Sociosophy

Ok, let’s get one thing straight. Search engine optimization is, for lack of a better term, REQUIRED. If you run a site, and don’t know squat about SEO, hire these guys and have them do it for you. For those of you who know what SEO is, means, does, can do, etc… Maybe you’ll be stoked to use exactFactor.

Does it do anything other SEO keyword ranking tools do? Not really. But, if Keyword ranking is all you need, you’d be hard pressed to find something out there that was more simplified and to the point than exactFactor. Not only that, but it can email you how you’re doing (even against your competition) in a nice daily message. (more…)

Honest to goodness, this might be one of the best user interfaces I’ve seen in a LONG time for presenting something as simple as an online Journal.Sure, Flickr’s great for lifesourcing photos and videos, Twitter’s great for micro-blogging, Brightkite is great for geotracking… thisMoment? Well, you just have to see it for yourself, to be honest, but I’m gonna try my best to give you the jist:

First off, they’ve done one thing right, right out of the gate – cute factor. They has it. The punches keep on coming though. Check out their demo video. Awesomesauce. They tap into moments in life, and show how their interface can help you host them on thisMoment. Not only that, but they integrate sites that can help provide relevance, such as YouTube for videos. The example they chose was November 4th, 2008… which we all know is the day that I went out with @downtownrob for a few drinks in Downtown San Diego… Oh, and Barrack became our next President. (more…)

I still think I should just register Twitterosophy and call it a day. We review more sites built from the ground of Twitter and Twitter’s API than I could shake a stick at. Really. It’s gotten so thick of Twitter out there, that there are now awards for Twitterers, or Tweeple, in the Twitterverse.

ShortyAwards, a simple shout message over Twitter to @shortyawards formatted like thus: @shortyawards I nominate @twitterperson for a Shorty Award in #whatever [reason]

Like magic, shortyawards starts to follow you, your nomination gets posted to their timeline and their website. Apparently this will end in a few days, December 31st, and a ceremony will take place after in New York City. I imagine an event like this would be filled with people glued to their mobile devices dressed in black tie… Pretty much like a Tweetup, minus the fancy garb. (more…)

Ya know? We’ve never reviewed Facebook… Though I think the site we’ve come to know as the “Second Coming Social Network” has been getting TONS of press lately, and well? Though we have a tendency to give more love to microblogs, social sites and random apps? Consider this our doodad on Social Networks.

Ok, so what’s awesome about Facebook? Let’s start with the newest: (more…)

Please, for the love of God and the grace of this beautiful Internet, people – Stop crossing the line of being a spammer in hopes to leverage a few dollars from your friends via ad revenue. We’ve run this blog for over a year and never had the need to treat our friends and followers like they need to see more ads than expected with a blog…

Adjix is a service that creates a tiny URL, but embeds an ad along the top of the page, forcing you to click the “eject icon” in the upper left of the frame to get rid of it. There’s no doubt this company is running affiliate benefits, and tracking your activity online, that’s a given. What really bugs me is… People I know are using this garbage, immediately devaluing my perception of their judgement and despiration to turn a buck.

These types of services, much like that God forsaken “Mudpie” crap Twitter people started using last week, are environment hazards for the Internet we’re trying to EVOLVE. So, please… Don’t use this junk. Want to shorted a URL? Try is.gd – they’re a great service and available from Twhirl.