The Cuil new search engine… but how Cuil is it?

29Jul08

I noticed a large number of ‘Tweets‘ from my Twitter feed about a new search engine called ‘Cuil’ which has been created by former employees of Google, and for some a possible threat to Google’s dominance. The Google association has without doubt helped feed the publicity for what otherwise could have just [...]

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Tags: browsers, cuil, google, msn, safari, search engines, seo, yahoo

Google asks are you in the Knol

24Jul08

Google have launched Knol, trumpted as a potential threat to Wikipedia, though for me more another source of information (as part of an information mix) and opportunity for individuals and organisations to demonstrate and share their knowledge and specialities.
For companies, organisations and individuals, Knol offers a huge opportunity. A chance for them to show that they [...]

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Tags: google, knol, knowledge, social media, web 2.0, wikipedia

Getting an identi.ca

22Jul08

I have been a great fan of Twitter for sometime, however lots of copy cat sites keep popping up and today I checked out identi.ca the latest that had come to my attention.
Signing up is not as easy as it could be. The sign up form does not include any dynamic verification so that only [...]

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Tags: identi.ca, microblog, microblogging, twitter

Five Social Media must do for politicians

17Jun08

There are thousands of social media sites, which for someone who hasn’t even got a Facebook profile must be overwhelming. Whilst I have written about creating a profile network I realise that to start with many politicians will need to take a few ‘baby’ steps into the realm of social media and enabling their constituents [...]

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Tags: bebo, facebook, google, political blogging, politicians, profile network, social media, twitter, twittering, val shawcross, youtube

Fake profiles on Facebook, is someone pretending to be you?

16Jun08

One of the greatest compliments is to be copied, however if you are a famous person someone pretending to be you is full of hazards especially if they use your photograph, name, location and age to try and persuade people they are you then write as you saying things you may not want to be [...]

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Tags: benny hill, facebook, fake profiles, gordon brown, politicians, profile network