Social networks are creating a high valuable information. Which, in part, is proved by the interest that it awoke in businesses like Google.
Some months ago, Google announced OpenSocial API, a project that try to create a standard way to access that information.
Now Google has announced SocialGraph API. An API which we can access to the currently non-standardized information. Two ways to resolve the same problem ¿aren't it?.
A thing that begins me to frighten is the violation of the privacy, Great Brother and others. With a simple query to the web somebody could know my profile, my favorite web pages, who are my friends, ... Are we not going too far? .... Imagine what our enemies would be able to do with this information.
For more information you can see the folowing article:
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/02/google_social_graph_api.html
sábado, 2 de febrero de 2008
lunes, 28 de enero de 2008
No more market research, get real-time feedback!
I'm reading the following book on Google's management model, "The Google Model: A Management Breakthrough", which I really recommend ;-)
According to Bernand Girard, Google created a community which was a determinant point in its success. For example, by allowing its employees to create their own blogs, Google interacted directly with its more innovative clients, which allowed it to create and adapt the products needed by these clients. As the discussions with the innovators was public this fed through to more imitators and therefore more sales, increasing the areas under both curves in the "Bass diffusion model".
With blogs Google opinions leaders reach ten times more people and increase its reputation. And as is mentioned in the following article, a good reputation allows you to sell more at a higher price: "The value of reputation on eBay: a controlled experiment".
According to Bernand Girard, Google created a community which was a determinant point in its success. For example, by allowing its employees to create their own blogs, Google interacted directly with its more innovative clients, which allowed it to create and adapt the products needed by these clients. As the discussions with the innovators was public this fed through to more imitators and therefore more sales, increasing the areas under both curves in the "Bass diffusion model".
With blogs Google opinions leaders reach ten times more people and increase its reputation. And as is mentioned in the following article, a good reputation allows you to sell more at a higher price: "The value of reputation on eBay: a controlled experiment".
jueves, 24 de enero de 2008
How GWT, Gadget and OpenSocial can help us to create social network apps?
Didier Girands gives us a practical example of how we can create a social application in half a day. He starts with MyForms (GWT), continue with Google Gadget and finish with OpenSocial.
http://www.slideshare.net/dgirard/javapolis-gwt-gadget-opensocial
http://www.slideshare.net/dgirard/javapolis-gwt-gadget-opensocial
miércoles, 23 de enero de 2008
What P2P Lending beneath
Web 2.0 is a new buzz word ¿isn't it?. But not all that glitters is gold. In the next post Echevari gives us another point of view about P2P lending.
http://www.rankia.com/blog/echevarri/2007/07/el-p2p-en-la-intermediacin-financiera.html
http://www.rankia.com/blog/echevarri/2007/07/el-p2p-en-la-intermediacin-financiera.html
Tomatime, open source to create social networks
It has a "Web Retrosocial" license ( if you have benefits must be destined to child aid efforts ).
This application is implemented over Ruby on Rails and is created by Flowers In Space.
martes, 22 de enero de 2008
Samples of Web 2.0 in financial services
I like the next article because we can see how the web 2.0 is starting to penetrate financial services. The article gives us real financial examples of several web 2.0 core aspects, like RIA or Mashups.
Leveraging Web 2.0 in Financial Services
Leveraging Web 2.0 in Financial Services
Developing Web 2.0 in comunity, by Sun
This is a most technical vision about Web 2.0 of Sun people:
http://jaime.cid.googlepages.com/JC_Web20_OpenSource_WhyFLOSS2007.ppt (spanish)
He talks about used technologies and how Java 5 EE helps to develop this kind of applications.
http://jaime.cid.googlepages.com/JC_Web20_OpenSource_WhyFLOSS2007.ppt (spanish)
He talks about used technologies and how Java 5 EE helps to develop this kind of applications.
