April 2007
How to Create Passionate Customers
Written by Neil Patel on April 30, 2007 | 2 comments
The other day I wrote a short post on passionate customers which was about a funny beer commercial. The problem with many online companies is that they don't think about creating passionate customers when they should be; so here are a few ways you can do so:
Tumblr Adds Features, Social Components
Written by MG Siegler on April 30, 2007 |
The micro-blogging tool Tumblr recently rolled out some solid improvements to their platform that make it much more complete and interactive.
What Does Your Tag Cloud Say About You?
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 30, 2007 | 3 comments
It is incredibly important to focus your content to one field, niche, or industry and try to deviate from it as little as possible. The mark of a good blog is how consistently focused its content is, and a quick way to judge blogs in this respect is to look at their tag clouds (and if not available, just look at the list of categories).
How Passionate Are Your Customers?
Written by Neil Patel on April 29, 2007 | 8 comments
I don't know what company's commercial this is or even if it is a real commercial, but this a great way to show how passionate your customers are.
Google's Dice is Useless, What I Learned in 20 Clicks
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 28, 2007 | 12 comments
Not long after the news spread that StumbleUpon was to be acquired by eBay, Google announced what many considered to be a direct competitor to StumbleUpon. Today I learned once again that this is far from the truth.
Why I Love the SEO Community - J. Schoemaker
Written by Neil Patel on April 27, 2007 | 8 comments
The most thoughtful person I have met in my SEO life is J. Schoemaker (Shoemoney's wife).
Digg API Already Being Put to Good Use
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 27, 2007 | 2 comments
A little while back we reported that Digg had finally released an API along with a flash application toolkit. Not a lot of time has passed since then but there are already a few excellent tools that have been developed based on the API.
Why The Digg Button Gets You Buried, Not Dugg
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 27, 2007 | 17 comments
Having a 'submit to Digg' button on your site definitely increases the chances of one of your readers submitting your content to the site. However, while it is generally believed that having a Digg voting button on your site will increase the chances of your content being promoted to the front-page, some recent commentary has made me re-evaluate the situation.
Viral Marketing: What's Hot and What's Not
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 26, 2007 | 4 comments
We at Pronet are big fans of viral marketing. Both when it comes to link building and when it comes to buzz creation. But not all methods of viral marketing are good and not all methods are equally successful. Here's a look at what to think about and what to look for when creating your next viral marketing campaign.
The Blogosphere Is Standing Still
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 26, 2007 | 4 comments
We were once made to believe that there will come a day when every man, woman, and child would own a blog. That the Blogosphere would keep expanding as long as the universe would be able to contain it. Well, unsurprisingly, it turns out that the previous statements are just hyperbole.
vFlyer And The Mobile Marketplace
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 26, 2007 | 1 comment
As mobile devices become more and more extensive and as surfing the internet on these devices approaches the ease of use of the PC, the cell phone (whether it be a Blackberry, an iPhone, or a Windows Mobile Smartphone) will take a central place in the users' hands between a desktop and a laptop. And as the mobile internet user base grows, so does the mobile marketplace.
What Social Media Did for USA Today
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 26, 2007 | 7 comments
When USA Today first embraced and integrated social media functionality into the online news site, not everyone was sure it would work. Well, Jupiter Research points out today that all the naysayers have been emphatically been proven wrong.
Ask.com Asks, How Much Do You Value Transparency, Customization?
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 25, 2007 | 1 comment
Ask.com announced their version of an online contextual advertising product today, which is essentially a direct competitor to Google AdSense. What sets Ask's program apart from others, and is it worth taking a look at?
Meshly Mashes Twitter and Digg
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 25, 2007 | 1 comment
Meshly is another platform for publishing quick posts to your 'space' via instant messages. The service is based on a very easy three-step approach that ultimately combines features from both Twitter and socially driven sites like Digg.
Increase Engagement in One Easy Step
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 25, 2007 | 2 comments
Perhaps the hardest part of blogging is being able to engage your audience and get them to participate in the conversation. Being able to build a relationship with every new visitor that comes to your blog is an important step in getting your audience to take part in your discussions, and it has never been easier.
