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SMX Social Media, NYC 2007: Joshua Schacter of del.icio.us

admin — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:21:47 +0000

WebProNews Reporter Kara Ratliff had the opportunity to interview the Founder of del.icio.us, Joshua Schacter at SMX Social Media 2007. He discusses how the social bookmarking site was created and for what purpose. He also talks about what he sees social media growing into and what to expect from del.icio.us in the near future. For more information and details of the interview or of SMX Social Media 2007, keep watching WebProNews.

SMX Social Media, NYC 2007: Danny Sullivan

admin — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:08:14 +0000

Danny Sullivan, Editor-in-Chief of Search Engine Land, took the time to speak with WebProNews at the SMX Social Media 2007 in New York City. Sullivan talks about the importance of having a conference strictly on social media and especially covers the idea of how social media ties into search. He also highlights a few of the events coming up at the expo including special keynotes from the founders of StumbleUpon and del.icio.us. Catch all that and more in our continuing coverage of SMX Social Media only on WebProNews.

Yahoo Plans to Work on 2.0 Strategy

admin — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:07:48 +0000

Yahoo is launching a new strategy that uses multiple websites and services in order to gain a stronger position in social networking. Although Yahoo has a strong collection of social web properties, their social-networking system Yahoo 360 hasn’t reached the position the company had expected. Their social web properties are the Flickr photo-sharing site, the del.icio.us social-bookmarking site, the Yahoo Answers question-and-answer search engine, and the Yahoo Groups discussion service. Executive Vice President of Yahoo’s network division Jeff Weiner discussed improvements during a keynote with conference chairman John Battelle at the Web 2.0 Expo.

“We have to pull it all together.”

This is not the first time Yahoo has had to publicly acknowledge the company’s discontentment with Yahoo 360. They also recognize their need to improve their position in a market ruled primarily by service providers such as MySpace, Facebook, and Friendster. Last year, rumors floated that Yahoo was looking to buy a social networking site, and that it talked with Facebook, but did not come to an agreement.

Reports from the Web 2.0 Expo’s sister event, Web 2.0 Summit back in November, read that Yahoo might remake Yahoo 360. According to PC World India, Weiner takes full responsibility for improving Yahoo’s position in social networking. No details have been released as to how Yahoo may use the social media sites to better rival social networking.