The Case for an Apple iNetwork: Welcome to the Social
There has been a lot of speculation recently about an impending update to iTunes. Version 8.0, among other things, is supposed to finally…
Articles by Muhammad Saleem
Wed, 27 August 2008
Tue, 26 August 2008
Has Yahoo! Buzz Lived Up to the Buzz?
Since our initial review of Yahoo! Buzz earlier this year, not much has changed about the service. At the same time, however, the…
Wed, 30 July 2008
Twitter Versus Plurk: The UI Advantage
When I first reviewed Plurk for ReadWriteWeb, I had only been using this new lifestreaming service for a little while. After using it for…
Mon, 7 July 2008
How Reddit is Flirting With The Future of Social News
In the competitive social news market, Digg has gotten a lot of attention for its recommendation engine and Mixx continues to release new…
Tue, 1 July 2008
Exclusive Look: Digg Recommendation Engine Private Beta
After months of promises (and third party tools), Digg finally announced this week that their recommendation engine is to be released…
Mon, 30 June 2008
Collaborative Filtering: Lifeblood of The Social Web
Collaborative Filtering (Wikipedia definition) is a mechanism used to filter large amounts of information by spreading the process of…
Fri, 27 June 2008
FriendFeed: One Feature to The Tipping Point
I used to be annoyed by people who commented on my Twitter messages (tweets) in FriendFeed, rather than replying directly to me in Twitter…
Tue, 24 June 2008
Why Social News Sites Must Implement Social Search
Social news sites such as Digg, Propeller, Reddit, StumbleUpon, where the community decides what content is worthy and what content isn't…
Wed, 4 June 2008
Plurk: Unique or Just Another Twitter Clone?
Plurk, the latest lifestreaming service to make the rounds, certainly has one thing going for it - a sense of humor, albeit an odd one…
Tue, 1 April 2008
With All Else Failing, Starbucks Tries Social Media
With Starbucks' stock beaten down from its mighty highs of $47 to recent lows of $17 in the face of strong competition from Peet's, Caribou…
Sun, 23 March 2008
Interview: Socialthing! Founder Matt Galligan
Recently people have been comparing lifestreaming services FriendFeed and Socialthing!, trying to determine which one will win or whether…
Thu, 28 February 2008
Page View Metric Dying - But What Will Replace It?
We've all seen the signs. Ding dong the page view is dead... well, dying. First Compete announced that they would be using attention-based…
Wed, 27 February 2008
Why Yahoo! Buzz is a Brilliant Idea
As soon as the online press got hold of a sliver of information about Yahoo! Buzz, the predictable cries of "Digg clone!" were loud enough…
Wed, 26 December 2007
Alternate Reality Games: What Makes or Breaks Them?
Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) have become an incredibly powerful viral marketing and audience engagement tool over the last couple of…
Tue, 18 December 2007
How 2 Nerdfighters Took Over YouTube
This is a guest post by Muhammad Saleem, a social media consultant and a top-ranked community member on multiple social news sites. Many…
Mon, 17 December 2007
What's Coming Next at Digg?
This is a guest post by Muhammad Saleem, a social media consultant and a top-ranked community member on multiple social news…
Sun, 2 December 2007
Digg Filter, a Recommendation Engine for Digg - Interview with Founder
This is a guest post by Muhammad Saleem, a social media consultant and a top-ranked community member on multiple social news sites. We have…
Sun, 25 November 2007
The Economic Idiocy of Blocking Social Media Traffic
This is a guest post by Muhammad Saleem, a social media consultant and a top-ranked community member on multiple social news sites. By…
