Hmm, interesting paragraph on the credit squeeze and the times we live in: Excerpt from the Complexity Digest: “So the rules of the game have now fundamentally changed. Our global financial system has become so staggeringly complex and opaque that we’ve moved from a world of risk to a world of uncertainty. “In a [...]
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Response to Economist article on social networks
Some opportunities are emerging for advertisers, though, on social networks. These networks reflect the next iteration of social network models. Typically, they are more specialized, niche-focused with passionate, active participants. Successful examples of these social networks are often not standalone, but well-integrated into an existing brand, or “mid-tail” vertical website. These sites may not offer the reach of a facebook or MySpace, but the audience is highly relevant and engaged..
Recent reports of social networking’s demise may be slightly premature.
Alex Burmaster, an analyst at Nielsen Online which compiled the figures showing the decline, says: “The slow down in social networks is being somewhat exaggerated. It’s a natural form of any growth that we see in the online eco-system..
How do you drive cultural change using a social networking site?
I asked this question on LinkedIn three weeks ago but I guess I posted in the wrong location as I didn’t get even one answer. Q: How do you drive cultural change using a social networking site? Just launched a social networking site for accountants IT Counts, with the first mini-community focusing on IT and [...]
Microsoft makes friends with social networks
Microsoft has announced collaborations that will see Windows Live more tightly integrated with the world’s top five social networking sites..
Social Web sites struggle to find the path to profit
Virtual beer and vampires may no longer be enough to keep members of social networks like Facebook and News Corp.’s MySpace riveted to their computers..
Yahoo joins Google’s open-source alliance
Yahoo said it would join an alliance to be led by Google, its principal rival, that will try to make it easier for programmers to write software that can run on the pages of many social networks and other Web sites..
Radiology search engine
One from David Rothman back in January 2007, updated with help from Steven Chan at radRounds, to say it’s now on a Ning-based med imaging search engine. Note, it’s currently by invitation only too:
“Yottalook is a free radiology-centric search engine based on Google’s indexing technology with proprietary relevance algorithm by iVirtuoso. Currently, Yottalook Images and [...]
Rate shares, rating management
Nice to see how the internet is adding transparency to business (an issue covered in Wired magazine recently). I see even that my former Medicexchange PLC boss Adam Boyse is up for feedback on hotstocked.com for example. Talking about rating business I was talking to a friend who works for ITV PLC who said they were [...]
Bored of Facebook video?
It’s funnier than actually logging into Facebook..