Posts Tagged With: Web-2.0
· July 22, 2008 at 5:20 am · Hot Web Topics, Personal
Tags: internet, networking, popularity, social, tips, Web-2.0
As I remove MySpace and add Plurk to my own Mitchelaneous side bar, I thought this would be as good of a time as any to bring up the fact that you should not be afraid to socialize and meet new people. Sure, some places build a fan following because of great content but great content alone can not win any popularity races.
You have to get out there and proverbially pimp your goods.
Let people know at least a few places where they can follow you or be your friend, and they are given a few more “gateways” to get back to your blog and content. Think of it this way, which am I more likely to be friends with:
- The guy who’s web site I never knew about because he doesn’t push it out in the real world
- The guy who is trying his best to make friends, and inform the public he’s out there and ready for his close up
I’m not afraid to mention anybody who wishes to can add me as a friend on:
Twitter | Facebook | Plurk | MySpace | Pownce | LinkedIn | Flickr
Don’t be afraid to promote your favorite social web site profiles. By not doing so, you are missing a good chance not only to make a few friends but get some free press for your own web site. Don’t be a wall flower, be that comfy chair everybody likes to sit on.
· May 15, 2008 at 5:55 am · Interviews
Tags: apps, feedmyapp, future, internet, links, matteo, Web-2.0
For a long time I visited TechCrunch to see a lot of the latest Web 2.0 apps out there, but not anymore. I’ve got a resource to share with you that is ten times better than that. FeedMyApp.com is my favorite resource when it comes to finding the coolest and the newest in Web 2.0.
The large database there is also handy if you want to search around and find an application for the job or tool you wish to make better. I recently had a chance to chat with the guy behind the magic there Matteo Alessani about the FeedMyApp.com web site and what it is they do there.
What was the reason for starting the FeedMyApp.com web site and what keeps you going with it?
Matteo: The main reason we started FeedMyApp was that there wasn’t anything similar on the web. There were lots of sites and directories listing web 2.0 apps, but we just wanted to create a simple, easy to use and up-to-date site with the latest and best web apps. Most web app directories, list entries with their respective logos. We thought that most users couldn’t gain much information from a single visual. So we focused on describing each web app with a title, a short tagline (sometimes written by us) and a screenshot. Moreover we are always surfing for new apps, so why not put gather and share them all with our readers?
Do you have a team of people behind the web site, or are you a one man team?
Matteo: I normally work on FeedMyApp on my own, even though my other two colleagues help me find and add new. When you surf the web you always come across interesting new apps. So as soon we find a new one, we add it to FeedMyApp!
When finding new Web 2.0 apps out there do most of them come to you or do you do most of the finding?
Matteo: We do most of the finding although a small portion (99% are pharm/spam apps) are authentic and not yet listed on other web sites. del.icio.us is another excellent source of new sites and web 2.0 apps.
In your opinion, what does it take to get a lot of people’s attention these days?
Matteo: Simple, updated, new content. I could grab people’s attention by adding some useful features to the web site. But I prefer to follow the “keep it simple” mantra: do less and do it better than anyone. However, we are planning some cool new features for our web 2.0 directory.
I know you can’t make use of them all but, out of the hundreds that you have reviewed, which Web 2.0 apps are you using in your day to day life?
Matteo: In my day to day life I mainly use Last.fm, Flickr, Gmail, del.icio.us, LinkedIn, Twitter, Basecamp, Feedburner, Digg and Facebook. At Extendi we always use Ruby-on-Rails, Prototype and script.aculo.us for our web 2.0 projects!
Remember to check out FeedMyApp.com and let him know I sent you there.
· March 18, 2008 at 5:47 am · Hot Web Topics, Interviews
Tags: adam ostrow, gadgets, interview, mashable, networks, social, Web-2.0
I have been a big fan of Mashable since day one, and it continues to be a place I check into daily (as well as a regular RSS subscription too).
So when the chance came up to talk one on one with Adam Ostrow, the editor over there at the social web juggernaut I couldn’t let the chance to pick through a Mashabler’s brain.
Mashable got its start being more based around the social networks out there, and since then has spun off into covering anything that is tech-worthy or Web 2.0ish related. Why the change what I guess you could consider a bigger tent?
Adam: I can’t really speak to our editorial policy pre-early 2007 or so when I joined up with Mashable, but I have to imagine the shift was due to the fact that there is just simply so much more going on in the space than social networking now.
First you had the tools that plugged into social networks – widgets and things of that nature – from companies like Slide, RockYou, etc. This was one of the initial trends that Mashable picked up on. Then, there were applications that integrated on a deeper level with social networks – starting with Facebook and its application platform, and now, most of the other big social sites too. Finally, now we see social features being integrated into virtually every type of Web service – from search, to maps, to mobile. So, I do think there is still a little bit of “social” laced into most of our stories, though, perhaps not as singularly focused on social networking sites.
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· March 11, 2008 at 5:26 am · Online Tools
Tags: ads, project, purchase, sale, Web-2.0, words
Want to help to redefine a word? Now there is a deep and metaphorical thought in there somewhere right? The Big Word Project hopes so as they are the ones who have assigned this task to themselves. All you do is pick a word, any word and then link it to your web site. Your web site in turn, then becomes the new definition.
Where is the catch? Well each word will cost you $1 per letter. So if I wanted to buy the word awesome, it would cost me $7. Now we have seen the "charge a little ‘bit of money for the big advertising" deal before, but at least Paddy and Lee (the two guys behind the project) are trying to put a new spin on an old idea.
Right now they have 2,160 active words and counting. Want to add yours as number 2,161? Also be sure to stay tuned to their blog which has some pretty solid content if you want to watch their progress with this unique idea.
· February 28, 2008 at 9:24 am · Web Development
Tags: clone, copy, MySpace, scripts, twitter, Web-2.0, youtube
How does it go again, if you can’t beat them - join them? How about copying them instead? There seem to be a lot of clone scripts out there for some of the more popular destinations on the Web.
Attack of the Web 2.0 Clones!
* = need to pay for it
** = not really a clone, is the software used to run Wikipedia
See, even you can run your own Web 2.0 masterpiece! All you need is a little time, a solid hosting account and your own origional take, version or spin on the already popular idea.
· July 13, 2007 at 9:14 am · Hot Web Topics
Tags: building, business, fame, geeks, popularity, Web-2.0
There is no doubt that the two “easy ways out” when it comes to Web popularity - you either know somebody famous that mentions your service or you. The second way would be to pay lots and lots of money on advertising. Other than that, building a “successful” brand on your own is really hard.
The main problem we suffer is that a lot of folks only focus on following the big voices Online. If somebody like Robert Scoble, Kevin Rose or Leo Laporte don’t mention it, use it, or give it a thumbs up you are dead to a lot of the world. That is not their fault, they are just folks Online as well that just happened to get lucky and gain a real voice out there in the geeky world we live in.
Firefox Facts gain most of its popularity because Chris Pirillo really helped inspire and lead me into the entire project from day one. So I have gotten a perk out of this type of popular voices driving the popular vote.
I’ve recently been actually spending money in promoting the Web Hosting Show in new audiences and I have to say it has been paying off a little ‘bit. Most of my projects are done as a hobby though - so not sure if I can count myself.
I do feel sorry for folks out there trying to build a business from the ground up because if your not on the A-list or know somebody on the A-list it is almost impossible to “make it”.
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