Your 69 Minutes of Fame on Digg
Written by MG Siegler on April 25, 2007 | 1 comment
NewScientist had a great article yesterday about the lifespan of a story on Digg. After a very comprehensive study (they looked at the 29,864 most popular stories during 2006), the researchers concluded that the average sustained surge in popularity that a story receives after hitting Digg's front page lasts a mere 1 hour and 9 minutes. After this point, the users of Digg have likely found something else newly promoted to the front page to occupy their interests and your story is shuffled off of the front page.
Newsvine 2.0 - Evergreen
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 24, 2007 |
Newsvine launched its first major update today since the site's launch a little over a year ago. Join us for a first look at the new features.
The Big Orange Button
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 24, 2007 | 5 comments
There is a reason why you see a big orange button that reads Subscribe to RSS every time you visit our site. RSS, or Really Simply Syndication, is the easiest and most time efficient way to consume web-based content. Look at the following video to learn why you should use RSS and how to use it.
Spoken Word Versus Written Word
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 24, 2007 |
People often underestimate how much is actually lost when spoken word appears in print. A statement can be interpreted several different ways depending on your intonation when you speak and where you put the emphasis but this is often not apparent when your statement appears in print.
Engine Ready - Google Analytics Alternative
Written by Neil Patel on April 23, 2007 | 8 comments
Last year I wrote a guide to web analytics that discussed various types of tracking solutions such as Google Analytics which has caused many people to ask me about solutions other than Google. I personally am a big fan of Google Analytics, but if you don't want to use them for some reason or are looking for more advanced reporting, Engine Ready is a great solution at a cheap price. Here is why I like it:
Fox Interactive Media Research: Social Networks Are A Good Advertising Platform
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 23, 2007 |
The results are in from Fox Interactive Media's study that examined the growth and marketing power of online social networks, and the news is good. The study was conducted in partnership with Isobar and Carat USA and considered feedback from about 3,000 U.S. Internet users and MySpace clients.
The Most Effectively Marketed Brands
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 23, 2007 | 2 comments
Brandz Top 100, is a raking system created by Millward Brown Optimor, that ranks the most powerful brands in the world measured by their dollar value. While their rankings aren't too helpful on their own, they can be quite useful when analyzed in the right context.
MyBlogLog's Relevancy Overhaul
Written by MG Siegler on April 23, 2007 | 1 comment
MyBlogLog is a great service for building up your site and encouraging community. However, with the site's own rise in popularity over the past several months, meaningful interaction was becoming less prevalent and distinguishing those community members who were actively participating in your site from those who simply joined and then never returned was becoming more difficult.
What Happened to the Digg Top Users?
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 23, 2007 | 3 comments
A recently compiled list of most active users on the socially driven news and content site, Digg, shows some interesting trends in the activity of top-ranked users.
The Funniest Infomercial
Written by Neil Patel on April 22, 2007 | 3 comments
Infomercials are well known for selling products, but how many of them are actually entertaining? The problem with watching them is that they are boring so even if they are selling a great product it is hard to keep viewers concentrated. Today I was surfing YouTube and I actually found an infomercial that was humorous enough to keep me tuned-in.
Facebook is Gunning for Twitter
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 22, 2007 | 2 comments
While it is hard to argue that Twitter is merely a fad and will soon blow over, we are beginning to see signs that opinion-polarizing micro-blogging service's traffic may have peaked. As if that news wasn't bad enough, now it appears that the 19 million member strong social networking site Facebook may put an end to Twitter.
Why You Should Use Full Feeds
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 22, 2007 | 7 comments
Using full feeds to disseminate your content over RSS may seem silly. After all, if people can consume all your content through their RSS reader, they have no incentive to visit your site. Whereas if you only provide them with a snippet from the entirety of the content, then they have to click through to your website to read more, there by increasing page views, right? Not quite, according to Rick Klau, the Vice President of Publishing Services at FeedBurner.
Netscape's Fatal Flaw
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 22, 2007 | 3 comments
Every social news site has its strong points and its weak points. Netscape, while manages to get many things right, has a fatal flaw that may eventually destroy the community aspect of the site if they keep allowing people to abuse it without any consequences.
