This is one of a series of posts in which I will be highlighting each member of the Search Bloggers list, with commentary on one of their posts (new or old). Look for this series to continue once or twice a week for the next couple of months. Meet Jeffrey Smith, the Search Blogger of the Day. Today I’d like to highlight a post entitled, The Value of Aggregators, Syndication and Hub Pages. Sometimes SEOs and webmasters have to be reminded that leading people away from your site isn’t always a bad thing. But only a really good explanation as...
Here’s Mashable’s latest round-up of upcoming Web 2.0 events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section. Not on this list? Contact us and let’s establish a media partnership. November 17-19, 2008, Mountain View: Mashup Camp is a free, unconference-style event focused on connecting and engaging hundreds of members of the Mashup community at a grassroots level. Chalk Talks, SpeedGeeking sessions, Best Mashup Contests, panel discussions, free meals and an extensive list of “rock star” speakers including Tim O’Reilly (O’Reilly Media, Inc.), distinguish Mashup Camp as the go-to event for anybody (software developers, IT...
MySpace has an embarrassing situation today involving their new MyAds self service advertising product - they’ve repeatedly rejected ads from a startup called HubPages as competitive to MySpace, despite the fact that the site isn’t a social network. Ryan Hupfer from HubPages (who coincidentally is the author of MySpace For Dummies) writes: This is a follow-up for these 2 posts (here and here) that you guys have written on the new MySpace MyAds advertising platform, which I was initially excited for and now wish that I’d never seen due to it being a complete waste of my time. I...
comScore has released new research today about UK Internet users and their browsing habits. Specifically, comScore reports that 41% of UK Internet users visited a blog in August of 2008. Blogger.com was the most popular blog platform followed by Wordpress, Six Apart, Hubpages and Xanga. The five most popular visited blogs were: Engadget, UnRealityTV, Gizmodo, Kotaku and Metafilter. Here's a chart of what types of blogs "heavy" Internet users in the U.K. visited in August. Humor was the most popular followed by Web hosting and Food. I guess that's all you really need in life... some jokes, a good Web host...
YouBundle, a new social sharing site launched at CES i-Stage today, promising the “first social powered meta results for any subject imaginable.” The site works around topics, with users adding links and content under any topic they like. Content may include embedded videos of baby seals being clubbed for example, or just links to a webpage. The experience is geared to making it easy for anyone to create “Bundles” and in terms of layout, although it’s not the most aesthetically pleasing site, they’ve thought it through fairly well. One interesting addition is the ability to take Bundles off site through...
Image by 917press This post has been submitted by Sharon Hurley Hall from Get Paid To Write Online.com. Reduce, reuse, recycle doesn’t just apply to the environment. It can also be a good mantra for those looking to leverage their blog content for self-promotion. If you’re like me, your daily tasks already take up a lot of your time, so you don’t need to reinvent the wheel. Instead, take the content you already have and put it to work for you. Here are three ways to do just that. Squidoo And Hubpages Squidoo is based on the principle that...
While it was initially announced in December 2007 and covered on our parent blog GigaOm, Google has just released its Knol service to the public. As noted on the Google Operating System blog, Knol appears at first glance to have a lot in common with Wikipedia–a centralized repository for sharing units of knowledge–but may be more comparable with knowledge-sharing sites such as HubPages. Unlike on Wikipedia, authors of entries on Knol are identified by name and have posted biographies of themselves. Anyone is free to contribute a Knol, which Google defines as “an authoritative article about a specific topic.” Knol...
Opposing Views is a newly launched startup that lets experts go “on the record” and state their position on a controversial issue. For example, the site asks “Should abstinence-only sex-ed be taught in public schools?” Lifeway Christian Resources and Teen Aid weigh in on the “Yes” side with a list of reasons that link to detailed information. On the “No” side, the American Public Health Association and The National Campaign offer the alternative viewpoint, using the same set of tools. It’s an interesting new spin on an old concept. Versus sites like Squidoo, Hub Pages, and the just launched...
At the end of April, Mashable announced our partnership with Secondbrain and prepared a superb prize giveaway in anticipation for the Beta 2.0 launch. Prizes included a Macbook Air, an XBOX 360, an iPod, and Amazon gift certificates. The winners have been announced today, and they are: * Macbook Air winner: TheDudeDean * XBOX 360 winner: CompWoman * iPod Nano Winner: Katti Six additional winners received Amazon gift certificates, and they are: JK, HerrGraff, Bs, Diptychal, Thlom, Cpeckens, and Inni. Congratulations winners, and thanks to Secondbrain! ---Related Articles at Mashable! - The Social Networking Blog:Mashable Announces SecondBrain Beta Launch:...
