Archive for March, 2006

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Instant Messaging Integrates Telephony And PC-To-Phone Calls: Yahoo Messenger…

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
Yahoo has just released a new version of its popular instant messenger (version 7.5 Beta) which now integrates full voice telephony features allowing it to call and be called from any standard telephone or mobile in the world. According to......
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Social Blogging

Monday, March 20th, 2006

Latest news on social blogging and social networks:

Social Networking Won’t Lift Netscape from Web Limbo - eWeek - Mar 17, 2006

Six Apart wins $12m to make blogging corporate - ZDNet UK - Mar 17, 2006

Tips for Parents on Teen Blogging (Social-Networking Web Sites Can Have Hidden Dangers for Some Kids) - ABC News - Mar 15, 2006

I found a few more interesting sites you should check out…

Ning is the new free and easy way for you to create your own Social Web Apps - so let the fun begin!

43things allows you to discover what’s important, make it happen, and share your progress. Find your 43 things.

Squidoo is an online platform that makes it easy for anyone to build lenses on topics they are passionate about. These lenses help you find a unique, human perspective on things that interest you… fast. Not only can Lensmasters spread their ideas, get recognized for their expertise, and send more traffic to their Web sites and blogs—they could also earn royalties. Here’s a lens I just started: Social Blogging.

ReturnOnAffiliate is a social community site following the trend of general social sites like MySpace.com, but was created solely for people in the Affiliate Marketing Industry (that includes me).

What is Tag Explosion?

TagExplosion uses social bookmarking as an advertising tool. Social bookmarking is done over tagging networks that allow millions of users to share, post, save and categorize bookmarks under certain keywords or search terms. This can include your own affiliate programs and websites! It is a personal collection of bookmarks and people share them with others. Users may also take bookmarks saved by others and add them to their own collection, as well as to subscribe to the lists of others such as listed. Is it possible to get traffic and earn money using social bookmarking sites? I’ll let you know.

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New Media Picks Of The Week: Sharewood Picnic 44

Sunday, March 19th, 2006
Here is a new basket full of new media delicacies for your Sharewood Picnic. Once again I have gotten a great bunch of interesting new media tools, resources and pointers I have run into during my daily research and online......
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The Myth Of Branded Content

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006
Branded content is nothing short of a punch-drunk-fighters reaction to the paradigm shifting changes in our media and consumption habits. The rules have changed and it seems that interestingly advertisers are in a scramble to get out of the ad......
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Electronic Portfolios: What Are They?

Friday, March 10th, 2006
Electronic portfolios or e-portfolios are gaining increasing media attention as potentially highly valuable learning, evaluation and assessment tools for educators, learners and academic organizations. An e-portfolio is a web-published collection of documents, information, link resources, audio and ...
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Web Traffic Generation And Monetization Opportunities For Small Online Indepe…

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006
Robin Good: Best Practices And Tactics For Increasing Web Traffic, Online Exposure and Visibility while being ethical, effective, and useful to the network at large. I am an online micro-publisher managing over 10 small and independent news sites and online......