As enamored as the tech world can be with the business to consumer relationships of Web 2.0 applications, Google understands what companies like Microsoft and IBM do - the real money is in business to business relationships.
Researchers at IBM Almaden have been developing a semantic search process that can delve into unstructured text to retrieve structured information.
Marketing discussions and efforts at gaining the attention of the elusive teen market take different forms, in looking at how one Internet titan and one relative newcomer give it a try.
Just try to read this without feeling like you're sitting in the back of the classroom, snickering with your buddies at the slightest hint of double entendre – you know, she said jacket, heh heh.
Social traffic is fantastic because:
It’s highly targeted
It’s immediate
It’s low cost and often free
The downside is because of it’s interactive nature (which contributes to it’s virality), spam marketers will always try to flood you, and drown out your message with their spam.
This includes, but is not limited to:
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Second Life is the virtual world that's getting all the attention these days, especially in the English-speaking world.