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Come on, really? Well, it was enough to read this over several sites, including a recent WebProNews article named Do Facebook and Twitter Threaten or Complement the News Industry?. A lot of news syndications have handles online and I doubt they are hurting. In fact, the choice to have an internet handle, I am pretty sure it has been a great help. People are spending more time online than they did years ago, so of course, even big news stations want a piece of the attention. In fact, Nielsen Ratings published in December 2009 that users were spending over 5 and a half hours on social network sites like Facebook and Twitter. Apparently this was an 82% increase from 2008′s statistics.

However, let me share this. Those social networks are made of people sharing information from various sources, including news sites like Yahoo!, CNN, MSN, TechCrunch, Mashable, and more. There is a wealth of information being passed around and retweeted or shared. This takes nothing away from news sites. Social network sites are a means to share the news with others who have similar interests. I do not have to be the one to tell those reading this article. You only have to watch your Twitter streams to see it happening in real time everyday.

So no… I do not think social network sites are hurting the news industry. Maybe it is hurting the small time news that might want to look toward having their own handle to keep or attract more readers/ viewers.

Do you feel social networking sites might be hurting the news industry?

According to TechCrunch’s recent article Facebook Snatches User’s Vanity URL And Sells It To Harman International, it is a prime example that your username is not totally yours. Lucky for the guy Harman Bajwa, that with TechCrunch’s help and enough responses, they released the vanity URL back to him. This is just one incident out of many others. Your username, if it holds anything of interest to a bigger company, could be pulled out from under you. Now, just because Harman was able to, we all cannot get TechCrunch to stand in the corner. Kind of sucks for the regular Read More →

Trending topics are something I like to look at on occasion, especially if the topics listed on Twitter are something that falls in to any of my interests. Of course, something I like to look for entertainment reasons. I am sure a lot of other people feel the same way. However, I am finding there are a lot of people that just have no brains about what is trending. And example of this is the most recent trending topic fail labeled RIP Johnny Depp or just Johnny Depp. This could have been prevented if people did not give into the Read More →

I saw through my Twitter stream someone using Gowalla, and was curious to what it was all about. Gowalla (@gowalla on Twitter) is a site made for people to share where they are in the world. Might sound a bit like telling too much or a way for people to become a bit stalker-ish, but those on the go and use to being social, this is a way to allow people who are interested to know more about you. You can share if you had a beer or shopped at places like the Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois. Or if Read More →

I admire Google for coming out with their own browser. I really do. I went from being a Yahoo! Internet search gal, to Google search years ago. I even prefer Firefox over Internet Explorer. I honestly tried to like Google Chrome. They said it was fast. It was kind of fast. They said it was great. It was kind of. BUT… I still use Firefox, and even Opera too. I just have no stomach for Google Chrome. The browser is not as fast, and in fact, the first time I launched it… I got the blue screen of death. That Read More →

So Google seems to be seriously looking into reasons why they should stay in or pull out of China. Whether it is the right thing for Google to pull out of China for business reasons as mentioned in TechCrunch, or for the greater good – the fact is that Google can do what they like. Hacking happens all the time. Ten years ago, we were raving about Yahoo! getting hacked on New Year’s Eve. I remember that because I was online as it was happening and was in shock like the rest of the users on. I have nothing really Read More →

I came across Revision Diet after looking for a temporary plugin solution for my blog, Blondish.net. For those unaware, I just cute 150 static pages from the site, but I still have over 120 static pages, and over 300 blog posts. Just imagine the number of revisions I have hoarded! It was insane an putting some strain on the allocation I gave to my individual hosting account on my server. Installation was easy, and using the plugin is really simple. All you have to do is put the number of revisions you will allow your blog to remember. After that, Read More →

Mashable published Why Social Media Isn’t for Everyone, which tells how some people might not want to turn to using social media marketing strategies. HOGWASH! I am actually giggling about the word, but it is as close I can get to what I wanted to say… so please do not ask. I am trying to be nice. The problem with Mashable’s paper thin article tells me that without doing research, they lost out…whether on their own business or for a company. A successful social media strategist will learn about their product and find ways to make sure all the questions Read More →