This is a great article about Facebook and how to use the Social Media:
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3626204
Extract from the article:
"For a vendor to just throw their brand into an application isn't going to succeed. They need to create more utility for our users… and if the brand is part of that, great"
"For marketers at this point, it's [not about] developing an application just to develop an application. It's about working very hard and studying the marketplace and developing an application the users will see utility in."
"You want to make sure that you're getting that social network advantage, which is sharing the application"
"...we wanted to have an experience that you'll push to other friends in your network."
Ricardo Guimaraes
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Myspace Clone - Ning
Looks like that the Web 2.0 Myspace revolution is only beginning - we have now thousands of new social network websites coming up every day.
Of those that I tested, the one that looks not so bad is the Ning. This is a complete platform, and they offer you also the hosting, where users will upload pictures and videos.
But they are taking the profit for the Adsense. So if you are looking for a open source clone of Myspace, you will likely to have to pay for it.
Or you can start using Ning, create your social network, and do not pay to purchase code, do not pay to host, do not pay bandwidth to store photos and videos - but also do not generate money.
It is a choice, you can have a look at one example at http://mabrumiami.ning.com
Ricardo Guimaraes
Avatar Interactive
Of those that I tested, the one that looks not so bad is the Ning. This is a complete platform, and they offer you also the hosting, where users will upload pictures and videos.
But they are taking the profit for the Adsense. So if you are looking for a open source clone of Myspace, you will likely to have to pay for it.
Or you can start using Ning, create your social network, and do not pay to purchase code, do not pay to host, do not pay bandwidth to store photos and videos - but also do not generate money.
It is a choice, you can have a look at one example at http://mabrumiami.ning.com
Ricardo Guimaraes
Avatar Interactive
Digg clone - Pligg
There is a lot of fuzz around Digg.com, a News website. Registered users can post news, and they are allowed to vote - the most voted ones makes the first page.
This is Web 2.0, collaborative, the Internet community choses what is relevant, placing the news they want on the first page.
You can create your own Digg clone for your market - using open source Pligg.
Just go to http://www.pligg.com, download it and install, it uses PHP and MySQL, and installation is not difficult.
If you would like to see an example, http://www.marineair.info/pligg/
You can also show a picture with the news description on the first page, this will make your pligg more appealing.
Ricardo Guimaraes
Avatar Interactive
This is Web 2.0, collaborative, the Internet community choses what is relevant, placing the news they want on the first page.
You can create your own Digg clone for your market - using open source Pligg.
Just go to http://www.pligg.com, download it and install, it uses PHP and MySQL, and installation is not difficult.
If you would like to see an example, http://www.marineair.info/pligg/
You can also show a picture with the news description on the first page, this will make your pligg more appealing.
Ricardo Guimaraes
Avatar Interactive
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