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Social Networking and the News http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/ News and trends about Internet marketing for news and tourism professionals. en Serendipity 1.3.1 - http://www.s9y.org/ Sun, 11 Jul 2010 02:15:32 GMT http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/templates/default/img/s9y_banner_small.png RSS: Social Networking and the News - News and trends about Internet marketing for news and tourism professionals. http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/ 100 21 An app for the social good? http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/16-An-app-for-the-social-good.html Social Networking http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/16-An-app-for-the-social-good.html#comments http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=16 0 http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=16 nospam@example.com (Jim Skillington) <br /> <div style="direction: ltr;">It may be the ultimate social networking challenge. We've all driven around parking lots and just as we are about to finally pull into a space, someone we hadn't even seen grabs the spot.</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div style="direction: ltr;">But now there's an app for that.</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Googlelabs recently released Open Spot -- an experimental app only for Android 2.0 users -- designed to help drivers find available parking spaces. As you leave a parking space, you tap a button that locates the space on a Google map so others also using the app can identify potential spaces within an almost one mile radius. Echoing video game concepts, people who post availability of spaces earn Karma Points and those who are found to be entering bogus openings are called &quot;griefers.&quot;</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Unfortunately, while the app identifies a possible parking space, there's no guarantee that the space will still be available when you find it. And it assumes that enough Android users will be in a concentrated area to make it relevant.</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div style="direction: ltr;">I can't wait to read about the first parking lot accident blamed on two drivers, both peering at their cell phones, collide on their way to an available space.</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Seriously, the concept of this new app suggests an interesting shift. So many apps are designed just for personal use and/or pleasure. The fundamental concept of Open Spot, whether it ever gets significant traction on its own, suggests that apps can be used for the good of society. Now that's a concept that's worth considering.</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div style="direction: ltr;">You can find the app here: <a href="http://openspot.googlelabs.com/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">www.openspot.googlelabs.com/</span></a><a href="http://bit.ly/cVTBJA"></a></div><br /> <br /> <br /> Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:57:53 -0400 http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/16-guid.html And the social media ROI is? http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/15-And-the-social-media-ROI-is.html Social Networking http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/15-And-the-social-media-ROI-is.html#comments http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=15 0 http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=15 nospam@example.com (Jim Skillington) <br /> Business-to-business marketing professionals have climbed en-masse onto the social media bandwagon according to a new survey slated to be presented in Chicago next month. Fifty-seven per cent of the marketing professionals say they are now using social media, up from 15% just two years ago. <br /><br />But despite the clamor to use social media, many marketers worry it is hard to establish the return on investment (ROI). <br /><br />The survey, conducted by BtoB magazine and the Association of National Advertisers (ANA), was presented on Aug. 4, 2009, at B-to-B Marketing in the New World in Chicago.<br /><br />Twitter tops the list of social networking sites with 70% of b-to-b marketers saying they were using it (but just 46% of business-to-consumer marketers said they were using the micro-blogging site). And Facebook was the most-used social media site with 60% of b-to-b marketers using it. <br /><br />The survey also shows a decided shift in the use of the Web. In 2007, 49% said the primary purpose of Websites was brand building; this year, just 34% said that was the purpose. Instead, the Web is increasingly being seen as a marketing tool for demand generation - 47% this year compared to 39% two years ago. <br /><br />Those who planned to make more use of social media tools said proven strategies - blogs and email - would top their priorities. <br /><br /><br /> <div style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; display: none; opacity: 0.9; position: absolute; width: auto; z-index: 99999;" id="seolinx-tooltip"><table style="border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; border-collapse: separate; width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="border: 0pt none; margin: 1px; padding: 0pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold;" id="seolinx-table"><div style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; overflow: auto; width: auto;"><table style="border: 1px solid gray; margin: 0pt; border-collapse: separate;" id="seolinx-paramtable"><tbody><tr><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" src="http://toolbarqueries.google.com/favicon.ico" style="vertical-align: middle;" /> PR: <a style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" seolinx-param-index="0" seolinx-type="param" title="Google pagerank" href="javascript:{}">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" src="http://www.google.com/favicon.ico" style="vertical-align: middle;" /> I: <a style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" seolinx-param-index="1" seolinx-type="param" title="Google index" href="javascript:{}">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" src="http://www.google.com/favicon.ico" style="vertical-align: middle;" /> L: <a style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" seolinx-param-index="2" seolinx-type="param" title="Google links" href="javascript:{}">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" src="http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/favicon.ico" style="vertical-align: