From TechMag: Yahoo India is beta testing mashup sites, called Our City, for Bangalore and Delhi. According to Yahoo Our City, users would be able to explore and share city-specific photos, videos, events, news, weather, blogs and trip plans. The content on the Yahoo Our City mashup sites is sourced from various online sources including Wikipedia, Flickr, Yahoo Video, Upcoming and del.icio.us. The news section picks up the news related to Bangalore or Delhi from the web and also lists the main papers of the respective city. (According to Wikipedia, a mashup is a website or application that combines content Continue Reading…
Posted by Laurel Papworth at 11:41 pm Tagged with: Bangalore, Barcelona, Delhi, India, mashups, Online Communities, online sources, social networks, Travel, user generated content, web 2.0, Yahoo India, Yahoo!
Feb 062007
Hey Vicki (and everyone)! Look what I found! I swear, I wasn’t even looking and then I saw this ad and when I clicked through I found the websidestory report that has JUST come out – page 1 New Technologies have emerged – has your web analytics solution kept up? We were only talking about this earlier today. Wierd huh? *plays twilight zone music* They claim there are four keys to online success for media and content web sites. Increase Online Advertising Revenue – streaming video and audio. Provide Fresh and Compelling Content – they talk about KPIs of % Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 11:10 pm Tagged with: Ajax, content web sites, Media, mobile, mobile phones, online activity, Online Communities, online success, social networks, streaming media, user generated content, web analytics solution
Feb 062007
We interrupt our scheduled broadcast to bring you this nifty little song from New York Times blogger, David Pogue: ‘I Got YouTube’ A couple of weeks back, I laid one of my famous high-tech song spoofs on you (”R.I.A.A.“). I was certain the Pogue Grumpy Squad would lash out, condemning me for abandoning my usual gig of tech reviews. But no-they liked it just fine. And so, in celebration of the new world of Web video, I’m offering an encore. This one, you have to sing to the tune of Sonny and Cher’s immortal classic, “I Got You Babe.” (Tip Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 3:30 pm Tagged with: famous high-tech song spoofs, social networks, user generated content, Web video, youtube
Feb 062007
… it ain’t. Well this was a myth I subscribed to, until this morning, so from this demographic of 1 (albeit an important 1!) I thought I’d share my findings. Although I’ve been following Helen Coonan’s new laws and such on radio, I thought it was all a bit of a storm in a teacup. I mean, who cares about digital radio when the whole genre is for old people and those driving without an iPod in their car, right? Until I read scripting.com: There’s a conference for public radio stations at the end of the month in Boston. I Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 1:29 pm Tagged with: Barcelona, Boston, Canada, federal police, Helen Coonan, iPod, John, local broadcaster, Maxine, media-savvy citizens, Online Communities, piggyback wireless connections, public media professionals, social networks, Sydney, United States, user generated content, Vancouver
… is important. Not so. Analytics just aren’t keeping up with Web 2.0. Oh they have their place, but they aren’t capturing what’s valid today. For a start, do you want 10,000 visitors that stay for a minute or two then click off, probably to a competitor? Or are you interested in repeat customers “eyeballs” who stay an hour or two, creating and generating content around your product and services, whether its a cool user generated ad or something simple like peer2peer technical support forums? The window shopper or the TV viewer model? Where does unique visitors fit into that Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 1:02 pm Tagged with: measurement tools, Online Communities, search optimisation, social networks, web 2.0, web analytics industry
… is the same as a content rich site. Not so. A content rich site is where you put up fotos and videos, information packs, games, forums, blogs, personalities, favourites, interviews with blah blah, breaking news, advertisements, competitions. And so on. And maybe it will work. And maybe it won’t and you’ll end up with a content rich digital graveyard. And if you followed the format of your competitor, chances are you both will end up with an over-priced, under-used portal. Only MySpace can be MySpace. Compelling content can be an empty site, brand spanking new, a video server (empty), Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 12:40 pm Tagged with: content rich site, empty site, IGN, Newscorp, niche gaming t-shirt site, Online Communities, online community, paint graffiti, social networks, t-shirt supplier, video server
Clearly the distributive, syndicated nature of Web 2.0 and the business models around that have completely passed Fairfax by: Fairfax Business Media ends Factiva and AAP News Centre contract Fairfax Business Media has announced that effective 31 March 2007, its content will no longer be accessible via Factiva and AAP News Centre. The decision to discontinue syndications follows our decision to develop our own channel and content management systems. As we have indicated with the launch of afraccess.com Fairfax Business Media aims to build a fully digital approach to its growing market opportunities. Fairfax Business Media is developing a new Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 11:33 am Tagged with: AAP, Asset, BETA, CFO, content management, content management systems, digital approach, Factiva and AAP News Centre, Major, Social Media Australia, The Australian Financial Review, usage model the service, web 2.0
Feb 052007
I met a nice chappie the other day – I think he had something to do with this mob, before heading downunder to run a division of Citizen Murdoch’s online news labs here. News Corporation’s Times Media division has relaunched Times Online, spending over £10m in revamping the design, editorial, marketing and technology powering timesonline.co.uk. The new site has been completely redesigned and offers a greater variety of video and audio content, with both a UK and global edition accessible via the site’s homepage. The publisher has also expanded its world news coverage on issues like the Middle East and Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:03 pm Tagged with: Amazon, BBC, Google, Online Communities, social networks, the BBC to Google News, user generated content, youtube
Feb 042007
Lots of digital graveyards out there: AFR Access has 892 paid subscribers with a target of 20,000. That’s less than 5% of the target. It cost $11 million to build. From Crikey‘s Tips and Rumours. There are other business models they could (and should) be pursuing…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 9:04 pm Tagged with: Social Media Australia, USD
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