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I think it’s safe to say, I can consider myself a bit of a Web 2.0 geek now. I’ve been working at Profy for the past couple of months, and three weeks ago I was interviewed by the BBC who wanted to do an interview with me on BBC Radio Five Live, about my experiences blogging, and they wanted my opinion on Web 2.0. I explained exactly what I did (blogging about Web 2.0, gadgets, technology, the computers and the internet), [...]

Is it possible to have a blog and have no idea on what Technorati is? I doubt it. Technorati allows you, in short, to see what others are saying about your blog, who they are, where they link to you and what they think. It shows a quick brief of what people on the net are searching for and what topics are hot in the blogosphere. Technorati searches the blogosphere regularly, showing the most recent posts and links on the [...]

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The Million Dollar Homepage, created by Alex Tew, the student who made a million, has now embarked on his latest project. Pixelotto. However, after the success of The Million Dollar Homepage, many have been quick to heavily criticize Tew’s latest venture, including TechCrunch, who have called the idea ’stupid’. I wouldn’t go for that, but actually think that now, after it’s been running a week or so, will do very, very well! People appear to be very motivated on both [...]

We have all grown to believe after many people saying so before, that community and user generated content is the king, and evidently the start of the treacherous path forward. But what on earth were Break thinking, when they announced that they’d pay up to $2,000 for a short video clip? The site, formerly Big-Boys, is indeed offering to pay users incredible sums of money, just to upload simple shorts. No experience needed!
Having paid out over $300,000 dollars already, the site [...]

Goowy Media, the company behind the popular personalized start page Yourminis, has recently implemented some major changes to the portal. We have already written about Yourminis at Profy and even interviewed Goowy Media co-founder and CEO Alex Bard. Basically, Yourminis offers you your personalized webpage that lets you view the top digg articles, your stocks, featured YouTube videos, in-portal Google search and more.
So what’s new? Well, it’s all quite amazing really! Some truly spectacular additions make the already superb service one [...]

Some say Web 2.0 doesn’t have a definition. I disagree. But what the hell is it? The point of this article is to explore just that, and lay the finger on precisely what Web 2.0 is. It’s one thing to write about a subject, but it generally helps to know what you’re writing about! I hope this helps.
It was a fair time ago that the comic above was published, for all to see. It was widely viewed and hit the [...]

MyBlogLog. Perhaps not the website you were expecting? Well, let me tell you some things about the website which you might, or might not have known. This is one of the internet’s most consistent, free advertising bases. Simply submit a site, and gradually, you will see the hits start flowing in. Through MyBlogLog, my website gets 50 extra unique hits each and every day, according to Google Analytics. This might not sound much, but in a year, that’s over 18,000 additional [...]

MySpace. It’s a very large company, but pinning an interview down on a single individual took time. I had to pick someone interesting. I finally decided upon Jon Merz. He’s a writer for MySpace, but not just any old writer. Jon was the first ever hired by the company, and I’m pleased to reveal this interview with him.
So Jon. Tell me. How did you first become a writer for MySpace?
Well, I contacted MySpace and after many months of back-and-forth communication, [...]

Not that long ago I wrote a post about several changes that were going on at MySpace. Apparently, the Google search bit of my post turned out to be correct, with the website now completely Googlized in the search area. With the $900 million search advertising deal now coming into effect, both sides are feeling the profits roll in.

The Differences?
Not many, truth to tell. Apart from a little, fairly unobtrusive Google logo showing up on every MySpace.com page, and people’s [...]