Pretty complete list of social software (Wikipedia)
More stuff for our "Live the Web 2.0 experience; practice what you preach".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_software
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_software
Other social networks
...and for completeness, a set of other social networks I don't think we need to spend time on:
Spain:
Tuenti: De reciente creación y accesible solo por invitación, ha despertado gran interés y un crecimiento muy acelerado para conectar a jóvenes universitarios y de nivel secundario.
eConozco: se presenta como una herramienta que te permite contactar con miles de profesionales a través de tus conocidos de confianza y donde puedes accede a nuevas oportunidades para desarrollar tu carrera profesional. Fue también adquirida por Xing, fusionandose recientemente con dicha red.
Cielo: parece la red más completa, combina contactos en línea con una comunidad cara a cara donde estos medios se complementan el uno al otro.
Dejaboo.net: que es una red social orientada a la cultura, en la que los usuarios pueden compartir sus reseñas y gustos literarios, musicales o de cine, la cual anuncian que sigue en fase de pruebas.
Qdamos: se anuncia como el nuevo portal para buscar pareja y amigos en Español. El registro y todos los servicios son gratuitos.
Festuc.com: esta es una red social basada en móviles. Festuc te promete que conocerás gente nueva a través de amigos o por cercanía geográfica a través de servicio en el teléfono móvil.
Spaniards: se presenta como la Comunidad de Españoles en el Mundo. Indican que la misión de esta red es ayudar y poner en contacto a todos los españoles que viven en el extranjero, bien sea por motivo de estudios, trabajo o placer, además de a todos aquellos que buscan salir de España, temporal o permanentemente.
Linkara: enfocado hacia las relaciones de amistad, se presenta como la primera red social para conocer gente a través de aficiones y opiniones. Y en cuanto al funcionamiento lo explican de manera muy simple, diciendo.” Expresa tu opinión, conectate con tus amigos, conoce gente nueva”.
Gazzag: es una mixtura entre red social profesional y red social de contactos personales. La apariencia y la usabilidad son bastante buenas y permite la creación de galerías de fotos y blogs, a diferencia de otras redes sociales en español que no lo permiten.
Gentenotable: Otra red de encuentros.
| Name | Description/Focus | Registered users | Registration |
| Bebo | General, Popular in UK, Ireland, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands | 40.000.000 | Open to people 13 and over |
| Classmates.com | School, college, work and the military | 40.000.000 | Open |
| Windows Live Spaces | Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces) | 40.000.000 | Open |
| Xanga | Blogs and "metro" areas | 40.000.000 | Open |
| Flixster | Movies | 36.000.000 | Open |
| Tagged.com | General | 30.000.000 | Open |
| Netlog | Formerly known as Facebox. | 28.000.000 | Open |
| Reunion.com | Locating friends and family, keeping in touch | 28.000.000 | Open |
| Broadcaster.com | Video sharing and webcam chat | 26.000.000 | Open |
| Cyworld | Young South Koreans | 21.200.000 | Open |
| Friends Reunited | School, college, work, sport and streets | 19.000.000 | Open |
| BlackPlanet | African-Americans | 16.000.000 | Open |
| imeem | Music, Video, Photos, Blogs | 16.000.000 | Open |
| LiveJournal | Blogging | 12.900.000 | Open (OpenID) |
| Fotolog | Photoblogging | 12.695.007 | Open |
| Mixi | Japan | 9.830.000 | Invite-only |
| Gaia Online | Anime and games | 9.300.000 | Open |
| Care2 | Green living and social activism | 8.123.058 | Open |
| Odnoklassniki.ru | General. Popular in Russia | 8.000.000 | Open |
| WAYN | Travel and lifestyle | 8.000.000 | Open to people 18 and older |
| Multiply | Real world relationships | 7.500.000 | Open |
| Hyves | Dutch | 5.000.000 | Open |
| Passado | General | 4.700.000 | Open |
| Yahoo! 360° | Linked to Yahoo! IDs | 4.700.000 | Open to people 18 and older, (Yahoo! login) |
| Flickr | Photo sharing | 4.000.000 | Open (Yahoo! login) |
