Articles about Web 2.0 as of October 1, 2009

The label “social media” has lost its resonance in so far as the concept of “social media” has been reduced to a series of marketing tactics. As David Armano says in a Harvard Business Review blog article : Let’s start with the challenges — the term “social media” itself is indicative of the state of affairs. “Media” limits our view of the movement, and brings with it the baggage of decades of advertising. Marketers are only too happy to view the social web as a new array of channels to market their goods in some shape or fashion.

by Mark Bradley The real estate industry is one of those who are getting benefits in Twitter. One proof is the appearance of Twitter real estate. The number of people being interested in this business is increasing because it is one of the most successful businesses today. You can make sure that you real state business will become successful if you know how to develop a marketing strategy which will promote your business well.

by Matthew Loop, DC If you hired an expensive SEO guru to take your chiropractic marketing to the next level, and you haven’t seen results in one day, then your marketing expert doesn’t know a thing about how to successfully market your practice. Real results should be seen in one day from search engines like Google, Yahoo, and MSN. Get rid of the guru! There’s a better way to do SEO, and it will get you to the top 3 of the first page listings in these popular engines.

Listen to the podcast . Find it on iTunes/iPod and Podcast.com . View a full transcript or download the transcript. Sponsor: Hewlett-Packard . Free Offer: Get a complimentary copy of the new book Cloud Computing For Dummies courtesy of Hewlett-Packard at www.hp.com/go/cloudpodcastoffer . W elcome to a podcast discussion on how to make the most of cloud computing for innovative solving of industry-level problems. As enterprises seek to exploit cloud computing, business leaders are focused on new productivity benefits.

by Alexis Jameson In a down market it is of the highest importance that a broker use Real Estate broker marketing tools to stay productive. In order to be known by their neighbors and citizens of their community a broker needs to stay in regular contact with their neighbors. A common method of staying familiar with neighbors and potential customers is to use traditional farming methods to keep the brokers name in the mind of local homeowners. Farming is simply promoting a broker through different methods of Real Estate broker marketing.

What Reverse Ajax and Comet are, how to use them, and how to get up and running with an example in no time at all.

by UlricheDmond on October 2, 2009 See the original post:Guest blog: Who polices crime in a virtual world?Tagged as: australian, bbc, friends, kids, law and order, mmorpg, online, rewards, ronnie-biggs, Shopping, street, Technology, time, web 2.0, Wikipedia

A bank robbery in the MMORPG Eve Online netted a criminal thousands of dollars, but whose job is it to police crimes in a virtual world? Sophos’s Mark Stockley may be a little camera-shy, but he has written the following guest blog. Take it away Mark.. A news story on the BBC website about a theft in the online trading game Eve Online caught my eye recently. The 27-year-old Australian chief executive of one of the virtual world’s virtual banks robbed a virtual fortune from their virtual vaults.

The German CIO magazine has recently realized an “IT Excellence Benchmark” and has published the most interesting results in German in its October edition. More than 13,000 employees from 66 companies have been interviewed and i.e. asked whether they use the following tools for collaboration: Wikis: 34% said “no, I don’t use them”, 22% said “don’t know”, 18% said “I’m opposed to the usage of this tool”, only 15% said “fully agree” Blogs/RSS-feeds: 35% said “no, I don’t use them”, 28% opted

I am attending the third Mindtrek conference in Tampere, Finland. MindTrek is the leading Nordic digital media and business conference, focusing on social media & Web 2.0. At MindTrek the newest trends, innovations, revolutionary business phenomena is presented. I came here for two reasons: Network with Finlands elite within social media and web business. And also to get new insights and inspiration from the really great panel of speakers. First Keynote speaker was Chris Messina aka “Factory Joe”.

The International Film and Alternative and Community Video Festival called “ Ojo al Sancocho [es] ” was recently organized by the company Sueños Film Colombia (Dream Films) and its second edition took place September 18-25, 2009 in Ciudad Bolívar in Southern Bogotá. During the week, Colombian audiovisual projects gathered to talk about topics, such as Latin American and local identity, and Web 2.0, as a way to create practical communities. Sancocho is a traditional soup that can be found throughout Colombia and made with many ingredients.