middle;" /> LD: <a style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" seolinx-param-index="12" seolinx-type="param" title="Yahoo linkdomain" href="javascript:{}">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" src="http://www.bing.com/favicon.ico" style="vertical-align: middle;" /> I: <a style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" seolinx-param-index="20" seolinx-type="param" title="Bing index" href="javascript:{}">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" seolinx-param-index="40" seolinx-type="param" title="Sitemap.xml" href="javascript:{}">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" src="http://www.semrush.com/favicon.ico" style="vertical-align: middle;" /> Rank: <a style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" seolinx-param-index="41" seolinx-type="param" title="SEMRush Rank" href="javascript:{}">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" src="http://www.semrush.com/favicon.ico" style="vertical-align: middle;" /> Traffic: <a style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" seolinx-param-index="42" seolinx-type="param" title="SEMRush SE Traffic" href="javascript:{}">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" src="http://www.semrush.com/favicon.ico" style="vertical-align: middle;" /> Price: <a style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" seolinx-param-index="43" seolinx-type="param" title="SEMRush SE Traffic price" href="javascript:{}">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" src="http://siteanalytics.compete.com/favicon.ico" style="vertical-align: middle;" /> C: <a style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" seolinx-param-index="108" seolinx-type="param" title="Compete Rank" href="javascript:{}">wait...</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; overflow: auto; width: auto;"><table id="seolinx-paramtable" style="border: 1px solid gray; margin: 0pt; border-collapse: separate;"></table></div></td><td title="close" id="seolinx-tooltip-close" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; padding: 1px; cursor: pointer; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;"><img src="chrome://seoquake/content/skin/close.gif" /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div id="seolinx-tooltip" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; display: none; opacity: 0.9; position: absolute; width: auto; z-index: 99999;"><table style="border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; border-collapse: separate; width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td id="seolinx-table" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 1px; padding: 0pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold;"></td><td style="border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; padding: 1px; cursor: pointer; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" id="seolinx-tooltip-close" title="close"><img src="chrome://seoquake/content/skin/close.gif" /></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <br /><a href="http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/15-And-the-social-media-ROI-is.html#extended">Continue reading "And the social media ROI is?"</a> Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:30:22 -0400 http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/15-guid.html Tax controversy is opportunity for local sites http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/14-Tax-controversy-is-opportunity-for-local-sites.html Tourism Marketing http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/14-Tax-controversy-is-opportunity-for-local-sites.html#comments http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=14 0 http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=14 nospam@example.com (Jim Skillington) The news this week that Expedia and Hotwire have paid millions of dollars in claimed back hotel occupancy taxes to San Francisco may provide an opening for new marketing opportunities for regional magazines and tourism and promotion agencies (TPA).<br /><br />The San Francisco Chronicle <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/13/BU3S18MGEO.DTL" target="_blank">reported Tuesday</a> the two Online Tourism Agencies (OTA) paid the city $35 million following a California appeals court decision that the taxes were due. Priceline.com and Travelocity are also expected to pay taxes. The companies are expected to continue to appeal the decision. <br /><br />OTA commonly pay taxes based on the wholesale cost of the rooms. San Francisco and a growing number of other communities across the country, maintain OTA's should be paying taxes on the actual amount the consumers pay to the hotel. Even private owners of short-term housing properties are feeling the tax sting as some communities seek to broaden the interpretation of what is taxable under occupancy tax legislation.<br /><br />Similar legal wrangling in Columbus, GA, and Baltimore have led Travelocity, amongst others, to stop selling wholesale rooms in those areas and other locations around the country.<br /><br />Whether or not the OTA's ultimately prevail, as the tax dust swirls and the price advantage previously offered by the big online sites is no longer available, regional magazines and TPA's should consider displaying their listings of overnight accommodations in a more prominent manner on their own Websites. <br /><br />A new emphasis on providing the &quot;most complete list&quot; of places to stay with  coupons or special packages may provide a new marketing opportunity for the local sites. Rotating a featured a hotel, cabin or B&amp;B package on the homepage instead of simply providing a page of listings, may bring more viewers the the site and help emphasize that the local tourism Website is the authoritative place to get information about where to stay in that destination. <br /> <div style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; display: none; opacity: 0.9; position: absolute; width: auto; z-index: 99999;" id="seolinx-tooltip"><table style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; border-collapse: separate; width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 1px; padding: 0pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold;" id="seolinx-table"><div style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; overflow: auto; width: auto;"><table style="border: 1px solid gray; margin: 0pt; border-collapse: separate;" id="seolinx-paramtable"><tbody><tr><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://toolbarqueries.google.com/favicon.ico" /> PR: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Google