Friday Blog Scan: Things We Liked from the Week That Was

Posted on 01. May, 2009 by Jason Steele

Programmable Web keeps a running directory of mashups adding 36 new ones last week to the list. Lot’s of good ideas here for real estate considering the varied use of Flickr, Google maps and Twitter.

Do you have a mobile version (dotmobi) of your Website? You might want to seriously consider doing so if you haven’t. ClickZ provides some basic comScore stats that indicate the exploding use of mobile search, which more than doubled from January 2008-January 2009.

According to NikNik, Lifestreaming is “an effective way to organize and display your collective thoughts, ideas, blog posts, and social connections that you share online.” Her post Lifestreaming Real Estate Web Content, explains what lifestreaming is and how real estate agents can strategically think about how and what to choose to share in their lifestream, as well as where they can make it available.

Twitter is growing exponentially. But… is there a retention problem? Quick burnout? It appears there might be. Check this post from Nielsen

Which commericals turn you on? Which ones turn you off? Marilyn from  Wav Group gives up this post on what some companies are doing to create really compelling ads.

Posted by Jason Steele in Commentary Tags: Advertisement, Agents, ClickZ, Commercials, comScore, DotMobi, Flickr, Google Maps, LifeStreaming, Mashups, Mobile Search, Mobile Websites, MyTechOpinion, Nicole Nicolay, Nielsen, Programmable Web, Real estate, social media, Social Networking, twitter, Wav Group