Unless you’re a YouTube junkie you probably never heard of OK Go, but the Chicago rock band has made history. The band’s ultra-low-budget video clip, “A Million Ways,” is currently the most-downloaded music video of all time – over 9 million downloads. What affect does this have on business? Social networking sites such as YouTube, [...]
No. of Blogs Doubles Every Six Months
Last week I listened in on a webinar hosted by MarketTools (sponsored by Zoomerang). The topic, “Consumer Led Innovation: Harnessing the Power of Online Content and Communities for Breakthrough Ideas.” The MarketTools presentation included far too much “self-promo” for my tastes, but the background info was informative nonetheless. The graph below showing the growth of [...]
Primer on Social Network Analysis
What is Social Network Analysis? A social network is a map of the relationships between individuals, the analysis involves a study of these relationships. How do you do a Social Network Analysis? Although the following post isn’t new, it gives a good overview of Network Analysis for those interested: Anecdote: A quick primer on Social [...]
Wink 2.0 to Launch – Peoples Choice Search Results
Wink is a search engine that provides relevant search results found and ranked by other people. Wink offers machine-powered search from Google and applies Wink’s PeopleRank ™ technology to deliver sites that people think are the best for your search. To find what information real people care about right now, Wink analyzes tags and submissions [...]
Windows Live Now in Alexa Top 10
The rapid growth of Internet Social Networks races on. Although the method of tallying the traffic count may be dubious, Windows Live (Live.com) is now ranked the 10th largest property on the web by Alexa. Yahoo.com is king of the hill, followed by MSN.com and Google, respectively. Our blogging friends at Read / Write Web [...]
Social Networking Sites and Links – Red Hot Technology
If you’re not in a social network join one now. All for good reason. Millions are using social networks to reach out and grow their businesses. And, the technology is catching up with the needs and demands of business professionals both large and small. Neilsen NetRatings reports their findings of the phenomenal growth in one [...]