pagerank" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="0" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.google.com/favicon.ico" /> I: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Google index" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="1" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.google.com/favicon.ico" /> L: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Google links" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="2" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/favicon.ico" /> LD: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Yahoo linkdomain" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="12" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.bing.com/favicon.ico" /> I: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Bing index" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="20" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="javascript:{}" title="Sitemap.xml" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="40" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.semrush.com/favicon.ico" /> Rank: <a href="javascript:{}" title="SEMRush Rank" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="41" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.semrush.com/favicon.ico" /> Traffic: <a href="javascript:{}" title="SEMRush SE Traffic" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="42" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.semrush.com/favicon.ico" /> Price: <a href="javascript:{}" title="SEMRush SE Traffic price" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="43" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://siteanalytics.compete.com/favicon.ico" /> C: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Compete Rank" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="108" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td title="close" id="seolinx-tooltip-close" style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 1px; cursor: pointer; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;"><img src="chrome://seoquake/content/skin/close.gif" /></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <br /><a href="http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/14-Tax-controversy-is-opportunity-for-local-sites.html#extended">Continue reading "Tax controversy is opportunity for local sites"</a> Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:33:05 -0400 http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/14-guid.html You too can be published -- but can we believe you? http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/13-You-too-can-be-published-but-can-we-believe-you.html News Business http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/13-You-too-can-be-published-but-can-we-believe-you.html#comments http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=13 0 http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=13 nospam@example.com (Jim Skillington) <br /> Yet another hotbed of citizen &quot;journalism&quot; is being tested, this time in Austin, TX. The new Austin Post <a href="http://www.austinpost.org" target="_blank">www.austinpost.org</a> is online in an &quot;alpha&quot; version. <br /><br />An invitation to potential writers notes nearly anything reasonably believable will be published. Actually, that's not what the site says -- it is my interpretation. What it really says is that submissions pass through &quot;a light editorial vetting process.&quot; The pay? Zip, zero, nothing but there may be &quot;high rewards&quot; along the way.<br /><br />Writing that they believe in the &quot;critical role&quot; newspapers play in a democratic society -- guiding discussions and encouraging &quot;informed debate and decision-making,&quot; the Post producers add they believe an Internet site can provide the same role &quot;perhaps even more effectively.&quot;<br /><br />Instead of relying on a paid staff, the Trilogy Employee Foundation, which has provided seed money and guidance for this new venture, notes most of its writers have a passion &quot;borne of personal involvement&quot; and &quot;are engaged in the action.&quot;<br /><br />But how does one get from &quot;passion&quot; and engagement both of which implicitly suggest pre-formed opinions to &quot;informed debate?&quot; What happened to the need to present a balanced view? Is objectivity too old-fashioned a concept for the likes of a site like this?<br /><br />Unfortunately, I'm afraid the Austin Post is just the latest in a string of online news sites that have gotten the popularity of reality television confused with informed debate and the role of newspapers and magazines to help guide those conversations. <br /><p>There's no question that the news business must morph from traditional print practices which sees the Internet as a threat to embracing the Internet as a complimentary media outlet, but dismissing professionally-trained writers and the objectivity they bring as irrelevant, is throwing the baby out with the bath water. It is the &quot;business model&quot; that must change, not how and why the content is developed. </p><p></p><p></p><br /><div style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; display: none; opacity: 0.9; position: absolute; width: auto; z-index: 99999;" id="seolinx-tooltip"><table style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; border-collapse: separate; width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 1px; padding: 0pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold;" id="seolinx-table"><div style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; overflow: auto; width: auto;"><table style="border: 1px solid gray; margin: 0pt; border-collapse: separate;" id="seolinx-paramtable"><tbody><tr><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; 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font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://siteanalytics.compete.com/favicon.ico" /> C: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Compete Rank" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="108" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; overflow: auto; width: auto;"><table id="seolinx-paramtable" style="border: 1px solid gray; margin: 0pt; border-collapse: separate;"></table></div><div style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; 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margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; display: none; opacity: 0.9; position: absolute; width: auto; z-index: 99999;" id="seolinx-tooltip"><table style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; border-collapse: separate; width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 1px; padding: 0pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold;" id="seolinx-table"></td><td title="close" id="seolinx-tooltip-close" style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 1px; cursor: pointer; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;"><img src="chrome://seoquake/content/skin/close.gif" /></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <br /><a href="http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/13-You-too-can-be-published-but-can-we-believe-you.html#extended">Continue reading "You too can be published -- but can we believe you?"