Monday, February 06, 2006
The Viral Chart
" Viral Marketing is the future of commercial advertising. Virals can be videos, games or just web pages which are strategically seeded on websites, blogs and mailing lists around the Internet.
As soon as Internet users start forwarding the link or the clip to their friends, its gone viral and it will continue to spread across the Web, potentially reaching audiences of millions.
The Viral Chart is a huge leap towards quantifying these audiences ... "
http://www.viralchart.com
As soon as Internet users start forwarding the link or the clip to their friends, its gone viral and it will continue to spread across the Web, potentially reaching audiences of millions.
The Viral Chart is a huge leap towards quantifying these audiences ... "
http://www.viralchart.com
For Google, the free ride is just about over
" So, what new beta product will Google be releasing today?
What kind of half-baked new service will Google announce for the tech media to go gaga over?
If it seems to you like Googles been in the news a lot lately, you’re not imagining things. Google has most certainly been in the news an awful lot, whether its a fawning news piece about how theyre going to change the world, or a piece filled with rumors and speculation about Google partnering with this company, or taking over that company ... "
http://www.canada.com/technology/story.html?id=0518a40a-2d69-4bbf-975f-67e69ae8663d&k=78026
What kind of half-baked new service will Google announce for the tech media to go gaga over?
If it seems to you like Googles been in the news a lot lately, you’re not imagining things. Google has most certainly been in the news an awful lot, whether its a fawning news piece about how theyre going to change the world, or a piece filled with rumors and speculation about Google partnering with this company, or taking over that company ... "
http://www.canada.com/technology/story.html?id=0518a40a-2d69-4bbf-975f-67e69ae8663d&k=78026
Google Sitemaps Team Interview
" Google Sitemaps was launched in June 2005 to enhance Google's Web crawling process in cooperation with Webmasters and site owners. Collaborative crawling takes Webmasters into the boat to some degree, and both sides did learn a lot from each other in the last months. Googles Sitemaps Team does listen to Joe Webmasters needs, questions, and suggestions. They have implemented a lot of very useful features based on suggestions in the Google Sitemaps Group, an open forum where members of the Sitemaps team communicate with their users, handing out technical advice even on weekends. The nickname Google Employee used by the Sitemaps team makes it regularly on the list of This month's top posters.
The Sitemaps community, producing an average of 1,500 posts monthly, suffered from repetitive topics diluting the archives. As the idea of a Google Sitemaps Knowledge Base was born in the group, I've discussed the idea with the Sitemaps team. Vanessa Fox, who is blogging for the Sitemaps team from Kirkland, Washington, suggested doing "an email interview to answer some of the more frequently asked questions", so here we are ... "
http://www.smart-it-consulting.com/article.htm?node=166&page=135
The Sitemaps community, producing an average of 1,500 posts monthly, suffered from repetitive topics diluting the archives. As the idea of a Google Sitemaps Knowledge Base was born in the group, I've discussed the idea with the Sitemaps team. Vanessa Fox, who is blogging for the Sitemaps team from Kirkland, Washington, suggested doing "an email interview to answer some of the more frequently asked questions", so here we are ... "
http://www.smart-it-consulting.com/article.htm?node=166&page=135
Yahoo, AOL Plan Fee for Bypassing Filters
" Two of the worlds biggest e-mail account providers, Yahoo Inc. and America Online, plan to start charging an optional fee to route email directly to a users mailbox without first passing through junk mail filters, representatives of both companies said Sunday ... "
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/02/05/financial/f142137S05.DTL
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/02/05/financial/f142137S05.DTL
Google and Skype invest in startup to link hotspots and help owners charge for Wi-Fi access
" NEW YORK Google Inc. and eBay Inc.s Skype are investing in a startup that plans to help hotspot owners charge for Wi Fi access, a plan that could face significant opposition from Internet service providers.
The Internet heavyweights were joined by venture capital firms Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital in making a $22 million investment in FON, the Spanish startup. In its announcement Sunday, FON did not say how much each investor was contributing.
FONs idea, floated just three months ago in a Web posting by founder Martin Varsavsky, is to sign up people who have Wi-Fi hotspots in one of two ways.
Linus members, named after Linus Torvalds, who created the freely distributed Linux software, will share their hotspot with other Linus members for free ... "
http://ap.cjonline.com/pstories/technology/20060205/3626450.shtml
The Internet heavyweights were joined by venture capital firms Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital in making a $22 million investment in FON, the Spanish startup. In its announcement Sunday, FON did not say how much each investor was contributing.
FONs idea, floated just three months ago in a Web posting by founder Martin Varsavsky, is to sign up people who have Wi-Fi hotspots in one of two ways.
Linus members, named after Linus Torvalds, who created the freely distributed Linux software, will share their hotspot with other Linus members for free ... "
http://ap.cjonline.com/pstories/technology/20060205/3626450.shtml
Amazon to launch contextual advertising program
" According to internet publisher Chris Beasley, Amazon are contacting partners for beta testing a new contextual advertising network.
While originally thought it may be links to Amazon products, Chris Beasley was informed by the sales rep that Amazon are actually creating a full contextual advertising network a clone of AdSense.
Amazon currently serve Google Ads to its own users, and its certainly not the only partner who may be looking to develop their own contextual advertising network ... "
http://www.platinax.co.uk/news/05-02-2006/amazon-to-launch-contextual-advertising-program/
While originally thought it may be links to Amazon products, Chris Beasley was informed by the sales rep that Amazon are actually creating a full contextual advertising network a clone of AdSense.
Amazon currently serve Google Ads to its own users, and its certainly not the only partner who may be looking to develop their own contextual advertising network ... "
http://www.platinax.co.uk/news/05-02-2006/amazon-to-launch-contextual-advertising-program/