What’s Good for Users is Good for Advertisers/Content Providers

A new YouTube channel shows not only how the site itself can better compete in the online video industry, but also serves as an example of how other businesses can layout engaging video blogs.Google is producing more original content for YouTube following the success of the hit "Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Comedy", which was exclusive to the video site. They started running a channel/show called…

Flock 2.0 Has Arrived

Flock, the social Web browser built on Mozilla Firefox is now out of beta and can be integrated with the MySpace Data Availability platform.Flock 2.0 includes support for Media RSS and offers access to any social network with a Media RSS feed.Social networking users can have access to MySpace, Facebook, Digg, YouTube, Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket and Twitter via Flock's sidebar. Flock's Media Bar feature, at…

Hitwise Issues Online Retail Warning

Common sense says that online retailers are in a better position than their brick and mortar counterparts; consumers will be able save time, gas, and possibly the money that would go towards sales taxes by just shopping from home this season.  Still, according to a new Hitwise report, the winter is shaping up to be pretty harsh.

The Value Of A Link

Pricing a Link When trying to understand the value of a link a variety of factors can be considered, including:

Usability Troubles for Yahoo OpenID

On the Yahoo Developer Network Blog, Allen Tom discussed the findings of a study conducted regarding the use of Yahoo!'s OpenID service. While the users who participated were enthusiastic with the concept of OpenID, the results weren't great.