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News now travels faster than the speed of light

Janis Krums from Sarasota, Florida posts the first photo of U.S. Airways flight 1549 on Twitter from his iPhone. Thirty-four minutes after Janis posted his photo, MSNBC interviewed him live on TV as a witness (see video below). News coverage at Google. Live video at Fox News. TV reports suggest that everyone survived the crash.

via AlleyInsider

A Twitter search shows that Tweets and Retweets massively increased just minutes after the first Tweet was out… Like wildfire half of the western society Twitterusers were retweeting the event — imagin what a succesfull hoax it could have been ;)

Posted on 01.15.09 to viral. Subscribe to follow comments on this post.

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Not a Number

De Standaard :NaN

Te lezen op de homepage van De Standaard vandaag:

Premier Leterme heeft nog NaN dag NaN uur, NaN minuten en NaN seconden om een akkoord te vinden
In het hoofdartikel staat een copylijn die slim gebruik maakt van het medium.

Goed zo! De Standaard maakt slim gebruik van het medium: interactieve afteller die de copy zo net iets spannender maakt dan in de papieren versie van hetzelfde artikel. Maar het zuigt nogal dat De Standaard niet even de moeite doet om het eenvoudige javascriptje even te testen op een paar browsers… bovenstaand foutje treedt op in FireFox op Mac, niet echt een exotische combinatie.

P.S. Voor de niet scripters onder ons: NaN betekent zoveel als Not a Number; een vriendelijke waarschuwing van de JavaScript console om te zeggen dat je datatypes niet juist gedefenieerd zijn.

Posted on 07.14.08 to Geekbytes, Internet, Technical, Website, news. Subscribe to follow comments on this post.

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Intrusiveness of online video ads

As you could read in previous blog posts, everyone loves online video. Moreover, according to BurstMedia more than half of online video viewers recalled seeing in-stream advertisements in content they had watched. So far the good news because more than three-quarters of respondents said that these ads were intrusive and about half of them said the ads disrupted their Web surfing experience. Consequently, 50% of respondents stopped watching an online video once they encountered an in-stream ad. More details in the table below…

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Posted on 02.06.08 to Web 2.0, news. Subscribe to follow comments on this post.

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web 2.0 en religie

                  IslamicTube

In de USA kan God en staat allerminst gescheiden worden. Zo beleven godtube.com en conservapedia.com tegenwoordig hoogdagen dankzij de verkiezingen. Naast die sites zijn er nog jewtube.com en inslamictube.com die in hetzelfde kader vallen. Ook social networking sites krijgen een godsdienstige kant: een christelijke myspace of een boeddhistische social networking/dating-site.

Posted on 02.04.08 to Internet, Media, Trends, Web 2.0. Subscribe to follow comments on this post.

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Lunchtime is the New Primetime

A recent NY times article highlights the rise of midday “media snacking”. An increasing number of 9-to-5ers are opting to spend their lunch hour breaks viewing online shows, news recaps, and maybe the random YouTube clip over the traditional lunch. Video-hosting sites and other websites featuring video content are seeing a spike in viewership during the three hour period around 12 noon.

Advertisers are finding that online content made with the midday viewer in mind are perfect for targeted marketing. The Web is a more flexible medium than television, because technology makes it easy to monitor people’s behavior and adjust programming accordingly. Better still, marketers have found that consumers are up to 30 percent more likely to make a purchase after viewing an advertisement at lunchtime than at other times of the day.

Posted on 01.24.08 to Internet, Media, Trends, Web 2.0, news. Subscribe to follow comments on this post.

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Wat genereert de meeste en beste opt-ins?

De mensen van Marketing Sherpa laten af en toe bevindingen uit hun marktonderzoeken op de geïnteresseerden los. Ditmaal iets over de manieren om opt-ins te genereren, ingedeeld naar kwaliteit en hoeveelheid van de opt-ins. Bekijk de grafiek en merk op dat alleenstaande newsletter-aanbiedingen de meest kwalitatieve opt-ins krijgt en dat het free trials en downloads zijn dat de meeste opt-ins krijgen.

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Bron: MarketingSherpa

Posted on 01.17.08 to E-mail marketing, Market research, Strategy. Subscribe to follow comments on this post.

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Baby boomers are rocking online.

Many marketers, particularly online, concentrate on reaching younger users. But that could be a big mistake since baby boomers and silver surfers make up a large segment of the worldwide population. According to a new eMarketer report, Baby Boomers and Silver Surfers: Two Generations Online, internet usage by baby boomers and over-60’s is projected to continue rising well into the future. Coupled with the discretionary income they have at hand, this creates an irresistable opportunity for online marketers. (more…)

Posted on 01.08.08 to Internet, Media, Trends, news. Subscribe to follow comments on this post.

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Films huren via iTunes

Films kopen kon al via iTunes, huren daarentegen bevindt zich in een iets minder geëvolueerd stadium. Maar het is ondertussen dus bekend geraakt dat iTunes van Apple in de VS speelfilms gaat verhuren. Ze hebben een deal gesloten met News Corp., dochter van 20th Century Fox. Prijs en uitleenduur zijn nog niet bekend.

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Posted on 12.27.07 to Internet, Media, news. Subscribe to follow comments on this post.

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Marketing-hoogtepunten 2007: lijstjestijd (2)

Welke items in de marketing- en reclamewereld werden verkozen tot de hoogtepunten van 2007? Wel, de Radiohead- “Name your own price” campagne scheert hoge toppen, de opkomst van Facebook, Halo 3, een videospelletje, is de grootste entertainer van het jaar, en voor de rest veel UGC-websites en andere content-sites en content-applicaties (sellaband, Twitter, Flixter, etc ). Ook de nieuwe Dove campagne en de Dove vs Axe-tegenstelling komen aan bod. Nog andere: lancering van de iPhone, the coke side of life, de Wii, Nike+, de widget, ….

Voor de bronnen en de ganse lijsten: kijk verder!

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Posted on 12.19.07 to news. Subscribe to follow comments on this post.

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Boomers and Matures Mix Media Usage

To reach today’s most affluent segments – baby boomers and silver surfers – we will have to come up with multi-channel campaigns. According to two recent studies by Deloitte & Touche and Lumin Collaborative, boomers and matures are mixing media usage. Although internet usage by baby boomers and over-60s is projected to continue rising well into the future, there remains a strong connection between boomers and traditional media. Let’s have a closer look at the findings… (more…)

Posted on 12.18.07 to Strategy, Trends, news. Subscribe to follow comments on this post.

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