</a> Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:25:10 -0400 http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/13-guid.html Swine flu and your Website http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/12-Swine-flu-and-your-Website.html Tourism Marketing http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/12-Swine-flu-and-your-Website.html#comments http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=12 0 http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=12 nospam@example.com (Jim Skillington) Health officials opine that the (swine) H1N1 flu may return as a major threat this fall. <br /><br />In anticipation of that, the <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/swine-flu/5827796/Foreign-schools-cancel-British-trips-due-to-swine-flu.html" target="_blank">Telegraph</a> reported this morning that British school tours were being canceled. This comes on the heels of school closures in the U.S. last spring due to fears of the illness.<br /><br />One of the ways destinations and related businesses can prepare for the potential of a new impact from the flu is to add information on their Website about steps they take every day to insure germs are not spread such as placing bottles of hand antiseptic out for the public and their staff to use. Downplay the &quot;scary flu&quot; stuff -- the copy needs to suggest this is just one of the ways to do business with the public. <br /><br /><br /> <div style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; display: none; opacity: 0.9; position: absolute; width: auto; z-index: 99999;" id="seolinx-tooltip"><table style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; border-collapse: separate; width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 1px; padding: 0pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold;" id="seolinx-table"><div style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; overflow: auto; width: auto;"><table style="border: 1px solid gray; margin: 0pt; border-collapse: separate;" id="seolinx-paramtable"><tbody><tr><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://toolbarqueries.google.com/favicon.ico" /> PR: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Google pagerank" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="0" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.google.com/favicon.ico" /> I: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Google index" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="1" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.google.com/favicon.ico" /> L: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Google links" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="2" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/favicon.ico" /> LD: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Yahoo linkdomain" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="12" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.bing.com/favicon.ico" /> I: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Bing index" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="20" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; 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-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.semrush.com/favicon.ico" /> Traffic: <a href="javascript:{}" title="SEMRush SE Traffic" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="42" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.semrush.com/favicon.ico" /> Price: <a href="javascript:{}" title="SEMRush SE Traffic price" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="43" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://siteanalytics.compete.com/favicon.ico" /> C: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Compete Rank" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="108" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td title="close" id="seolinx-tooltip-close" style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 1px; cursor: pointer; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;"><img src="chrome://seoquake/content/skin/close.gif" /></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <br /><a href="http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/12-Swine-flu-and-your-Website.html#extended">Continue reading "Swine flu and your Website"</a> Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:42:06 -0400 http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/12-guid.html Yahoo or Google for Online Advertising? http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/11-Yahoo-or-Google-for-Online-Advertising.html Search Engines http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/11-Yahoo-or-Google-for-Online-Advertising.html#comments http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=11 0 http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=11 nospam@example.com (Jim Skillington) Nielsen's Netview June report includes the top 10 Web sites in terms of traffic and time spent. Interestingly, while Google tops Yahoo in total viewers by 14 million, the average viewer spent more than twice as long on Yahoo than Google (3.25 hours vs. 1.75 hours). <br /><br />Although the best online advertising campaigns include a variety of opportunites but too often we only hear about Google. If you haven't recently done a test with Yahoo, it may be time.