In a previous article I talked about the 3 C’s of Marketing as explained at John Jantsch’s Duct Tape
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When searching for health information online, it’s hard to know what sites are trustworthy. Google has a system for marking authoritative results, but by the company’s own admission most users are unaware of how to interpret the indicators. So how can the experience of searching for health-related information be improved?

MarketPerception will allow stock market followers to invest their opinions in what they think will happen with a stock over the course of a trading day.

Online U.S. Hispanics adopt media and technology at a greater rate than the rest of the population, according to research from Yahoo Telemundo and Experian Simmons Research.

Hispanics are at the top of the general market when it comes to "media meshing" and the use of key mobile phone features as they spend over half of their day with television, Internet and technology gadgets.

The firms I talk to about community building seem to fall into two categories – those that want a Web community right now, and those that question the very value of communities.

If you’re afraid of seeing photos on the Flickr site that don’t quite match your personal tolerance for adult content, the image sharing site has a new filtering feature that you should enjoy. Photographers who see themselves as artists may not be as enthused.

Social Media is a hot phrase currently. It’s an extension of the idea implicit in that Times Magazine selection of YOU (that’s all of us) as Person Of The Year in 2006.

SXSW Liveblogging: Community Ecology: Finding Balance When Working with Fan Groups

"How to best nurture your online community ecosystem in order to avoid fan burnout, maintain balance between community and company goals, and drive business success."

"Many companies are so focused on the goal of building a community in order to exploit it that they skip a crucial step that ultimately hurts their business plan: Collaborating with users/customers to build a product or experience that can dominate the market because it’s great. It is possible to strike that balance: Building community, maintaining credibility, meeting organizational objectives.Meet company leaders whose models are steeped in user collaboration — and who have been working on the ground level themselves."

In the past week, USA Today has jumped into the water of Web 2.0 by adopting a social media platform to allow readers and editors to begin having a conversation. This is yet another significant benchmark in adoption of social media. USA Today is a well known media outlet that services a nationwide audience:

Per the USA Today media kit

From the desktop to the mobile, even to the Nintendo Wii, Opera Software’s free networking site offers its users several points of access.