Coremetrics has revealed the results of their second annual Face of the New Marketer survey. The results show that social media marketing is quickly gaining popularity as a way to gain a competitive edge. However, companies appear to be very reluctant to allocate funds towards the effort. [Read more…]
Microsoft and Facebook have announced that Microsoft will take a $240 million dollar equity stake in Facebook’s next round of financing. They will also expand their existing advertising partnership. [Read more…]
StumbleUpon has launched SearchReviews, a new feature that allows you to discover interesting content anywhere you search. This brings the power of StumbleUpon’s unique recommendation and personalization engine and active social community to traditional search results. [Read more…]
Since Facebook has virtually abandoned the college crowd and opened up its social network to the public, college students have been left out in the cold. College.com is coming to the aid of those college students who feel abandoned by Facebook by launching their own social network. [Read more…]
Here’s an interesting tip that you probably haven’t thought of yet. In fact, this will increase the number of links to your StumbleUpon blog, and will automatically increase the “link juice” to every page that you add, review, or “Stumble” using the StumbleUpon service. [Read more…]
ProfileBuilder, a site that allows you to create, manage, and consolidate your online identity using www.Profil.es, is in the process of acquiring ZingFu, a social networking resource site with over 600,000 members. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. [Read more…]
According to a new survey conducted by Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young LLP, venture capitalists are seeking to tap into new markets. As a result, global deals having to do with Web 2.0 and Social Media (Social Networking, Social Bookmarking), are up a whopping fourteen percent in the first half of 2007. [Read more…]
Pronto.com is the first comparison shopping service to offer social shopping features on their site in order to help you make more informed buying decisions. [Read more…]
ShopAtHome.com, one of the largest “cash back” websites on the internet, is trying their hand at “Web 2.0” by expanding into user generated content: they’ve launched ZestBit.com. Zestbit.com is a new Web 2.0 style shopping site that lets users profit by adding their “how to” expertise to the site. [Read more…]
O’Reilly Media and CMP Technology have just announced the official lineup of speakers for the 4th annual Web 2.0 Summit. This year it will be held at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California from October 17 to October 19, 2007. [Read more…]