Monthly Archives: December 2006

Problem with Trackbacks

Posted on December 30, 2006 by

Recently, I got a trackback from a blog that seemed to have very little in common with my blog or the specific post I had. Upon further review, I found that the blog belonged to purveyors of a nasty little … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Identity, Reputation, trackback | 3 Comments

Blogging in India

Posted on December 22, 2006 by

I am in India for a couple of weeks visiting family and wrapping up some business. Before coming here I was excited about the prospect of working in India, as most of the family we are staying with, now have … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, BSNL, India, technology | 9 Comments

Future of Blogging

Posted on December 18, 2006 by

Gartner recently came out with a new report with company’s top 10 predictions for 2007. I haven’t seen the report (it costs $995) but their press release does a good job of summarizing the predictions: Blogging and community contributors will peak … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Social Media, technology | 3 Comments

Influence Scale

Posted on December 13, 2006 by

Check out the post at TrivialTV blog that details, via a graph, the relationship between inbound links and visitors to a site (Great data and thanks for making it public)… In August 2006 I painstakingly harvested data to investigate the … Continue reading →

Posted in Attention, Blogging, Identity, Reputation | 2 Comments

De-Portalization

Posted on December 11, 2006 by

There is a lot of buzz of late in the blogosphere about this idea of De-Portalization. Fred Wilson got the discussion started and coined the term to discuss and suggest a strategy for Yahoo!. Edgeio explained it the best with … Continue reading →

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Corporate Blogging

Posted on December 10, 2006 by

I just finished reading the latest Scoble book – Naked Conversation. This book provides an interesting take, on how Blogs are changing the way businesses talk with customers. The driving force behind the trend, is the advent of social media … Continue reading →

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eBay ratings booster

Posted on December 7, 2006 by

I came across this fascinating piece on Auctionbyte, about how some users are gaming the eBay rating system. Many eBay users are familiar with sellers who use a low-price/high-shipping strategy to manipulate eBay search results. But less well known is … Continue reading →

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Online community numbers

Posted on December 5, 2006 by

The Center for the Digital Future at the USC Annenberg School recently came out with a new report titled, “Surveying the Digital Future”. This year’s report had an interesting module looking at on-line communities and social networking. The full report … Continue reading →

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Don’t trust, just verify

Posted on December 1, 2006 by

Francois Gossieaux, president of Corante, Inc., has an interesting post about lack of community spirit and trust in corporate cultures. He points to some interesting statistics from a study by American Management Association. …76% of companies monitor employee web site … Continue reading →

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