When you have that one hot service, it's always tempting to push everything else through it. Tempting, because for you, the service provider, it's simpler. But for the customer, what's easier for a service provider isn't always easier for you.
I think there's room for something a little special. I think the guys at TinyURL could help towards thwarting the effectiveness of comment spam, and here's how…
Amazed by the amount of click traffic through my del.icio.us bookmarks for both wikio, the democratic news portal and outside.in, the geo-targeted news portal, I thought I ought to commit some pixels to screen in the form of a 'Lite' review.
I've been using Last.fm for yonks, and it's a place I don't frequent as often as I used to. The music discovery process is intuitive, and encourages a love-thy-neighbour kind of attitude, as those with similar tastes are nudged into your profile page.
Given that I've read of other people discussing the downside to the 'Digg Effect' and the lack of value in getting a hit on Digg, how long before the search engines devalue Digg, too?
On Thursday of SES NY, I had the chance to sit in on the Social Media Optimization panel. I love these kinds of panels, because there is so much creativity in the speakers. And this panel was no exception.
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