Viral Elements on Social Networking Sites

Many of the new web 2.0 sites contain a viral element to help them attract new users and generate new content. Some sites are better at this then others ning.com or facebook.com or youtube.com for example. Let’s look at how these sites differ in their techniques of using viral elements.
YouTube - Post a video, now [...]

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Random Ramblings

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Apple iPhone 3G
It would be helpful to have some actual information “from the source” rather than a bunch of analysts telling us it will be here in June. For that matter, now the rumor mill has a specific date - June 9. Come on guys quit reporting rumors and stick to reporting what [...]

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Christian YouTube?

We’ve all seen YouTube and the dozens of YouTube knock-offs that have sprung up, but has you seen http://e-zekiel.tv/? E-Zekiel.tv is trying to reach the church audience and offer YouTube-like services targeted at the church sites hosted on its web servers at: http://axletreemedia.com. From what I can tell they have no staying power in [...]

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The new Buzz on Yahoo

This past week, Yahoo pulled a fast one. After quickly turning down Microsoft’s bid to purchase the company, Yahoo launched a new advertising platform called Apex.  In a second announcement, Yahoo also launched a new site similar to Digg called Yahoo Buzz found at http://www.buzz.yahoo.com.
I have not had the time to personally look into these [...]

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Web 3.0 - More Social Revolution?

The Internet by its very nature is impersonal. Social networking sites and Web 2.0 as a whole have attempted to create a more personal experience for Internet users, but will this idea last? Web 3.0 is on the way and it is all about using computers to do advanced things–things a human would normally be [...]

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What Took Them So Long

Massively multiplayer online games have been in existence since the early days of the Internet. Ultima Online pioneered the way for other, more advanced games. To complement such games, sites were created to sell in-game currency, items, and even characters for real money. Ebay only helped to fuel this revolution. But the sale of in-game [...]

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