Updates on MySpace and MyYearbook Blogs and Social Networks

Updates everywhere where Blogs and Social Networks are concerned :)

Let's cover what's new with MySpace first :)

The MySpace music arena is a bit different in that the Project Playlist music selections widget is no longer allowed on our profiles at MySpace but never to worry :) MySpace has this totally covered complete with tutorial. Just click on the music tab and get set up :)

Your MySpace status and mood have been adjusted and now you can choose which icon goes with which mood, set it yourself :)

Commenting when someone comments you is easier now as you no longer need to visit their page to comment them :)

MySpace is updating their applications all the time and adding new ones as they move along!

The biggest news is the MySpace toolbar!!! Get yours today and read what Tom is saying about what this MySpace toolbar can do for you :)

MySpace also has the feature to create Photo Cubes right from MySpace now :)



Updates at MyYearbook:

You can purchase the Lunch Money currency at MyYearbook :)

No longer need to view profiles to give high fives or view pictures, etc.

Matches are worth $150 now :)

Captchas like at MySpace now to control the Spam problem and voting requests, causes, etc.

With Battles, if you win and own the picture, you get $1000 :)

Visit the cool newnesses with MySpace and MyYearbook and look us up!

Blogheiress and Wavecritter aka Stevie and Stephanie Haile Google us :)

Blogs and Social Networks Updates!

We wanted to list some of the coolest of updates on the best of Blogs and Social Networks and Internet related sites! Tonights show is going to go into detail on all the updates at our favorite Blogs and Social Networks sites and some other related networking sites :)



Listen into BlogsAndSocialNetworks.info our Updates Show or follow some of the links below:

First is Google :) GMail to be precise! Find out what has been keeping the GMail team busy by following this link:

http://mail.google.com/mail/help/about_whatsnew.html

To access the "what's new" at GMail Labs click the "Labs Tab" in the GMail settings while logged into your GMail account :)

This little blurb is found at the top and I thought it important to print it here as well:

"Gmail Labs: Some crazy experimental stuff."
"Gmail Labs is a testing ground for experimental features that aren't quite ready for primetime. They may change,break or disappear at any time.
If (when) a Labs feature breaks, and you're having trouble loading your inbox, there's an escape hatch. Use http://mail.google.com/mail/?labs=0" Just in case anyone needed it :)

Buttons to Enable or Disable are listed right next to the desired new features (last check there was 42 current lab choices at GMail Labs).



Stevie uncovered the newness at MySpace as she went digging for the cool new features there and we will go into that bag of goodies on the show :)



Utterli.com, a podcasting "shout out" style Blog Social Network, has some great 2009 updates! Utterli has group calling, video processing improvements, an Utterli Desktop Application for Ubuntu.com Amazon Web Services site. Check out more on the show or visit the Utterli Blog.

Trusera.com is a brilliant one of a kind Health Social network that is in need of partners. As far as we see out there on the net, there isn't anything in the way of a competitive site, so investors check this one out :)

YouTube.com has some awesome new updates like the collaborative annotations where you can invite friends to also add speech bubbles, notes, and spotlights to your videos :) Listen into the show for more or follow the link below to the YouTube Blog:

http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=cfPYFjnzJIk

Link for information on watching YouTube videos with Windows Mobile and Nokia S60 phones.



Zimbio.com is still as cool as ever! The Interactive magazine - wiki - blog and article categorizer - super site! Named as one of the fastest growing sites by Nielsen, Zimbio is rocking the net :) Check out more updates on Zimbio at the company wiki:

http://www.zimbio.com/Zimbio

The biggest updates are a pruning really of some awesome ideas that are taking up a bit more time and space and not as needed as all that at present. Great ideas need to shed to skin along the way sometimes and Zimbio has chosen well:

"2/9/09

Features Removed:

* Covers (embedded cover images will still work, but you can't edit them or create new ones)
* Member Messages (drop an email to support [at] zimbio.com if you have questions for us)
* Linking personal photo services (Flickr, Smugmug, Kodak)
* Linking personal IM services (AIM, Skype, Yahoo)
* Dashboard Favorites and Subscription Packs
* Private Zines
* Zine Recent Contributions RSS Feed
* Zine Badges and Widgets
* Zine OPML support
* Zine About Page (editing functionality moved to Manage Zine page)
* Zimbio Pilot on Article Pages"

No worries with the skimming off the top, the features that Zimbio offers are brilliant and you are indeed missing out if you are not yet signed up with the free to use Zimbio Blog, Article, Wiki Categorization Super Site!

Live Journal! Join in on the Global Dialogue at Global Views and discuss news and current events with Journalists from Live Journal International Partner Newspapers.

