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Posted on May 5, 2008
Facebook apps: "Just for Fun"? Not Really
BY STEPAN MAZUROV
TechCrunch recently posted a chart from Flowing Data showing the number of facebook applications by category. It doesn't come as much of a surprise that "Just for Fun" section has the most apps by a very large margin, with gaming coming 2nd. Without a doubt that's the reason behind the slew of random "what kind of fish I am" and "if you had a pet rock, would it be good or evil?" notices I get every single day from my friends. It is also a reason most professionals and people looking to connect and maintain professional relationships moved onto other social networks like LinkedIn and Plaxo. I hear it from more and more people that they only log on to accept a friend invite or quickly look somebody up, and run away in horror after having to sift through hundreds of notices just to find that friend invite.
Facebook is still a great way to connect and share information. Not only does your profile inherently have a high "trust" rating in Google, but it can also serve as a highly custom landing page for you or your company. Here are a few tips to keep your profile professional and up to date without ever touching it. The hardest part of this process is keeping it personal enough to share your interests while keeping it interesting to the people that do not know you.
Posted on April 28, 2008
Are Personal Sites a Thing of the Past?
BY JENNIFER EUBANKS
Yesterday I came across an entry on Jeffrey Zeldman's blog talking about a seeming disappearance of personal sites. In one example, he talked about a site that, while it contains links to what might in the past have been links to other internal pages, all of these links took the user to external sites such as linkedin, flickr, twitter, etc.
While there can be advantages to outsourcing your online persona in this manner, there can be possible disadvantages as well. As someone creating an online presence, you should be sure that you understand what you want to use your personal site for (if indeed you even choose to have one amid the sea of social networking sites). Social sites often let you create a profile where you provide links to personal sites--these can help drive traffic to your personal page. Likewise, providing links to these social sites on your personal page can drive traffic to these external representations of you.
Posted on April 15, 2008
Two Tips To Help You Rank Well for Your Own Name
BY STEPAN MAZUROV
I am one of the lucky people that does no have a common name, and as such I can easily rank well for my own name. That page links to 6 different websites that contain the way to contact me. My linked in, facebook, this blog (twice), site of our good friend Kris Smith, my very unfinished personal website and even twitter status updates all show up on first page of Google. Here is the tips that should help you achieve the same success.
Posted on April 8, 2008
Internet As Crime Solving Tool?
BY JENNIFER EUBANKS
I have come across a few articles online recently that detail ways in which the Internet has been used to catch criminals. The first story I came across, on TechCrunch, was that of the phony Craigslist ad and the two perpetrators who posted the ad in order to cover up their theft of pricey horse saddles. They would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for those darn kids the fact that police were able to track the IP address used to post the ad. Unfortunately, it seems the victim is still out hundreds of thousands of dollars from all of the people who came to take advantage of obtaining lots of "free" stuff.
My favorite recent story that I came across was on Wired.com. There I found an article about "Canada's dumbest car thief." This individual took a tricked-out car for a test drive, only to never return. The owner of the dealership, an internet-savvy 20-something, went straight to the automotive discussion forum Beyond.ca and posted a description of the vehicle and the suspect.
What started as a mere post on a forum branched out and used many other online tools such as Facebook and Google Maps to discover the suspect's name, address, and other personally identifying information. Since the thief kept the car parked in front of his own house, the dealership owner knew exactly where to send police, and made sure to be there to tape the arrest and post it on YouTube--a fitting online ending to a crime solved thanks to the Internet.
While the Internet is a tool often used for entertainment or research, it also offers means to track down criminals for crimes that occurred offline. The resolution of these two different cases is just so cool that it shows how much the Internet has to offer when its powers are used for good!
Posted on December 3, 2007
Facebook Marketing Infancy
BY JASON CORMIER
Stepan pulled my punk card regarding the last post I did regarding GoDaddy and Google Webmaster Tools. In fact, I was fiercely reprimanded by him since my topic was based on info actually 20 days after the fact. Hmmm... what should the deadline be on info that is too old to blog about (as if it were "new")?
