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Tremendous Hype Against Google Latitude

Trojan Horse: GoGap via Flickr

Social Networking Happy Birthday Stats

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Startup Companies At Blog World Expo

 

Google Trends Launches With Some Problems

ith the new feature, you can supposedly compare unique visitor estimates over time for various sites, making Google trends compete with Quantcast and Compete. Despite various screenshots posted, I can't see the unique traffic numbers for any site I try.A bigger surprise is that you can't see any traffic estimates - even estimates! - for Google.com. Click the image to enlarge further.

Time's 50 Best Websites

Today Time.com is launching its 50 Best Websites for 2008 list. There are some personal favorites represented like Kiva, Mint, and Geni (I like four-letter sites), some I think are premature like Search Me, one or two I think would have been more fitting for 2007 or earlier like Yahoo Answers, and a bunch I haven't heard of and will have to check out soon.Here's a new twist for this year:

SMS Based Charity Systems

There are tons of uses for SMS (text messaging); Clickatell recently published a guide to 101 business uses for SMS. I'm still making my way through it, but it's a great read. Read/Write Web last week posted a great guide to how SMS is being used for giving.

Aftermath Of A Craigslist Scam

The two posts on this blog with the most staying power, drawing comments week in and week out, come from an experience with Craigslist.

Adobe's Media Player, Not Like The Rest

The Adobe Media Player debuted this week, and after learning a little more at the launch party and trying it out myself, I'll share a few thoughts on it. You can also find a screencast I created with the visuals (no voiceover); next time I'll resize it and embed it, but it's my first screencast, so I appreciate your patience.

Who You Should Follow On Twitter

One of the great democratizing forces on Twitter is getting a concise look at the stats someone's followers and who he or she is following. When you're not sure who a person is immediately, there are some heuristics you can use to figure out if they're worth following.

Tax Prep and Social Media

The post starts with a question for two reasons: 1) There's a disclaimer: my agency, 360i, has been working on the emerging media strategy for the campaign described below in conjunction with other agencies and of course everyone at H&R Block.