| StudiVZ | University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries | 4.000.000 | Open |
| Soundpedia | Music | 3.500.000 | Open |
| iWiW | Hungary | 3.100.000 | Invite-only |
| Meetup.com | General | 2.000.000 | Open |
| CarDomain | Car enthusiasts | 1.600.000 | Open |
| Grono.net | Poland | 1.350.000 | Invite-only |
| Stickam | Live video streaming and chat. | 1.305.051 | Open |
| LunarStorm | Sweden | 1.200.000 | Open |
| Nexopia | Canada | 1.158.531 | Open |
| My Opera Community | General (blogs, photo albums, forums, groups, etc.) | 1.001.798 | Open |
| myYearbook | General | 950.000 | Open |
| Student.com | International teens and colleges | 850.000 | Open |
| OkCupid | Social networking and dating | 800.000 | Open |
| TravBuddy.com | Travel | 760.000 | Open |
| Geni.com | Families, genealogy | 750.000 | Open |
| tribe.net | General | 602.876 | Open |
| Buzznet | Music and pop-culture | 550.000 | Open |
| Playahead | Swedish teenagers | 530.000 | Open |
| Sconex | American high schools | 500.000 | Open |
| IRC-Galleria | Finland | 465.000 | Open |
| Gather | Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions | 450.000 | Open |
| CouchSurfing | Hospitality | 402.000 | Open |
| DontStayIn | Clubbing (primarily UK) | 333.000 | Open |
| Hospitality Club | Hospitality | 328.629 | Open |
| Ryze | Business | 250.000 | Open |
| LibraryThing | Book lovers | 214.425 | Open |
| aSmallWorld | European jet set and social elite | 150.000 | Invite-only |
| TakingITGlobal | Social action | 145.000 | Open |
| Travellerspoint | Travel | 105.000 | Open |
| ProfileHeaven | British teens | 100.000 | Open |
| MEETin | General | 72.000 | Open |
| MyChurch | Christian Churches | 70.306 | Open |
| Sermo | Physicians | 40.000 | Open only to registered D.O.s and M.D.s in the U.S.A. |
| Woophy | travel & photography, photo sharing website | 23.000 | Open |
| Consumating | Consumeetings | 21.000 | Open |
| Wis.dm | Questions and answers about anything and everything | 20.000 | Open |
| Sportsvite | Recreational sports | 18.000 | Open |
| Passportstamp | Travel | 12.000 | Open |
| Frühstückstreff | General | 11.600 | Open |
| Advogato | Free and open source software developers | 11.000 | Open |
| ANobii | Books | Unknown | Open |
| Cake Financial | Investing | Unknown | Open |
| Capazoo | General (blogs, photos, music, videos) | Unknown | Open |
| Dandelife | Collective narratives or "shared biographies" | Unknown | Open |
| Dodgeball | Mobile location-based service. Owned by Google. | Unknown | Open |
| Experience Project | Life experiences | Unknown | Open |
| Faceparty | General. Popular UK. | Unknown | Open to people 16 and older. |
| GuildCafe | Online games | Unknown | Open |
| Jaiku | General. Owned by Google. | Unknown | Open |
| Joga Bonito | Football (soccer) | Unknown | Open |
| MOG | Music | Unknown | Open |
| OUTeverywhere | Gay | Unknown | Open |
| Phanfare | Family photo and video sharing | Unknown | Open |
| Pownce | Websites, files, and short updates | Unknown | Invite-only |
| RateItAll | General (consumer ratings) | Unknown | Open |
| Searchles | Social search and networking | Unknown | Open |
| Shelfari | Books | Unknown | Open |
| Micro-blogging, RSS, updates | Unknown | Open | |
| Utterz | Micro-blogging, RSS, Audio updates via mobile device. Reads text messages over the phone. | Unknown | Open |
| Vox | Blogging | Unknown | Open |
| WebBiographies | Genealogy and biography | Unknown | Open |
| Yahoo! Mash | Yahoo's new SNS - Still in beta | Unknown | Invite-only while in beta |
| Zooomr | Universal photo sharing | Unknown | Open (OpenID) |
Spain:
Tuenti: De reciente creación y accesible solo por invitación, ha despertado gran interés y un crecimiento muy acelerado para conectar a jóvenes universitarios y de nivel secundario.
eConozco: se presenta como una herramienta que te permite contactar con miles de profesionales a través de tus conocidos de confianza y donde puedes accede a nuevas oportunidades para desarrollar tu carrera profesional. Fue también adquirida por Xing, fusionandose recientemente con dicha red.