<br /><br /><br /> <div style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; display: none; opacity: 0.9; position: absolute; width: auto; z-index: 99999;" id="seolinx-tooltip"><table style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; border-collapse: separate; width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 1px; padding: 0pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold;" id="seolinx-table"><div style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; overflow: auto; width: auto;"><table style="border: 1px solid gray; margin: 0pt; border-collapse: separate;" id="seolinx-paramtable"><tbody><tr><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://toolbarqueries.google.com/favicon.ico" /> PR: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Google pagerank" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="0" style="color: blue; 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font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.google.com/favicon.ico" /> L: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Google links" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="2" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/favicon.ico" /> LD: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Yahoo linkdomain" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="12" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.bing.com/favicon.ico" /> I: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Bing index" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="20" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="javascript:{}" title="Sitemap.xml" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="40" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.semrush.com/favicon.ico" /> Rank: <a href="javascript:{}" title="SEMRush Rank" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="41" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.semrush.com/favicon.ico" /> Traffic: <a href="javascript:{}" title="SEMRush SE Traffic" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="42" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.semrush.com/favicon.ico" /> Price: <a href="javascript:{}" title="SEMRush SE Traffic price" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="43" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://siteanalytics.compete.com/favicon.ico" /> C: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Compete Rank" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="108" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td title="close" id="seolinx-tooltip-close" style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 1px; cursor: pointer; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;"><img src="chrome://seoquake/content/skin/close.gif" /></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <br /><a href="http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/11-Yahoo-or-Google-for-Online-Advertising.html#extended">Continue reading "Yahoo or Google for Online Advertising?"</a> Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:00:48 -0400 http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/11-guid.html Facebook Still the King of Social Networking http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/10-Facebook-Still-the-King-of-Social-Networking.html Social Networking http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/10-Facebook-Still-the-King-of-Social-Networking.html#comments http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=10 0 http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=10 nospam@example.com (Jim Skillington) So much buzz about Twitter, but according to Nielsen's June Netview report,  Facebook continues to have a commanding lead in social networking sites. <br /><br />Of the top 10 Web destinations in June, viewers spent an average of 4 hours, 39 minutes on Facebook. Its closest rival was Yahoo, where the average viewer spent 3 hours and 15 minutes. YouTube, with slightly more viewers than Facebook, was left in the dust with only one hour and 13 minutes.<br /><br />The June report estimates the average Internet user visited 2,569 pages and spent 65 hours online. The active digital media universe is estimated to include 195,974,309.<br /><br /><br /> <div style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; display: none; opacity: 0.9; position: absolute; width: auto; z-index: 99999;" id="seolinx-tooltip"><table style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; border-collapse: separate; width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 1px; padding: 0pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold;" id="seolinx-table"><div style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; overflow: auto; width: auto;"><table style="border: 1px solid gray; margin: 0pt; border-collapse: separate;" id="seolinx-paramtable"><tbody><tr><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://toolbarqueries.google.com/favicon.ico" /> PR: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Google pagerank" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="0" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.google.com/favicon.ico" /> I: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Google index" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="1" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.google.com/favicon.ico" /> L: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Google links" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="2" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/favicon.ico" /> LD: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Yahoo linkdomain" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="12" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.bing.com/favicon.ico" /> I: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Bing index" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="20" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="javascript:{}" title="Sitemap.xml" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="40" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.semrush.com/favicon.ico" /> Rank: <a href="javascript:{}" title="SEMRush Rank" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="41" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.semrush.com/favicon.ico" /> Traffic: <a href="javascript:{}" title="SEMRush SE Traffic" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="42" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.semrush.com/favicon.ico" /> Price: <a href="javascript:{}" title="SEMRush SE Traffic price" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="43" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://siteanalytics.compete.com/favicon.ico" /> C: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Compete Rank" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="108" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td title="close" id="seolinx-tooltip-close" style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 1px; cursor: pointer; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;"><img