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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nI’m respecting your limited time by publishing this weekly digest on the Social Networking space, which I cover as an industry analyst. By creating this digest (I started this over a year ago) it really helps me to stay on top of the space I cover.<\/p>\n
I’ve created a new category called Digest (view archives)<\/a>. Start with the Web Strategy Summary, then quickly scan the succinct and categorized headlines, read text for my take, and click link to dive in for more. <\/p>\n Subscribe to this blog in your feedreader<\/a>, or use the email subscription box in the right column.<\/p>\n Web Strategy Summary<\/strong> Funding: Telligent raises $20mm from Intel <\/strong> Deplyoment: NYT launches social network<\/strong> Advertising: MySpace lets users create their own ads<\/strong> White Paper: Trends and Best Practices via Awareness<\/strong> Partnership: Lithium and Omniture <\/strong> Launch: Widgetbox launches widget network<\/strong> Features: KickApps expands video capabilities<\/strong> Mobile: Mac users connect on iPhone <\/strong> Usage: Facebook redesign causes dip<\/strong> Quirk: Facebook ‘hole’ peers into fandom<\/strong> Culture: College recruiters scan Facebook<\/strong> Culture: Facebook profiles detect Narcisicism<\/strong> If you’re a social network, or widget company, I want to know of your news, send me an email, or leave a comment below. Help me stay up to date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m respecting your limited time by publishing this weekly digest on the Social Networking space, which I cover as an industry analyst. By creating this digest (I started this over a year ago) it really helps me to stay on top of the space I … Continue readingWeekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: Sept 24, 2008<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digest","category-social-networking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTelligent, a community platform (white label social network) raises a significant 20 million from Intel Capital. The New York Times, often a powerhouse media company has adopted social features into their website. MySpace lets users create their own ads.<\/p>\n
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\nWhite label vendor Telligent raises 20 million from Intel Capital<\/a>, this money can help them last the test of time past many competitors, or could spur on development and investment to take them to the next level. I’ll be watching closely, as next to Ning, this is one of the largest funds raised in this space.<\/p>\n
\nYet another media company launching their social features to build community, the New York Times leads the trend<\/a>, right along side Fast Company. Expect to see more deployments as companies adopt vendors like KickApps and Pluck for rapid deployment.<\/p>\n
\nUsers can now create their own ads, and these screenshots from Cnet<\/a>. The interface makes it easy, much like creating your own blog theme and then launching your ads on their network.<\/p>\n
\nOne of the few Community Platforms to launch their own survey and then develop a report and white paper, Awareness launches their own resource center with their recent white paper<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nLithium Technologies and Omniture Partner to Integrate Social Media<\/a> into Web Analytics. Expect more deals to be cut over the coming months –esp after my coming event.<\/p>\n
\nHarnassing a federation of bloggers, and content publishers, Widgetbox launches a network through 29 vertical channels<\/a>. Much like how Technorati, Blogher, Federated Media, Glam, Gawker have done, expect this advertising network to reach to brands for vertical based marketing.<\/p>\n
\n“KickApps Kicks it Up Another Notch With User Controlled Video Ads<\/a>” reports mashable, allowing<\/p>\n
\nNet4mac a social networking feature comes to iPhone<\/a>, letting Mac users and owners connect with each other.<\/p>\n
\nIs the Facebook redesign causing user rejection? USAToday <\/a>things so, and this piece indicates that users may not be adopting the Facebook redesign<\/a> as they might have readily hoped. Link from colleague Zach Hofer-Shall<\/a><\/p>\n
\nUnexpected hole in Facebook allows members to peer and see what other members are ‘fans’ of<\/a>. This instance shows what Zuckerberg loves.<\/p>\n
\nMany students are unaware of the impacts of their online behaviors on social networks –and how they impact getting into college, and getting jobs. We now know that college recruiters are skimming and rejecting applicants<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nIndividuals with lots of friends and the “myspace angle” photos could be self-centered<\/a>. Quite possible, or they may be trying to build up their business network (as in my case) <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n