Cielo: parece la red más completa, combina contactos en línea con una comunidad cara a cara donde estos medios se complementan el uno al otro.
Dejaboo.net: que es una red social orientada a la cultura, en la que los usuarios pueden compartir sus reseñas y gustos literarios, musicales o de cine, la cual anuncian que sigue en fase de pruebas.
Qdamos: se anuncia como el nuevo portal para buscar pareja y amigos en Español. El registro y todos los servicios son gratuitos.
Festuc.com: esta es una red social basada en móviles. Festuc te promete que conocerás gente nueva a través de amigos o por cercanía geográfica a través de servicio en el teléfono móvil.
Spaniards: se presenta como la Comunidad de Españoles en el Mundo. Indican que la misión de esta red es ayudar y poner en contacto a todos los españoles que viven en el extranjero, bien sea por motivo de estudios, trabajo o placer, además de a todos aquellos que buscan salir de España, temporal o permanentemente.
Linkara: enfocado hacia las relaciones de amistad, se presenta como la primera red social para conocer gente a través de aficiones y opiniones. Y en cuanto al funcionamiento lo explican de manera muy simple, diciendo.” Expresa tu opinión, conectate con tus amigos, conoce gente nueva”.
Gazzag: es una mixtura entre red social profesional y red social de contactos personales. La apariencia y la usabilidad son bastante buenas y permite la creación de galerías de fotos y blogs, a diferencia de otras redes sociales en español que no lo permiten.
Gentenotable: Otra red de encuentros.
Important Spanish social networks
And here is a shortlist of social networks in Spain...
Networking Activo: Agrupa a una serie de empresarios y emprendedores complementándose con una revista impresa y distintos eventos presenciales.
Neurona: proclama que su objetivo es para ampliar y mejorar la red profesional de contactos, un espacio virtual en el que interactúan diariamente más de medio millón de profesionales presentes en más 50 sectores productivos y más de 100 de comunidades profesionales. Fue adquirida por Xing, aunque aún no ha sido fusionada.
Networking Activo: Agrupa a una serie de empresarios y emprendedores complementándose con una revista impresa y distintos eventos presenciales.
Neurona: proclama que su objetivo es para ampliar y mejorar la red profesional de contactos, un espacio virtual en el que interactúan diariamente más de medio millón de profesionales presentes en más 50 sectores productivos y más de 100 de comunidades profesionales. Fue adquirida por Xing, aunque aún no ha sido fusionada.
Important social networks
Here is a shortlist of social networks I think we should look into...
| Name | Description/Focus | Registered users | Registration |
| MySpace | General. Popular in the USA, UK and Australia. | 217.000.000 | Open |
| Habbo | General. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat Room and user profiles. | 82.000.000 | Open to people 13 and older |
| orkut | Owned by Google. Popular in Brazil and India. | 67.000.000 | Open (Google login) |
| General. Popular in Canada, UK and USA. | 58.000.000 | Open to people 13 and older. | |
| Friendster | General | 50.000.000 | Open |
| hi5 | General. Latin American and Asian teens. | 50.000.000 | Open |
| Business | 17.000.000 | Open | |
| Plaxo | Business | 15.000.000 | Open |
| Badoo | General, Popular in Europe | 12.500.000 | Open to people 18 and over |
| Business | 4.000.000 | Open | |
| MiGente.com | Latinos | 3.600.000 | Open |
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