Is Your Neighbor On Twitter?
Wouldn’t it be nice to find people in your own neighborhood who are on Twitter? One thing Twitter lacks is a good way to communicate with the locals. Twitterers are often wanting to get together in the physical world for business networking, or even just to hang out. Wouldn’t this be a lot easier if you had some Twitter friends that were already close by?
Making Six Figures with YouTube
Everybody talks about YouTube monetizing itself, but what about users monetizing their own YouTube accounts?
Library Of Congress Pleased With Flickr Experiment
Although this fact isn’t likely to earn Yahoo a government bailout, it seems that Flickr can count the Library of Congress among its fans. An experiment the Library was conducting has turned out far better than anyone expected.
Flickr’s ‘Your Contacts’ Page Gets Improvements
Improved Contacts Management – Flickr Blog Yesterday Flickr released a revamped version of your "Your Contacts" page on Flickr.
Displaying Images Directly From The Brain
The Pink Tentacle blog writes (update: currently getting a quota exceeded message there):
YouTube Greeting Cards Return
Traditional holiday cards are a bit of a nuisance. You’re supposed to buy stationary, write a bunch of lengthy, personal notes, and sacrifice however many stamps. So, although what’s offered there might not be perfect for Great Aunt Susie, the YouTube Greeting Cards site at least provides an alternative.
Marketing Consumer Packaged Goods Online
A little over a year ago, research showed that 44% of traffic to consumer packaged goods (CPG) sites came from search. These days, searchers are getting even more specific when searching for these kinds of items. Sally Falkow looked at the phenomenon last year, referring to research from comScore, Procter & Gamble, Yahoo, and SEMPO. Highlights she pointed out about the motivation of searchers were:
Google Offers New Resource for Analytics Information
Google seems to really want to spread awareness about Google Analytics, and get more people to understand how to use all of its features. This is a good thing because analytics are obviously important for keeping your site’s performance up to its potential. A couple weeks ago they announced a new Google Analytics Help Forum with participation from Google employees as well as top contributors, and seasoned analytics pros:
Monster Cable: We’re Not A Corporate Bully
The Internet can make or break you PR-wise. After a couple of weeks of Monster Mini Golf taking its tale of corporate bullying to the Web, Monster Cable has suddenly responded, at length. “Head Monster” at Monster Cable Noel Lee says Christina and Patrick Vitagliano are using people’s sympathy to further their own agenda, and that Monster Cable does not like suing people.
Google Makes Risky AdSense For Domains Expansion
Here’s the good news: Google’s found another way to raise some money. Here’s the bad: its behavior is raising a few eyebrows. The search engine giant has achieved both these things by extending AdSense for domains to more publishers.