The Washington Post became the largest name in news to issue guidelines about acceptable use of social networking platforms, namely Twitter and Facebook.

by Carol Cheung Nowadays websites can get visitors without making any effort. With the help of the optimization strategies of search engines, it is not difficult to get tremendous visitors to new websites speedily. Since it is not hard to get people to visit a new website, we should focus on making our visitors stay. What matters most is that the visitors remain as loyal customers and return to the website. To do the above, the design of your web is very important.

Real Estate is a very competitive market, and it is important to have the right marketing skills to catch the target audience. There are many different ways real estate agents and brokers go about advertising new homes for sale. Many strategies have been used, and it is the ability to put the right ones into place at the right times is what makes a successful seller. This will mention several strategies to market a real estate brokering business to become successful.

Search Engine Optimization It is time to get a bit deeper into SEO, and we’ll talk in this article about some of the more advanced things related to the topic. In the second article we mentioned about organically boosting page ranks, and of an SEO strategy that would take a couple of months to implement, but would deliver results which also would hold good for a long time. Organic SEO is the absolute in-thing, and search engines love it! If you build a business based on the internet, you will not want fleeting traffic.

Layers is a new service that enables you to speak your mind, overlaying videos, images and texts on top of any web page, and then share it with your friends. www.layers.com

Twitter is a social networking site that cannot only be used for fun but also for business through the use of Twitter social marketing. Some don?t see this side of Twitter but then some are already enjoying the benefits that they are getting by using this as their real estate web 2.0. Twitter can surely promote your real estate business.

If you think that Twitter?s purpose is to just provide some fun and entertainment then you are completely wrong because you can also use this for business by using Twitter social marketing. Some may not be aware of this but then a lot of businessmen have already been informed of this. Right now they are already enjoying the things that they get in here just because they decided to use this site as their real estate web 2.0.

Image by Donnaidh Sidhe Every month this series is tracking the latest design trends and collecting the best examples of modern web designs. Here is the list for September 2009 with almost 2000 links from 64 aggregator posts: 45+ Excellent Fresh Free Wordpress Themes Around from instantShift Design Trends: 20 (MORE) Of The Coolest iPhone APP Website Designs from Spyre Studios 36 Examples of Textures used in Web Design from Inspiredology 50 Websites (and More) for Your

Twitter is all about getting your message across in a short, 140-character post. So why has the accepted practice of #followfriday become so messy? Read up on how I tackle this issue and what you should consider if you’re just starting on Twitter!

Steve is probably one of the most well known persons in the industry when it comes to web application performance. He took the time to look at our free dynaTrace AJAX Edition and shared his feedback on his recent blog post titled dynaTrace AJAX Edition – tracing JS performance.Here are some of the highlights:“… through the UI you’ll find the answer for almost any performance or profiling question you have”“The main differentiator of DAE is all the JavaScript profiling it does”“A major feature is

Jquery API is extension of the JavaScript language. It supports methods which make it easy to write complex client side scripts. The creators of JQuery specifically created the library to make common tasks trivial. Ajax is key part of the websites now a days and asynchronous JavaScript is used widely to do Ajax calls. Jquery provides easy methods which can be used to call server side functions asynchronously without writing much code.

Here are just a few courses that cover a wide range of business, design and development topics that are pertinent to the industry today and it’s movement into the future.

When I grow up, I want to go to a social networking forum like this one in California (9-10 November) – Show highlights include: Two day conference dedicated to Social Networking Featuring key speakers from social networking publishers, advertising agencies, industry analysts, software developers and equipment manufacturers, pay-TV and network service providers, mobile operators, plus many more Dalton Caldwell, Founder and CEO, imeem Dalton Caldwell founded imeem in 2004 and serves as the company’s chief executive officer.

by Sandra Downy Bundled service packages have turned into an extremely common way for the service suppliers of telecommunications products to advertise their services and for consumers to get a hold of better deals and greater convenience with the services that they subscribe to. Furthermore, there is something that you must be aware of before you sign up for the initial bundled service package deal that you come across: They don’t continuously distribute what they guarantee.