src="chrome://seoquake/content/skin/close.gif" /></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <br /><a href="http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/10-Facebook-Still-the-King-of-Social-Networking.html#extended">Continue reading "Facebook Still the King of Social Networking"</a> Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:57:53 -0400 http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/10-guid.html The last dance of the dinosaurs? http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/9-The-last-dance-of-the-dinosaurs.html News Business http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/9-The-last-dance-of-the-dinosaurs.html#comments http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=9 0 http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=9 nospam@example.com (Jim Skillington) <br /> Grasping at ways to replace lost print advertising revenues, an increasing number of newspapers and magazines have announced plans to charge for original content that up to now has been available free on the Web. But is it like locking the barn doors after the cows have escaped? How would one put the genie back into the bottle?<br /><br />The Valley Morning Star in Harlingen, Texas, has announced non-subscribers to its paid newspaper will have to pay nearly $4 per month for access to local news on its Website. Part of the Freedom Communications chain, the Star's publisher Tyler Patton says he expects other Freedom papers to follow suit. And the New York Times recently announced it is also considering a subscription fee for its Website.<br /><br />Charging for online news may be possible for major national publications and in some isolated communities when there's little to no competition in a region, but in most cases, I think it's actually a dodge to avoid new thinking about the news business. What should be the purpose of a Website for a news organization? Are there features that can make the printed publication more valuable? Are there unique ways to cover the news? Is it time for convergence -- when news media organizations blend print and video?<br /><br />These questions just scratch the surface of the possible. But simply putting up a fence to charge readers instead of changing the reason/focus of the Website, feels to me like it is one of the last gasps in the last dance of the dinosaurs.  <br /> <div style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; display: none; opacity: 0.9; position: absolute; width: auto; z-index: 99999;" id="seolinx-tooltip"><table style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; border-collapse: separate; width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 1px; padding: 0pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold;" id="seolinx-table"><div style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; overflow: auto; width: auto;"><table style="border: 1px solid gray; margin: 0pt; border-collapse: separate;" id="seolinx-paramtable"><tbody><tr><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://toolbarqueries.google.com/favicon.ico" /> PR: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Google pagerank" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="0" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.google.com/favicon.ico" /> I: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Google index" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="1" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.google.com/favicon.ico" /> L: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Google links" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="2" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/favicon.ico" /> LD: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Yahoo linkdomain" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="12" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.bing.com/favicon.ico" /> I: <a href="javascript:{}" title="Bing index" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="20" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="javascript:{}" title="Sitemap.xml" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="40" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.semrush.com/favicon.ico" /> Rank: <a href="javascript:{}" title="SEMRush Rank" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="41" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><img width="12" height="12" style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.semrush.com/favicon.ico" /> Traffic: <a href="javascript:{}" title="SEMRush SE Traffic" seolinx-type="param" seolinx-param-index="42" style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">wait...</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 2px; background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: darkgreen; font-family: Tahoma; 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padding: 0pt; overflow: auto; width: auto;"><table id="seolinx-paramtable" style="border: 1px solid gray; margin: 0pt; border-collapse: separate;"></table></div><div style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; overflow: auto; width: auto;"><table style="border: 1px solid gray; margin: 0pt; border-collapse: separate;" id="seolinx-paramtable"></table></div></td><td title="close" id="seolinx-tooltip-close" style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 1px; cursor: pointer; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;"><img src="chrome://seoquake/content/skin/close.gif" /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div id="seolinx-tooltip" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; display: none; opacity: 0.9; position: absolute; width: auto; z-index: 99999;"><table style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; border-collapse: separate; width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td id="seolinx-table" style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 1px; padding: 0pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold;"></td><td style="border: 0pt none ; 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Revenue from online sites represented 25 percent of the group's advertising revenue last year. <br /><br />The magazine group sees its niche titles as an ideal way to build Web-based communities. While discussing the company's future strategy, the group's Website notes, &quot;With our focus on specialist communities, we are perfectly placed to exploit the internet.