A couple centuries ago, especially for the rural diasporas, communicating with somebody outside of your immediate family may have been a rare treat. Today about seven million people communicate with an average of 248 people per week via social media’s one-to-many communication capabilities.
Wikirank Shows What People Are Reading About
Search trends are fun, and give you an idea of what the mass population is into during a specific slice of time without always giving much of an explanation for why; the intent of their search could be merely informational or it could be commercial or for some other reason.
Why Bloggers (All People) Need To Count As Journalists
Recently Murdok readers fired off a couple hundred comments regarding the US House of Representatives’ definition of journalist in the Free Flow of Information Act, a law shielding journalists from having to reveal their sources. A new development in Virginia involving a citizen journalist shows why this definition needs to be broadened to include bloggers, and any other type of journalist.
Competing with eBay by Making People Matter
As discussed in this article from the other day, Bonanzle is a site that is emerging as a contender to compete with eBay, who as we all know has been driving a lot of sellers away for various reasons.
People Don’t Trust Your Blog
Forrester Research has released a report (you must fill out a form to get it) that details how much people trust different information sources. At the top of the list is email from people they know. At the bottom are company blogs. This is precisely why company blogs should be treated more like emails to friends.
How Are People Succeeding on Digg?
Learn how to succeed on Digg with our comprehensive guide. Understand Digg’s significance, tailor your strategy, and refine based on feedback.
Report: People Unwilling To Pay For Ad-Free Sites
Some individuals will, without thinking, spend $40 on a single meal. Others will buy a few DVDs they’ll watch only once each. But the results of a new survey indicate that a lot of folks aren’t willing to pay 40 bucks in order to see ad-free versions of their favorite sites for a whole year.
Nielsen: People Watching More TV Than Ever
Americans are gluing themselves to the screen more and more. That includes TV, Internet, and Mobile. According to research from Nielsen, as of the third quarter 2008, the average person in the U.S. watched approximately 142 hours of TV in one month. In addition, people who used the Internet were online 27 hours a month, and people who used a mobile phone spent 3 hours a month watching mobile video.
Survey Shows How Much People Make in Blogs & Social Media
Read Write Web conducted a survey with some quite interesting results. They asked 20 bloggers and social media consultants (that they claim to know and trust) what kind of money they make with their blogging gigs. The agreement was for RRW not to disclose their names, and for the bloggers themselves to be honest about their earnings.
Google Tries to Keep Drunk People From Messing Up Their Lives
Google is working on a new Gmail feature in Google Labs that allows the user to better protect themselves from sending emails that they may later regret sending. The feature is called "Mail Goggles", and seems to be aimed at people who have too much to drink on the weekends and send out drunken emails that when they wake up the next day and wish they hadn’t sent. So What Does it Do Exactly?