What About Censorship in America?
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 21, 2007 | 2 comments
We are well aware, the world over, of China's infamous censorship laws that block access to any kind of content that disagrees with the opinion of the state. However, seldom do we contemplate the state of content availability and accessibility in the U.S.
PodBridge Raises $8.5 Million, Gives Us One More Reason to Pod-vertise
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 21, 2007 | 3 comments
I have provided a total of 5 excellent reasons why you should Pod-vertise, but I get the feeling that many of you are still not convinced. For the naysayers, here are more reasons to invest in Podcast-related advertising, and a look at PodBridge, Pod-vertising made easy.
Social Networks Are The New Porn
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 21, 2007 | 7 comments
Since the rise of the internet in the 1990s, pornography has ruled the internet. While difficult to measure accurately, the online pornography industry is estimated to be worth about $1 billion, and counts for about 13% of website visits in America (compared to search engines, which account for 7%). But it appears that new uses are about to overtake pornography in terms of online popularity.
SEOs Are A Part of the Problem
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 20, 2007 | 20 comments
As an SEO you are neither the most liked nor the most respected person on the web. So what you should be doing is staying away from practices that perpetuate the negative image and stand up for the SEO community. Unfortunately, what we are seeing is that respected SEOs are doing the exact opposite.
March's 'Most Frequently' Visited Sites
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 20, 2007 | 1 comment
Before you actually read this article, try to make an educated guess about the top 1-5 sites visited most frequently by US internet users in March 2007. While many of you will make the same guesses, the results are going to surprise you.
StumbleUpon Launches StumbleThru
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 20, 2007 | 3 comments
StumbleUpon has released a new feature dubbed StumbleThru, described by the site as simply "A brand new way to explore personalized content within fast-growing sites!" In actuallity, the feature is much closer to a mechanism of viewing content only from sites that are considered 'high trust' or 'pre-approved' based on ratings received from the masses.
Digg Finally Releases API, Flash Application Toolkit
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 20, 2007 | 2 comments
Digg has finally released a publicly available application programming interface along with a Flash application toolkit.
SEO 101 for politics
Written by Neil Patel on April 19, 2007 | 4 comments
As the presidential race begins to heats up, search engine marketing is going to play a big role in the elections. It will be critical for candidates to have good visibility in the search engines for issues related to the election. It is also critical that candidates effectively manage their reputations as they don't want the dirt to be visible to those people using the search engines to help with their voting decisions.
Death of the 'Page View' as an Ad Metric
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 19, 2007 | 6 comments
I've discussed numerous times before, how traffic measured in page views can be misleading and how Compete's Attention Metrics that calculate site popularity and influence based on time spent by visitors, are a much better metric. Now we have what may prove to be the final nail in the coffin of the page view as a viable metric.
Google's Dice: It's a Gamble
Written by MG Siegler on April 19, 2007 | 11 comments
About a month and a half ago, Google Operating System noted that a previous iteration (from 2001) of the Google Toolbar had an intriguing functionality that at the time no one thought much of: voting a site up or down (via smiley face or frowning face). I noted the obvious, that this functionality was identical to StumbleUpon's thumbs-up or thumbs-down vote, but also that it was odd that Google would lack the foresight to see the social implications (or potential) of this feature (not only as used by StumbleUpon but it was also similar in many ways to Digg with the up or down vote for a site).
It's a Women's World (at least 51.9% of it)
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 19, 2007 | 2 comments
James Brown once sang "It's A Man's Man's Man's World". We've come a long way since 1966 and that fact no longer remains true, especially in the online world. The demographic of US internet users has changed and is likely to remain that way. Here's what you need to know and why this change matters.
Learn From Google, Think Before You Brand
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 19, 2007 |
It's good to have fun and try to be clever when you're trying to brand a product, but as Google reminded us yesterday, its more important to be clear and get your message across.
Elite Retreat Strikes Back
Written by Neil Patel on April 18, 2007 | 1 comment
Are you kicking yourself for missing the last Elite Retreat? If not you probably are now because many of the attendees walked away learning how to make $5,000 to $10,000 a month. Instead of regretting it, you can now attend Elite Retreat.
