Sucked into the Facebook vortex isn’t such a bad thing

Source: saunderslog.com

That giant sucking sound many web properties feared as Facebook gobbled up their users may, in fact, be the sound of their own sites inhaling added revenues.  New data from Quantcast suggests that existing web properties who choose to build Facebook apps are seeing a spike in the traffic on their old sites.  Hmmm…. I guess the question of whether to view Facebook as competition or a partner has been answered for these folks.

It’s not that surprising, though.  Given Facebook’s undeniable popularity, viral distribution model, and high page rank it makes sense that anchors planted there would lead back to the host site. 

Published on July 24th, 2007 under


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SquawkBox March 19 - The Facebook Episode

Source: saunderslog.com

Today was the Facebook episode. 
We’re discussed three things:

Yesterday Facebook announced a whole new suite of privacy controls.  We talked about what they are, and whether peo…

Published on March 19th, 2008 under , ,

A gentle criticism of F8

Source: saunderslog.com

Inside Facebook reports on the recent changes made by Facebook in how developers can use "requests" and "notifications".  In principle, these are welcome changes designed…

Published on February 29th, 2008 under , , ,

"FREE Conference Calls" By iotum on Facebook

Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com

I am very happy to see fellow blogger Alec Saunders‘ iotum going global with it’s FREE Conference Calls application on facebook. iotum is supported by a international group of companies…

Lance Ulanoff, did you graduate journalism school?

Source: saunderslog.com

Wow. 
‘Journalism’ has hit a new low with this piece of drivel from Lance Ulanoff.   The Death Spiral for Facebook?  C’mon.  Lance rehashes old news reports from a year…

Published on February 26th, 2008 under , ,

How corporate America imitates phone fraudsters and puts consumers at risk.

Source: saunderslog.com

It appears that major corporations, like AT&T and AMEX, are using the same techniques as phone phishing scammers to contact customers.  On Monday, this will be the topic of the SquawkBox…

Published on February 23rd, 2008 under , , , ,

Facebook implements easy app block

Source: saunderslog.com

On January 30, Facebook implement a feature called "Ignore all requests", which allowed users to wipe out the hundreds of spam requests that were clogging Facebook profiles.  It was…

Published on February 20th, 2008 under , ,

$52 billion in Mobile Social Network revenue by 2012?

Source: saunderslog.com

Informa Telecoms says mobile social network revenues could reach $52 billion by 2012.  $52 big ones….
Of course, the press release doesn’t actually say what mobile social networks…

Published on February 11th, 2008 under , , , ,

mig33 targets the US with Blackberry

Source: saunderslog.com

Most of mig33’s 10 million users are from outside North America.  With their roots in south-east Asia, and their focus on mobile devices, mig33’s subscriber base has come from yout…

Published on February 7th, 2008 under , , , , , ,

Squawk Box Feb 5: Facebook Garage and Share on Ovi

Source: saunderslog.com

Today’s Squawk Box focussed on Facebook with a pair of participants sharing the things they learned at Toronto Facebook garage attending by Dave Morin from Facebook.
Then the conversation…

Published on February 5th, 2008 under , , , ,

Squawk Box Feb 4: Yahoo-Microsoft, Twitter and Garmin

Source: saunderslog.com

Today’s Squawk Box was a little different because it was recorded from a hotel lobby in Toronto which did not prevent us from discussing the tech headlines of the day and the past week-end…

Published on February 4th, 2008 under , , , , , , ,

Facebook Email Is Killing Me

Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

It’s 640 AM on the west coast. I have spent the last 50 minutes doing nothing but reading, replying and deleting emails.

Many are simple Google notifications, some of which lead to blog posts…

Published on January 29th, 2008 under , ,

Deloitte TMT Predictions

Source: saunderslog.com

Live notes from Duncan Stewart’s presentation this morning:
The TMT predictions are a 1 year snapshot.  These are the hot areas for the next 12 months. 
— Internet —
The rising…

Published on January 24th, 2008 under , , , , , , , , ,

Mayhew’s Facebook Tips and Tricks Call

Source: saunderslog.com

Last night I participate in a call titled Facebook Tips and Tricks.  It went on for 90 minutes, but it was terrific.  Organized by Mark Mayhew, again, it combined a good mix of Facebook Newbies…

Published on January 22nd, 2008 under , , ,

Operators want to unlock subscriber data

Source: saunderslog.com

Unsurprisingly,  a survey by UK based Apertio suggests that operators are looking to gain value from their subscriber data. 
The survey found CSPs feel that to effectively compete with newcomers,…

Published on January 22nd, 2008 under , , , , , ,

Pownce panned

Source: saunderslog.com

Pownce apparently opened up to the public last night at midnight.  TechCrunch gave it an enthusiastic write up when it first went to beta, and again yesterday. The comment stream on TechCrunc…

Published on January 22nd, 2008 under , , , ,

Squawk Box Jan 21: Slide, Nokia, Facebook and AT&T

Source: saunderslog.com

It’s been a pretty quiet blogging day, despite the turmoil on the financial markets.  Martin Luther King day in the United States meant that tech news was slow.  In the midst of a 600…

Published on January 21st, 2008 under , , , , , ,

OpenID and the Telegraph

Source: saunderslog.com

OpenID seems to be building a head of steam.  Following announcements by Google and Yahoo, this morning UK newspaper the Telegraph announced that they would also become an OpenID provider,…

Published on January 21st, 2008 under , , , , ,

Nokia and Facebook sitting in a tree…

Source: saunderslog.com

You know the rest of that old rhyme, I’m sure.
One by one the dominoes are falling.  First there was Apple with Facebook on iPhone.  Then RIM with Facebook on Blackberry, and Microsoft…

Published on January 21st, 2008 under , , , , , , ,

Dark Days At Yahoo? Nokia and Facebook Kissing?

Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

PaidCotent.org has two very interesting stories that are worth reading.

Yahoo may be making massive job cuts.

Facebook and Nokia may be working together…

Published on January 21st, 2008 under , , ,

Mark Mayhew’s “telecollaboration”

Source: saunderslog.com

Last night I participated in Mark Mayhew’s "telecollaboration" event titled Facebook Presence Developers.  It was super.  Mark is cranking away on building a name for himself…

Published on January 19th, 2008 under , , ,
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