Blogs about: User Generated Content

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LocalPeople an Interesting Hybrid Local Concept1 comment

Greg Sterling wrote 2 days ago: London-based social directory TrustedPlaces has teamed up with Associated Northcliffe Digital (owned … more →

Tags: classifieds, Europe, Internet Yellow Pages, Local Search, Newspapers

Twitter vs. FB: Which Is More Effective for Local?7 comments

Greg Sterling wrote 2 days ago: I just spoke in some detail with Dylan Fuller who is behind the “Cheers to Social Media” … more →

Tags: Blog-related, Small Business

Yelp Adds Sharing on Facebook and Twitter1 comment

Greg Sterling wrote 2 days ago: Yelp is adding a capability that allows users to easily and automatically share their reviews on Fac … more →

Tags: Blog-related, Local Search

Web 'to go' - Blogging on the Train

Rob Brown wrote 2 days ago: I am writing this blog post from the discomfort of a hot train carriage en route from Grantham to Ma … more →

Tags: Blogs and Blogging, 3G, Carriage, grantham, iPhone, manchester, train

Why We Love Oyster.com3 comments

Troy wrote 3 days ago: Oyster V. TripAdvisor, a battle to the death. Tip of the hat to @davitydave for letting a lot of us … more →

Tags: Authur Frommer, Hotels, Oyster, Trends, tripadvisor, UGC, Website Design, Frommers, Hotel Review

Social Media and Local Events2 comments

Greg Sterling wrote 3 days ago: Dylan Fuller has an excellent case study reflecting how he and a colleague successfully used social … more →

Tags: Blog-related, Social search/community

Have you tried blerping yet?

kerryn27 wrote 3 days ago: Media Update has recently subscribed to Blerp – a social networking website that allows you to start … more →

Tags: Online, Website, facebook, Blog, Internet, twitter, Blogging, social networking, Comments

some thoughts on user-generated content and the arts..

culturalbranding wrote 3 days ago: Technology and the rise of user-generated content will radically change the traditional model of art … more →

Tags: Culture, Digital, Innovation, arts_sponsorship, art_babble, british_museum, Business, david_incandela, gallery

it's the ugc, stupid...

deapthought wrote 3 days ago: or is it? one of the things that continues to baffle others about burrp.com is how we’ve been … more →

Tags: Internet Stuff, UGC, Social Media, social web

The Amazing & Incredibly Addicting IMDb

gfsnell3 wrote 4 days ago: In high school and through summers in college, two of my best friends managed the local movie house. … more →

Tags: Business, Content Creation, Social Media, Web 2.0, Amazon.com, IMDB, Movies

More on Twitter and Local Eateries4 comments

Greg Sterling wrote 4 days ago: The beauty of Twitter is its simplicity. At the EconSM conference in San Francisco a couple months a … more →

Tags: Blog-related, Small Business

Merchant Cir. Goes Live with Coupons on Twitter2 comments

Greg Sterling wrote 5 days ago: They’re not the first but this may prove to be a significant move for MerchantCircle: distribu … more →

Tags: Small Business, Local Search, Coupons

How much does this brand impression "YouTube" mean to Google?

martiniak wrote 5 days ago: One type of question I hear a lot is something like “What is YouTube worth to Google?” Since I’m in … more →

Tags: attribution, Google, web 2. 0, YouTube, Social Media, Social Marketing, Viral marketing, Branding, brand advertising

Got Ideas? Tech Companies Crowdsource Creativity With Contests2 comments

Jennifer Martinez wrote 5 days ago: [qi:115] As the economic downturn has hammered companies’ advertising budgets, many businesses … more →

Tags: CNN, Innovation, media, NYT Enterprise, SYN Feature Enterprise, Amazon, challengepost, crowdsourcing, Esther Dyson

Top Irish Websites - Summer 2009

Brendan wrote 6 days ago: It is always interesting to see how Internet usage in Ireland changes over time. The latest update f … more →

Tags: Business Online, Living Online, News, Blog, Business, facebook, Internet, Ireland, online shopping

Vark Comes Out of Private Beta2 comments

Greg Sterling wrote 1 week ago: Ever since we wrote about Mosio in October of 2007 we’ve been watching and waiting for someone … more →

Tags: Directory assistance, Local Search, Mobile

Twitter/Tweets as Analytics Tool

Greg Sterling wrote 1 week ago: URL shorteners like bit.ly provide link tracking data that can be valuable to publishers and markete … more →

Tags: Mobile, Traditional Media

Don't ignore the social web

BJ Clark wrote 1 week ago: I recently watched @garyvee’s keynote at Big Omaha. It’s great, and he makes a really gr … more →

Tags: Design, social web, facebook, Social Networks, twitter

Google City Tours: Start of Something Good1 comment

Greg Sterling wrote 1 week ago: As many others have discussed, Google has introduced a new service in Labs called City Tours. It all … more →

Tags: Mobile, Local Search, Verticals, Video