StumbleUpon & Bookmarking - Rush Hour Episode 10
Written by Cameron Olthuis on April 18, 2007 | 2 comments
On this week's episode of Rush Hour Neil and I welcomed co-host CShel for the second week in a row. They discussed the rumors around eBay's acquisition of StumbleUpon, Search Engine Strategies New York, and they also talked about social bookmarking strategies & ethics.
eBay and StumbleUpon Unite to Take on Multi-Billion Dollar Social Shopping Industry
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 18, 2007 | 4 comments
If Michael Arrington and Om Malik are to be believed, StumbleUpon has just been acquired by eBay, possibly for around $40 million to $45 million. Here's a look at what eBay stands to gain from this acquisition.
How to Fix Your Rankings in Yahoo and Google
Written by Neil Patel on April 18, 2007 | 13 comments
We get quite a bit of emails from people asking why they are not ranking well in Google and Yahoo and in many cases these sites did nothing shady or "blackhat" and they have tons of organic links. We've actually had this problem in the past with Pronet Advertising but after email Google and Yahoo we're doing great with the search engines. If you are having some search problems that don't seem to make sense, here are three simple steps that should fix your problem
The Importance of MetaJournalism, Editorial Control in Social News
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 18, 2007 | 3 comments
A piece of commentary by Li Evans, pointing out that Newsvine beat Digg in reporting the VA Tech shooting made the rounds yesterday. While people have largely been discussing the merits of socially driven news sites based on the speed with which they report the news, one thing is glaringly missing: an emphasis on the completeness and the accuracy of the news.
Twitter Danger #3 Revisited
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 18, 2007 | 4 comments
If you remember an article I wrote a little while back about the three hidden dangers of twitter, after yesterday, you were probably left wondering why Steve Rubel didn't read it. In light of the events that occurred, it is probably a good idea to revisit Twitter danger (pitfall) #3.
Social Media: Exacerbating the Content-Theft Problem
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 17, 2007 | 7 comments
Imagine my surprise when I opened Digg today and saw that an article titled 37 Famously Stupid Celebrity Quotes had been promoted to the front-page of the site. The last time I checked, the story had been submitted and buried at 74 Diggs, about 2 weeks ago!
StumbleUpon drops audience rank feature
Written by Cameron Olthuis on April 17, 2007 | 9 comments
Joe Whyte pinged me this morning to tell me that StumbleUpon has removed the audience rank feature. For those of you who don't know, the audience rank was a way to tell how many people stumble upon your favorite sites.
uTube.com and Compromising Your Brand Integrity
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 17, 2007 | 5 comments
Back in November 2006, uTube.com (Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment Corporation) sued YouTube, demanding that the popular video-sharing site stop using the similar 'sounding' name. What's more interesting is how the first company's site tried and is still trying to leverage the popularity of the latter to make money (all the while compromising their own integrity).
LeapTag, StumbleUpon, or Both?
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 17, 2007 | 2 comments
If you read Mike Arrignton's review of LeapTag you were probably left wondering, should you use LeapTag, StumbleUpon, or a combination of the two?
Unique Visitors May Not Be So Unique
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 16, 2007 | 5 comments
When website visitors are tracked, either for the purpose of calculating audience size or to keep track of the number of advertisements you are serving, one of the most interesting metrics to look at (at least traditionally) is the number of unique monthly visitors to your content. According to a study released by ComScore today, however, your unique visitors may not be unique at all.
Ufem - Good Idea, Poor Execution
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 16, 2007 | 7 comments
Ufem, is a newly-launched blogging platform exclusively for women. After spending 15 minutes on the site, here's what I think: an interesting idea without the proper implementation is just the same as a bad idea.
Micro-Blogging With Tumblr
Written by MG Siegler on April 16, 2007 | 3 comments
This past week I spent some time setting up a site using the micro-blogging (or tumblelogging) tool Tumblr. The service is extremely easy to use and definitely worth checking out if you are either looking to get into blogging but don't relish the idea of writing long posts or are simply looking to create another site as an outlet for smaller bits of information.
