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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, [...]

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]