Archive for November, 2008
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New Niche Social Network ‘Tipd.com’ Officially Launches TodayNov 18 2008 | Social Networks |
At 10e20, we like to keep on top of things happening in the Internet world and we’ve been keenly watching Tipd.com since its beta launch a few weeks ago. Today, they officially launch Tip’d 1.0. Tip’d is a hot new social media site for financing, investing and business topics. Given the current financial state of the world, we think that Tip’d will quickly become your number one choice for learning about all things financial.
To help ensure that Tip’d always features the latest and the best financial news and content, they’ve been building relationships with publishers in the niche. These connections have help them get engaging, interesting and factual content.
Based on feedback from their beta launch from community members, they’ve been working feverishly to make changes and improvements. Here are just a few of the major ones:
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Using Video Annotations to Raise Awareness and Website TrafficNov 17 2008 | Video |
One of the easiest ways to raise the visibility of your site with video on YouTube is to use video “annotations”. Annotations are short textual notes that you can post in the video player and publish to your videos. And while annotations don’t yet allow you to link OUT of YouTube, they do allow you type in a URL in text form without linking, which is 1 step in the right direction to tying your great video content back to your site/brand name.
There are currently 3 useful types of annotations:
- notes
- speech bubbles
- spotlights
What do annotations and speech bubbles look like? This video has a brief example of both.
Why are annotations useful?
- Write in your domain name or
- Write in further information about your brand or products.
- Write in addresses, locations, names.
