2009 Redux Who Uses Social Networks and What Are They Like? (Part 1) A study released earlier this year by Anderson Analytics looked into the demographics and psychographics of social networking users on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and LinkedIn with a goal of providing marketers with information about users' interests and buying habits as related to their network of choice. The end result is a detailed look at the… Sarah Perez View comments
2009 Redux Let's Move Away From Social Media and Get Down to Business Sometimes, it feels like terms we thought had some meaning really don't apply as much anymore. Take the term "social media," as an example. It's like every SEO marketer decided that "social media," was the ticket to a sweet consulting gig. Just look at Twitter. You find a lot of social media experts with tens of thousands of followers. Kind of… Alex Williams View comments
Video Services Most Popular Hulu Video in 2009? It's a Motherlover A year-end thank-you note from Hulu CEO Jason Kilar offered some statistics to show us just how much the nearly three-year-old service has grown. Back in April, the service became one of the top three Internet video providers, alongside Google - which includes YouTube and Google Video - and Fox, according to comScore. Kilar includes a number of… Mike Melanson View comments
News $7.5 Million: Wikipedia Reaches Fundraising Goal In what has become a Christmas tradition, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales posted a personal appeal for donations to the Wikimedia Foundation earlier this month. On the first day alone, the nonprofit raised $430,000 from 13,000 people. Today, Wales announced that Wikimedia reached its fundraising goals. In total, the foundation managed to raise $7.5… Frederic Lardinois View comments
NYT Synchtube: Watch Synchronized YouTube Videos With Your Friends Chances are that you are getting at least a few emails and IMs with links to YouTube videos every day. While watching these alone can be fun, Synchtube turns this into a far more social experience. Synchtube allows you to share and discuss a video in real time with up to four of your friends. The first person to enter the room controls the playback… Frederic Lardinois View comments