The Importance of Understanding Audience Demographics
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 14, 2007 | 6 comments
Understanding the audience demographic of a media outlet when wanting to utilize it to get exposure for your content or when wanting to advertise a product or service through it, is extremely important.
Utilizing Facebook to Network Yourself and Your Content
Written by MG Siegler on April 13, 2007 | 7 comments
A few days ago, Facebook unveiled changes on their site meant to improve usability and also enhance interactivity. What once was a student-only site has turned into a full-featured social site that offers you a multitude of networking options. MySpace may have more users, but Facebook has more options in terms of how they can help you spread your content to a wide variety of people.
The 3 Losses of Downtime
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 12, 2007 | 5 comments
It is debatable whether this is more important for new bloggers or for established industry blogs, but one things for certain, every second of downtime costs you more than uptime would if you were on a more reliable host. Here's a look at what you lose from downtime and how to prevent it.
Don't Just Focus on Google
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 12, 2007 | 11 comments
Why is it that we care about Google so much? I don't mean caring about the company and what it does, rather I mean optimizing websites specifically for Google, trying to get ranked on Google more than any other search engine, and above all, advertising exclusively on Google.
Sitemap Submission: A Thing of the Past
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 11, 2007 | 9 comments
There was a time when it was a recommended practice to submit a sitemap of your site to search engines to help them better crawl your site. After today's announcement at SES, manual sitemap submission has become a thing of the past.
Text Link Ads, Now Social Media Optimized
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 11, 2007 | 2 comments
I received an email from Text Link Ads Publisher Support yesterday regarding a new product they have released - Post Level Text Link Ads. The idea is quite exceptional, and looking at it from a social media perspective, considering the importance of social media today, one has to wonder why no one thought of this before.
Improve Conversion Rates and ROI With Google Website Optimizer
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 11, 2007 | 3 comments
In an effort to improve the user experience all across the internet, Google has been releasing tools for website owners to improve their content. One of these tools is Google's Website Optimizer (free to AdWords advertisers).
Advertising on Digg
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 10, 2007 | 10 comments
While we are all trying to get our content or service featured on the front-page of Digg, most of us have managed to over look the simplest way of getting there: Advertisements. So how much does it cost, and is it worth the price?
Jaiku Versus Twitter: A Matter of Taste
Written by MG Siegler on April 10, 2007 | 1 comment
Last week, Twitter power-user Leo Laporte announced that he was leaving Twitter due to the confusion it was causing over its similarity in name to his popular TWiT podcast. Still wanting a Twitter-like service, Laporte found that Finland-based Jaiku best suited his needs. So which of the two services should you be using, and why?
Using StumbleUpon for Determining Opinion
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 9, 2007 | 2 comments
Not only is StumbleUpon a great content discovery engine and source of traffic, but it is also a good way to determine what your audience thinks of your content/service.
Algorithmically Generate The Best Title for Digg
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 9, 2007 | 4 comments
A good title that accurately presents your content in a catchy and unique manner that will most appeal to your target audience, is very important. We have expounded on this idea many times before. Here's a quick way to check how good your title is, and its chances of success on Digg, before you actually publish an article (or submit it to Digg).
Make Your Online Profiles Work For You
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 8, 2007 | 3 comments
When you have a strong online presence on multiple popular websites (especially socially driven sites), apart from using your ranking on these sites to drive traffic to good content, you can also use it to get traffic back to yourself.
The Fastest Way to Digg
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 7, 2007 | 3 comments
Back in October, I did a comparison of load times for the three major socially driven sites, Digg, Netscape, and Reddit. The results were quite obvious: Reddit was the fastest, since it is almost entirely text-based, Netscape came in second, and Digg was last, as expected. A few months later, Digg updated the site but failed to improve speed. The newly updated DiggRiver helps alleviate the situation.
See You at SES New York
Written by Cameron Olthuis on April 6, 2007 | 4 comments
Neil and I are leaving to Search Engine Strategies NY on Sunday morning. We'll be arriving at the conference hotel probably sometime around 6 on Sunday evening. Once we check in I'm sure we'll quickly make our way to the bar so we can begin the week's festivities.
