2007 April

Introducing del.icio.us

23. April 2007

del.icio.us is a social bookmarking website. It allows you to keep your bookmarks online and share them with others, as well as browse other members bookmarks and find new resources, be it for entertainment, research or to find other members with similar interests to you.

Introducing Digg

23. April 2007

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Digg is a user driven website where users will either Digg or Bury content submitted to the site. The more Diggs an article gets the further it will move up and with enough Diggs it will be displayed on the home page of the site.

Common headline mistakes you need to avoid

23. April 2007

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I found a great little article on copyblogger that outlines 5 common mistakes made by authors when writing the headline for their articles, and talks about how to avoid them. Being a but of a beginner myself to blogging I found the article to be valuable and it had me rethinking the way I’ll write [...]

Introducing 8Hands

22. April 2007

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8Hands is a small and friendly desktop application that presents a concise summary of all your online social networking activities (your MySpace & Flickr profiles, your blog, etc.) with useful statistics (the number of friends in each network, activity meter, etc.). With 8hands you can always stay connected to your favorite networks and your network [...]

Introducing BuzzShout

22. April 2007

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BuzzShout is a great place to find out about the latest Web 2.0 startups. Here you can list a site and have it reviewed by the social network. Each review on BuzzShout can be shouted for. If a user finds a review particularly useful, interesting, or just plain hilarious, they will Shout It! [...]

Introducing MyBlogLog

22. April 2007

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MyBlogLog helps create communities of authors and readers of web content. Using this service, everyone who reads a web site or blog can learn about and engage with one another, and in the process take the conversation to a whole new level.

Introducing Tabber

22. April 2007

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Tabber is an online social address book that allows you to (among other things) import your contacts, get updates from contacts that are Tabber members, and watch your contacts live information on the web as they update it. One you log in and update your information your friends can search the Tabber database for [...]

Why customer reviews may be more important than ads

13. April 2007

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An article at brandweek has discussed the results of a recent survey run by iProspect and JupiterResearch. According to the article, one in three Internet users report their purchase decisions are influenced by sites with social content, with Amazon reported to be the most influential due to its customer reviews section. 2,223 people [...]

del.icio.us bookmarks extension for Firefox updated

10. April 2007

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The del.icio.us blog has announced the launch of an updated Firefox extension including improvements such as; Searching and browsing your bookmarks from directly within your Firefox browser Edit your bookmarks within Firefox Define which tags to display in the Firefox toolbar More information on the extension can be found here.

Introduction to Links & Link Baiting

6. April 2007

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Welcome to the Links and Link Baiting section of the site. In here we will gather news and information on link building techniques and tactics. Link building itself seems to appear as the core of any attempt at search engine rankings, however personally I have seen much success without wasting away hours hunting for links. [...]