Articles in Web 2.0
Facebook has long clustered feed posts by type: friending people, changing profile pics, playing games, etc.
Here are two examples of Facebook clustering feed posts by content… which is a bigger & more important concept …
Not entirely sure what to make of it but I am seeing an significant number of empty Apple ad units: “Test Advertisement: This confirms that test ads are running correctly”. It also (potentially) confirms that …
Persistent headers / footers have become common, hip design treatments. It of course makes sense: actionable links / content follow you throughout the page… so better navigation is always nearby & easy.
I write a lot about Facebook Deals and I start each post with something along the lines of: I am not sure what Facebook Deals will become, but I give Facebook a lot of credit …
Over the past couple days, I have been seeing the following ad units in my GMail accounts:
- the top sidebar ad is prominently separated from others
- it is in an entirely different treatment that includes …
It wasn’t long ago that Facebook rolled out their commenting system to off-Facebook publishers. They then enabled @ tagging within Facebook comments. And now it appears that they are enabling more robust content creation / …
Google Plus now has 20m+ users and a the press can’t get enough of it. The obvious question is what does engagement look like both near and long-term. One indicator is referral traffic. So here …
This is powerful. And it happens to showcase my favorite brand, Dunkin Donuts… so of course I had to share it:
It’s been a year of chess moves between Google, Apple, Facebook and Twitter. For example, look at the last few weeks alone:
- Google+ launches as Google’s social effort (and its good)
- iOS5 is announced with …
Facebook Ads are becoming more and more Sponsored Stories – effectively friend-endorsed Facebook Pages or Posts. I love the concept (friends vouching for a particular brand, discussions, offer, etc). The ad units are enjoyably familiar …





