First came Web 2.0, which begot social networking, which morphed into a much easier term to hype called Social Media. While Web 2.0 is considered to be more of an umbrella term for a new philosophy for how ...
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More startups are cutting jobs as America drives deeper into recession. Hi5 has cut 15 positions, and Zivity has cut 1/3rd of staff, according to VentureBeat.
It's the tip of the iceberg, with many more job cuts to ...
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Mark Evans put it more kindly than I would when he said in a post this morning that "Seesmic illustrates the ugly side of the Web 2.0 landscape". Mark's point being that there are a lot of ...
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GoDaddy is trying to snag its share of the social media market with a new all-in-one 2.0 tool called SmartSpace. The service gives you a pre-made social setup available immediately upon domain registration, letting you blog ...
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Hard economic times are already having a noticeable effect on the tech blogosphere, with bloggers dividing into camps split between negative (doom and gloom) and positive camps. We've been covering both sides here at The Inquisitr, sometimes ...
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At the best of times I am really ambivalent about this whole Web 2.0 and social media stuff that is sitting on the edge of the toilet as we speak due to the current economic situation. In ...
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Three sets of analysts reports out this week indicate that web advertising will continue to grow, despite the onset of a recession and the end of the second web bubble.
The bad news in the reports is that ...
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I wrote yesterday that using the economy as an excuse for failure doesn't stack up. In that post I noted that the economic downturn may actually offer new opportunities, such as increased users as people go out ...
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How do people working in the web industry get hands on experience in doing a startup from scratch? The traditional path is to actually do your own startup, but not everyone has the skill set needed to ...
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The future of professional blogging may lie in the age-old model of tipping -- at least, that's what Salon.com appears to be hoping.
The site has just opened its Open Salon service into public beta with plans for ...
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Ever wonder who's on top when it comes to Web 2.0 services? Hitwise Intelligence has some answers.
The research company has released a list of the top 20 Web 2.0 sites based on U.S. visits in July. ...
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Facebook is reaching new heights in the UK -- and that means MySpace is slipping.
New analysis out from Hitwise today shows Facebook taking 45 percent of all social network traffic in the UK in June. Both ...
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Search analysis startup Enquisite has secured a hefty $3.2 million in funding.
Enquisite, around since 2006, works with web sites to help them improve their search rankings with the major engines. The company calls its methods "next ...
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A new article by the Financial Times claims the Web 2.0 movement is changing behavior but not making money.
The FT says online entrepreneurs have "produced little in the way of revenue" despite the progress made in content ...
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