One of the ways in which Web 2.0 can be characterised is by sites which deal with “presence”, i.e. short form communication, which is constrained to bite-sized chunks of information.
Twitter is a contemporary web phenomenon which illustrates the phenomenon very well. Calling itself a “communication utility” Twitter recently announced it has raised US$20.4m of funding. [...]
Category Archives: Misc.
Micro-blogging: When Does A Trickle Become A Flood?
July 30, 2008 – 6:48 pm
Google launches Wikipedia Rival
July 29, 2008 – 8:11 am
Google announced last week, the full launch of their Wikipedia beater, Knol [short for Knowledge.] It has a long way to go to beat the 8bn+ articles written on Wikipedia, or the 9.6m unique users in the UK. However, they have a cunning plan up their sleeves.
With immediate effect, any contributor can earn income for [...]
Google tops 1 trillion URLs..
July 28, 2008 – 6:11 pm
With all the noise of new product launches, and more innovation, it is sometimes hard to remember the original search battle was over index size. Namely, how many pages did each search engine index?
On Friday Google [in what seems to be a new spirit of openness] announced they had topped the 1 trillion mark. That [...]
Yahoo BOSS and the odd description of Daylife
July 24, 2008 – 12:43 pm
OK, Yahoo launched BOSS last week [Build your own search service] in attempt to find market share in this tough [for them] market. You can find out more about BOSS here, or read my review of BOSS and opinions around its ability to save Yahoo over on Chinwag.
One of the first search tools out the [...]
Social Media Network Theory
July 23, 2008 – 10:22 pm
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This excellent slide show by Jyri Engestrom seeks to shed some theoretical light on the way social media networks function in terms of “social objects”. It’s pretty easy to make sense of even without the accompanying lecture, and if you’re interested in the way social networks currently function and [...]
Google to buy Digg?
July 23, 2008 – 9:52 am
StrategyEye this morning published rumours from ‘multiple sources’ that Google was in the final stages of aquiring Digg.com the market leading social news service. The rumoured price tag is $200m which seems quite fair in this near hysterical market [remember the $1bn to $15bn valuation of Facetbook?].
The details are currently sketchy and we will post [...]
Blog Upp! - Just another exchange?
July 22, 2008 – 2:20 pm
Thenextweb published an interview with the founders of Blog Upp! a new solution set to boost your blog visibility for free! As an agency always looking at new opportunities we read on… Blog Upp works by inviting you to their widget [seen here on the bottom right hand side of the page] which displays other [...]
Using Video Conversation For Brands
July 17, 2008 – 1:54 pm
Using online video in ways which resemble more everyday communication has brought some key new players into the online world. Leading the way is Seesmic Inc. of San Francisco, which has been followed by Poodz, Viddyou, and the UK-based Phreadz. All of these sites offer “video conversation”.
In practice, this means that users get the facility [...]
5 reasons why the Google Yahoo deal may be good for advertisers
July 15, 2008 – 12:30 pm
OK, this story has been out for a few weeks now, and if you recall there has been a lot of heated debate mainly centered around the concern of Google monpolisation and potential price fixing.
At Cheeze we also have concerns that the Google deal will effectively take Yahoo out of the frame as an independent [...]
A Busy Summer
July 8, 2008 – 4:39 pm
Being busy is good. But being busy also means we don’t have as much time as we would like to update the blog. There is so much happening ‘out there’ that it is hard to prioritise what we talk about, without constantly talking about Google.
So, this link came out today - it beautifully sums up [...]