&quot;<br /><br /><p>You can find more about Future on its <a target="_blank" href="http://www.futureplc.com/future/index.jsp">Website</a>. </p><br /> Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:50:48 -0500 http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/8-guid.html Who's Using Social Networks? http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/7-Whos-Using-Social-Networks.html http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/7-Whos-Using-Social-Networks.html#comments http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=7 0 http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=7 nospam@example.com (Jim Skillington) <br /> The answer to the question may depend upon the demographics you are trying to reach according to a study reported this month by the Pew Internet and American Life.<br /><br />Overall 70 percent of adult Internet users said they used a social network in November and December 2008. The report indicated the use equally spans genders, household incomes and educational levels.<br /><br />As could be expected, younger adults made more use of social networks than those who were 45 or older -- just 19 percent of those 45 or older used a social network compared to 75 percent of those 18 to 24 years old. <br /><br />Interestingly, the report shows Hispanics and African Americans are using social networks at a much higher rate than whites. <br /><br />The full article can be found <a target="_blank" href="http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/272/report_display.asp">here.</a><br /><br /><br /> Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:45:11 -0500 http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/7-guid.html A missed opportunity http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/6-A-missed-opportunity.html Email http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/6-A-missed-opportunity.html#comments http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=6 0 http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=6 nospam@example.com (Jim Skillington) <br /> Uno's Chicago Grill restaurant has built a significant online community with occasional email specials and announcements about menu changes sent to members of its &quot;Insider Club.&quot; The promotions have been well designed and sent just often enough to build its brand and keep its customers in the loop.<br /><br />On Monday, though, I think Uno missed an opportunity to positively stroke its online community. <br /><br />Two &quot;test&quot; mailings made it out to its list Monday. One was an obviously out of date invitation to a special dinner and the other didn't include a message at all. In both cases the word &quot;Test&quot; appeared in the subject line. <br /><br />Late Monday afternoon, Rick Hendrie the head of marketing for Uno Chicago Grill sent an apology to the list. &quot;We messed up!&quot; he wrote, noting they had sent an email in error and apologizing for &quot;any inconvenience and confusion this has caused.&quot; <br /><br />Perhaps I'm just more technically savvy. When I saw the emails it was obvious someone had pushed the wrong button -- a couple of times. So confusion, no, annoying, yes it was that. Spam takes up too much of my day so getting test messages on a list in mid-day, was a bit annoying.<br /><br />The apology said the restaurant chain places a value on its members time, but it seems to me they missed an opportunity to actually show it -- perhaps by including a limited time coupon for a small discount on a lunch or other promotion. Not taking that extra step made them seem cheap and -- annoying.<br /><br /> <br /> Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:22:20 -0400 http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/6-guid.html How you spell it makes a difference http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/3-How-you-spell-it-makes-a-difference.html Search Engines http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/3-How-you-spell-it-makes-a-difference.html#comments http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=3 0 http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=3 nospam@example.com (Jim Skillington) <br /> <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Do you email or e-mail? Do you use Webmail or Web mail? Do you write a Weblog, a Web Blog or just a Blog?<br /><br />As new words are increasingly used on the Internet, how you spell them makes all the difference as to whether you can learn more about the subject.<br /><br />For example, asking about &quot;E-Mail&quot; on Google produces 53.8 million results. But if you query &quot;Email,&quot; the results multiply to 648 million. &quot;Web mail&quot; produces 5.43 million and webmail, 13.5 million. And is this a Blog (179 million) or a News blog (18.4 million)?<br /><br />Is this more than an exercise in trivia? With thousands of companies advertising online marketing assistance, how you spell the words of your message becomes critically important.<br /> </font><br /> Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:35:00 -0400 http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/3-guid.html Did You Know? http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/2-Did-You-Know.html Blogging http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/2-Did-You-Know.html#comments http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=2 0 http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=2 nospam@example.com (Jim Skillington) <br /> I always open workshops about blogs with this line: &quot;I believe blogs are an important communication tool that should be used by every company. But, if you start a Blog, make sure you have a purpose firmly in mind and have the time commitment to regularly contribute to it. There are too many Blogs that start with good intentions, only to become dormant. . .and eventually . . . abandoned.&quot;<br /> <br /> I also add we haven't had a Blog for those reasons. But as I am preparing for another Blog workshop, we're also now launching our own Blog. It's time. <br /> <br /> This Blog will focus on ways small businesses use the Internet. There will be a few technical entries for IT staff, but our major focus will be on current tips and we'll try to make sense of current statistics and trends as they relate to small businesses and the Web. <br /> <br /> The authors of &quot;Did You Know?&quot; include staff members of New Village Media. We hope you'll find we have something worthwhile to say.<br /> <br /> We invite you to add to the conversation and pose your own &quot;Did You Know?&quot; questions or respond to ours. Welcome aboard!<br /> <br /> Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:27:52 -0400 http://www.newvillagemedia.com/blog/index.php?/archives/2-guid.html