007

Or anyone who has ever used a social network or a service with feeds… I love the idea of aggregating all my social network data and social media contributions into a single place, but they have made a somewhat kludgy effort at doing so. I certainly did a bit more clicking than necessary. Here’s my [...]

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Slashdot Firehose (or Digg vs Slashdot.org round 2)

December 12, 2006

Looks like Slashdot is doing something about getting their ass handed to them from Digg. Now, according to our pals with dubious numbers at Alexa, Digg has well surpassed Slashdot in terms of reach, rank and pageviews. This isn’t news. Even if Digg had not expanded beyond its tech crowd, Digg was growing at a [...]

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Zillow – Make Me Move

December 7, 2006

Zillow unveils its latest feature tonight, Make Me Move. The idea is pretty simple, set a price that you would be willing to sell your house for and wait for the offers to come in. Ok, this is a bit gimmicky, but fun nevertheless. Of course, this is a pretty good way to get people [...]

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How to rig Digg

December 4, 2006

CNET reports this morning about how internet marketers are “planting stories, paying people to promote items, and otherwise trying to manipulate rankings on Digg and other so-called social media sites like Reddit and Delicious to drum up more links to their Web sites and thus more business.” Thanks for giving away all my secrets, CNET. [...]

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Social Media Club – Seattle Meetup – Wednesday, December 6, 2006

December 3, 2006

Chris Heuer and Kristie Wells are coming to town! In the last several months, I’ve gotten to know these guys fairly well and enjoyed our “big picture” discussions of the web and social media in particular. Here’s a blurb from their site that best describes Social Media Club. Social Media Club is being organized for [...]

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My Jellyfish addiction

November 22, 2006

So, I’ve thought a lot about how gaming mechanisms can make sites more fun to use and my friends at Jellyfish.com have made a very addictive experience. Jellyfish is yet another comparison shopping site, like Shopping.com, Epinions, NexTag, Yahoo! Shopping, Froogle, yadda, yadda, but they have a few twists up their sleeve. First, they incorporate [...]

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Social Media Links for Tuesday, November 21, 2006

November 21, 2006

It’s a Wiki, but PrettyWetpaint lands a deal American Express to help power their Executive Travel SkyGuide. The article sites Wetpaint’s leadership in the areas of ease of use and its general lack of ugliness. Flickr’s Camera FinderLooking for the perfect camera this holiday season? Let the wisdom of crowds decide for you! Instead of [...]

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Askville invitations for the taking

November 21, 2006

I’m planning on having a post up later today with my first take on Amazon’s new service, Askville, but if you would like a preview of the service, I’ve got several invites for the taking. Email me at randy at stewtopia.com if you want one.

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Boxbe – make spammers pay

November 9, 2006

Spam. This is the cost of doing business on the internet, right? Free and easy communication with friends, co-workers, partners, etc, but the cost of this ease is that it is easy (and close to free) for anyone to send you email. I dunno about you, but I got better stuff to do than spend [...]

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Web 2.0 and Web 2.2

November 6, 2006

Alas, I’m stuck in the rain in Seattle this week, but hope everyone is doing well at the Web 2.0 conference and better yet, the Web 2.2 unconference. So you’ve heard of the Web 2.0 conference, the one that O’Reilly and John Battelle have put on for the last several years, but not Web 2.2? [...]

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Google acquired wiki company, Jotspot

October 31, 2006

The Google acquisition train keeps on rolling. Jotspot, the wiki company announced today that they are being acquired by Google. Terms of the deal are undisclosed but I suspect that this might have cost less than YouTube. Jotspot is a wiki maker that has taken the wiki (user created website) model and extended it into [...]

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The Scobles’ 10 tips for a killer blog

October 27, 2006

At the Blog Business Summit this morning, Robert and Maryam Scoble give their 10 tips to a killer blog. picture by respulveda Blog cause you want to. Read other blogs. “This will make you an authority on the marketplace” Pick a niche you can own. Maryam – “Two types of bloggers some make things, break [...]

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Social media as a Hollywood training camp?

October 27, 2006

Robert Young on GigaOm this morning mixes many metaphors in his discussion of the social media, but on that resonated with me is the how many social media startups are trying to create “farm team” for Hollywood. (The metaphor, btw, is alluding to how major league baseball teams have regional baseball teams that they either [...]

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Links for Thursday, October 26, 2006

October 26, 2006

Today is launch day! Vox LaunchesSix Apart’s “blogging for the rest of us” product launched today. [via MicroPersuasion] Zillow opens APIWanna put home valuations on your site? Looks like Zillow opened up their API to Joe User (or at least Joe User that knows what to do with APIs). Developers, start your mashups! (One complaint, [...]

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