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I had a discussion with a Mauritian blogger yesterday who was explaining that no Mauritian company has really undergone a major advertising policy change to invest in online ads. Sure there are some communication agencies that would surely pay some rupees to get their clients on L’Express ‘ site but none really has an aggressive online presence. Sure enough, the market seems cold today because no one in Mauritius is bold enough to get in the ring alone and say: “I’ve invested thousands of rupees online”.

Real estate is an industry that is taking a hard hit in today’s economy. So, how can you make your business better and how can you find more customers? You can do all of this through online real estate marketing. Many real estate firms and agents are now taking advantage of the internet and the possibilities that it has to offer and so should you.

Best BuyBest Buy’s Twelpforce offers tech advice over TwitterRemember when companies communicated their tech coolness by putting AOL keywords in their ads and TV commercials. Then it was dotcom addresses. That’s now happening with Twitter. Best Buy, the giant electronics retailer is building its entire holiday TV campaign around its Twelpforce, Twitter account.Twelpforce is an account staffed by more than 2,500 Best Buy “blue shirt” salespeople and members of its Geek Squad tech support service.

Yes everyone, the moment has come! LEI Mobile is officially live! Grab it now on Cydia! Simply rrefresh your sources, and you will find LEI Mobile in the “Changes” tab in Cydia. If you do not see LEI Mobile, search for it or refresh your sources again, or even try later. LEI Mobile 1.0 features include: * The New LimitedEditioniPhone Mobile Site Is Built-In * LEI’s Official Twitter Account Built-In * Both Mike and I’s Twitter Pages Built-In * Support For Logging Into Your LEI

by Matthew Loop DC There’s been a tremendous amount of talk recently about how the internet has evolved into a chiropractic new patient powerhouse. This is simply because more and more people are getting online every day to do business and find professionals of all walks. If you understand basic and advanced strategies to position yourself properly in the virtual world then you’ll be able to step in-front of the flood of traffic .

Hello Friends,To-day I just wanna say, THANK YOUI am so lucky to get so much love & affection from my readers across the countries from different mods like Compliments in Comments, Twitter replies, Facebook status update replies, LinkedIn replies & lot more. Thank you guys, love you all Looking for a new name…You must be wondering right ?Well, To-day, I was just thinking about “What Should be the right title of this blog ? “, as now, this blogs has readers around the world, & with the power of web 2.0 & thanks to social media, people are getting frequent updates from this blog, so now its not only limited to “Ahmedabad” or the SEO of Ahmedabad.

“ Unconferences ” (hat tip to identitywoman ) are great opportunities to network, gather and share information.  They attract bleeding-edge leaders on emerging problems and technologies. My most recent unconference was Congress Camp 2009 , organized by the Open Forum Foundation . The gathering focused (broadly) on social networking tools and Web 2.0 for government. It was well attended by advocates who want to reach Congress, and over-worked hill staffers who use IE6 and must cope with information overload.

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Smashing Magazine collected some interesting links for nice iphone-optimized websites, split into categories like “corporate”, “online shop”, “blog” etc. Have a look!

Special education teachers access community support, idea sharing and product recommendations SAN ANTONIO and AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 1, 2009 — WeAreTeachers, the online social and business network that brings together teachers, learners and content in the education industry, announces a partnership with PCI Education, the number-one provider of resources for students with special needs.

01:44:25 : @ auldhouse Have you seen this? The Truth About Book Marketing: http://bit.ly/Zt1rf 10:07:28 : Incredible story of 22 years in NY prison: http://bit.ly/2o4PkG Update: parole but not amnesty: http://bit.ly/QuczO 10:08:33 : Excellent data-driven storytelling from MotherJones – Mapping the Pentagon’s Global Footprint: http://bit.ly/Wqfhe 10:09:54 : @ tonidelrio @infuxion @marcusod @GuarneroRicardo Thx for RTs! 10:27:05 : @ kitchenMage I recommend Web 2.0 : A Strategy Guide (O’Reilly Press) http://bit.ly/5BQfB 10:28:52 : The new “Did You Know?” (Shift Happens) focuses on convergence: http://bit.ly/1jmi6o 10:38:06 : Truth in advertising?