Real-Time Interaction With Your Visitors
Written by MG Siegler on April 6, 2007 | 3 comments
Talking to your site visitors in the comments section of your site is extremely important, but here's a way to communicate with them even better.
The 10 Largest Social Driven Sites
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 6, 2007 | 6 comments
For many people, Digg is the definitive source for driving traffic to their content or services. And if they don't have success with Digg, life for them becomes a lost cause. If you ask me, it doesn't have to be that way, at least not according to the statistics I'm going to present to you.
Attention Metrics: Going Beyond Numbers
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 5, 2007 | 4 comments
A little over two months ago, I asked the question: should we measure traffic in minutes? The question was prompted by Scott Karp's observation that not all traffic is created equal, and my own conclusion that consequently, 5000 quick visitors from one source are not as useful as 500 visitors from another. A few days ago, Compete answered my question.
Rush Hour Episode 8
Written by Cameron Olthuis on April 5, 2007 | 3 comments
On this week's episode of Rush Hour, Neil and I cover the latest in social media news from around the web. They talked about StumbleUpon's redesign, April Fool's Day jokes, Digg's new features, and more. We also discussed strategies that still work for getting on the homepage of Digg.
Netscape Removes Homepage Stories Counts
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 4, 2007 | 6 comments
In a step that is somewhat similar to Digg's removal of the top users list, Netscape recently announced that it will stop counting, displaying in user profiles, and taking into account when assessing user rankings, the statistic of 'number of stories submitted by a user and later promoted to the homepage'.
'Subvert and Profit' Tries to Subvert Top Digger, Profit From It
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 4, 2007 | 5 comments
Subvert and Profit is soon to become the latest in many failed attempts to try and game socially driven news and content sites such as Digg. Here's a look at how they're different, the tactics they are employing, and why they will fail.
How to 'Still' Get On the Digg Homepage
Written by Neil Patel on April 4, 2007 | 12 comments
Lately a lot of people who used to get on the Digg homepage constantly have been complaining that they can't make the homepage anymore. In most cases these people are doing the exact same thing as they used to do before. Here is how you can still get on the homepage
How to Avoid the 'Twitter Tax'
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 3, 2007 | 7 comments
When I mentioned three hidden dangers of Twitter, one of the things I mentioned was the hidden cost of text messages. Here's a more in-depth look at the problem and how to get around this 'Twitter Tax'.
Time to Join StumbleUpon
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 3, 2007 | 8 comments
A redesigned StumbleUpon homepage takes the service a few steps closer to 'traditional' social bookmarking and socially driven news and content sites. At the same time, the redesign provides a great opportunity for hesitant users who were previously confused or put off by the service to join its ranks.
Why I'm Hesitant to Blog on April Fool's Day
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 2, 2007 | 7 comments
For many large sites, playing a well executed April Fool's prank can be a source of much appreciated buzz and welcomed traffic. But for many others the day does nothing but create major headaches.
Coding Horror at Digg
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 2, 2007 | 5 comments
As a result of a mistake made by developers at Digg, not only did the site inadvertently create a flaw in their newly added friend referral feature, but they made its user-base vulnerable to a potential privacy disaster.
Ballhype - Social Media Sports Done Right
Written by MG Siegler on April 2, 2007 | 13 comments
In an effort to expand beyond their technology-centric core, last summer Digg launched a Sports category. While it received some attention, it has largely been neglected by the community due to an understandable lack of interest. A new service called Ballhype, hopes to succeed where Digg has failed. To say Ballhype is simply a Digg clone for sports would be an absolute disservice to the site.
Grow Your Audience with Pod-vertising
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 1, 2007 | 1 comment
Podcasts are a small but fast growing market. About a month ago, I provided 4 reasons why you should absolutely invest in Podcast advertisements. Let's look at how the market has changed since then, and why you should capitalize on this to grow your business along with it.
Get Your Content onto Twitter
Written by MG Siegler on April 1, 2007 | 5 comments
Twitter is growing fast and whether you like it or not it is a medium that you should ultimately be using to reach another untapped audience for your content or services. Here are two tools that will help you gain exposure on one of the fastest growing social sites on the Web.