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by Matthew Loop DC So, perhaps youre a chiropractor who decided to purchase a fancy and costly website, believing that this would magically drive new patients through your door. My guess is that a practice management group was the mastermind behind this fruitless scheme. Are you still struggling month to month, and paying a bundle on inefficient marketing? Youre not alone, because in my experience almost all chiropractors are digging this same grave. Thats because without traffic to your website, you dont have a website.

JCR standard (Java Content Repository, JSR-170) prescribed several best-practices already existing in content-management. Versioning, locking, content types, observation XML export/import and search. But how to get all of them on user side? When JCR is used deeply in a CMS tool, all those features becomes available to users making a content development better. This is a short overview of eXo JCR and eXo WCM features on an example of distributed Content Repository.

With the current release of the Palm Pixi, this Smartphone has a good range of features constituting Palm a leading player in the game. Little, smooth and very fashionable, the Palm Pixi is a WebOS based handset which should be accessible by the conclusion of the year. The advanced platform for the Smartphone WebOS was published early this year. It was developed by Linux and showcased by Palm, which allows users a different browse experience with important on-line social network and Web 2.0 integration.

by Mark Bradley Twitter has been described as analogous to Web-based internet-launched chitchat. It provides different micro blogging services which serves as your personal browser to stay informed and in touch with every little thing that is happening right now most especially in Twitter Real Estate. Much more is that it can drive traffic to the realtors’ estate marketing blogs content making their real estate properties establish an online presence.

Tim O’Reilly , the driving force behind the concept of Web 2.0 and a genuine social media thought leader, details why Twitter is becoming the leading social network in today’s social media world. The interview is conducted by FORAtv.com President & CEO Blaise Zerega. Asked to compare social networks to human “senses” and to name the most important social network, O’Reilly nails it with these ideas: Unexpected impact: “I don’t know if there is a single new thing, right now, or if we will notice it right away.

For years, law firm software has been overly complex, frustrating, time consuming, and difficult. Today, solo attorneys and small firms have better options. Non-law companies are offering software online, like Gmail and Zoho .  And now, even law firm software is available online. The two big players in the online law firm software niche are Clio and Rocketmatter . This is a review of Clio, followed by a comparison to Rocketmatter and traditional law firm software.

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Continuing our series of translations of Social Media Strategy Framework , today is Dutch. See the original post for the full overview of the Social Media Strategy Framework in English . Click on image to download pdf Please share this with any Dutch speakers who would be interested. Also be sure to let me know if you can suggest any improvements to the translation.

It’s been a busy two weeks  — sorry, haven’t not gotten around to update the blog as per my weekly schedule and I’ve been getting crap from some of my readers about it So a lot of changes the past two weeks. The biggest change is that I finally decided to step up and quit my job.  I handed in my resignation last week. This is a big step – I wanted to diversify my online portfolio enough that I could survive a ban from adsense and I’m not yet into that position, but there’s no going back now! I’m going to make working on different revenue streams and getting multiple adsense accounts set up ASAP.

Myspace Music Australia has launched. It socializes the find-filter-forward mechanism a lot better, apparently. Find cool music, filter through it (list friends), and then forward on. Also makes it discoverable.  Like Kevin Rudd’s fine music taste: Kevin Rudd’s MySpace Music Playlist Music has a strong nostalgic element. This playlist reflects some of my treasured memories and life experiences.

Press ReleasesPRWeb: Lifestyle Diet / Weight LossSeptember 30th. 2009, 10:34pm SocialWorkout.com, a new web community obsessed with all things mind and body, has joined forces in New York with Whole Foods Market, Equinox Fitness Clubs, and Apartment Therapy’s TheKitchn.com to launch Eat. Sweat. Blog., an unprecedented healthy living challenge which will benefit City Harvest. Challenge participants must work out 20 times over the course of October, and complete 10 food-related “feats,” such as eating local or going vegetarian for the month.

Seems I missed a significant event earlier this month or year. The first major COBOL development environment turned 50 years old on Sept 18. And earlier in May was the 50th anniversary of the US DOD meeting that got COBOL started, so that could have been the birthday too. From CIO Magazine: “The statistics that surround COBOL attest to its huge influence upon the business world. There are over 220 billion lines of COBOL in existence, a figure which equates to around 80% of the world’s actively used code.