Find out more about Live Journals newest info at the site news page:

http://www.livejournal.com/news.bml

We will cover Vox (team.vox.com), Wordpress ( and Blogger and well as the Google Crazy Facebook tonight among other awesome Blogs and Social Networks Updates at BlogsAndSocialNetworks.info :)

Stevie and Stephanie Haile aka Blogheiress and Wavecritter Google Us :)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

Bookmarking Keyword Phrase Blogs and Social Networks

Friend based Social Bookmarking sites like Newsvine, MyBlogLog, Digg, and to some extent the "Sharing Factor" of Google Reader, focus on the "Social" side of bookmarking, interactivity between members :)

Technorati is in a league of its own I think when it comes to social bookmarking sites. Technorati has its own rating system to determine your blog authority. If you want to "run with the big dogs" like Tech Crunch, People, LATimes, Google, and Boing Boing, get busy at Technorati. All of the "how to", FAQs, etc is on the site. It may take longer to get acquainted with this Social Bookmarking Social Network, but if you are looking for Technorati Notoriety it is time well spent.

Sites like Delicious (and some others) run Tags or Keywords together with no spaces between the words to create a Keyword Phrase, I think this is not as effective for Keyword recognition. Searching terms, most people do not tend to run the words all together, so you may miss on visitors.

Here's a quick Keyword Tip: Camel Back your Keyword Phrase, Capitalize the first letter in each word of your 3 to 5 word Keyword Phrase. "Blogs and Social Networks", "Bookmarking Social Networks", "Social Bookmarking Sites" :)

Here is a short list of some other cool Bookmarking Type Sites we like:

Zimbio may not seem at first like a Bookmarking Site, but it will surely gain you exposure on individual blog style articles and posts. List your blog sites here at Zimbio and categorize each post into a Wiki and see the change in traffic :)

That is basically what the Social Bookmark Sites do, gain traffic to your posts and then sites in the end :)

Redditt.com

Mixx.com

Fark.com

Slashdot.com

BlinkList.com For all the web sites you want to get back to using Any computer! Something to check into for those who travel or use multiple computers :)

Bookmarking sites can be social or just for your personal link lists!

Furl.com is one for you personally as is MyBookmarks.com :)

So, there's Private Bookmarks, Groups, News Focused Sites, or the Multi Site Social Bookmarking Site like MyBlogLog.

Making up a list before you start looking for the multiple Social Bookmark Sites to find what end result you are seeking will help in your decision. Do you want a Bookmark Site for a list of saved pages so you can find them easily? or are you searching for ratings for your site? Take this list and whittle down starting with these two questions, you will quickly see which choices are best for you.

To find out even more on Social Bookmark Sites listen into our show Blogs and Social Networks Social Bookmarking or :)

Blogs and Social Networks Zimbio Digg and Technorati

Stevie and Stephanie Haile aka Blogheiress and Wavecritter Google Us :)

Facebook News Blogs and Social Networks

"Facebook Replacing News Feeds with Real-Time Status Streams

JR Raphael, PC World

Mar 4, 2009 5:20 pm

Facebook is taking a cue from Twitter and retooling its home page to include real-time status streams with advanced options for customization. The change was announced at a media event at Facebook's Palo Alto headquarters Wednesday.
The New Home Page

The updated home page design, set to go live by the middle of next week, is anchored by the newly named Stream (previously known as the News Feed). The Facebook Stream shows your friends' activity as it occurs, with automatic refreshing built into the page. The status update box, now branded as Publisher, simply asks: "What's on your mind?" Any text, photos, or video entered into it go straight into your profile and onto your friends' home pages at the same time." READ MORE

This is a very interesting turn of events! A must read for Facebook fans :)

Check it out, quite an article, Thanks JR Raphael at PC World :)

Blogs and Social Networks

Stevie and Stephanie Haile aka Blogheiress and Wavecritter Google Us :)

Blogs and Social Networks Fun Niche Social Networks

We wanted to post a few of the more interesting and fun "Niche" social networks for everyone today beginning with a "blog" style social network Wikipedia "The Free Encyclopedia :)

Wikipedia is a directory of sorts full of information on just about any topic you can imagine (or you can create a topic of interest in a "wiki" format :)

Now, a "Wiki" format is nothing more than a "Blog" social network where many members of the Wikipedia Social Network Internet Nation get together and add relevant information to a category web space or "Wiki" so others can look up any subject to retrieve this information and share with their wiki buddies :)

And fitting to the post, we thought we would use the example of the word "Niche" and look it up on the Wikipedia directory for everyone.

"Niche
From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
A niche is the role of an organism in a habitat.

Niche may refer to:

* Niche (architecture), an ecedra or an apse that has been reduced in size
* Ecological niche, a term describing the relational position of an organism's species
* Niche market, a focused, targetable portion (subset) of a market sector.
* Niche, a sub-genre of UK garage music
* Niche Science & Technology A health care communications company"

There are links on this particular Wikipedia page that you may want to visit as well to find out more and topics ranging as far the mind can reach waiting for you to add what you know or to begin a whole new idea :)



Moving along to Life Blob. "Lifeblob is a revolutionary service that allows you to connect, not only with your friends and family members but also share your life with places. Lifeblob is a visual chronicle of your life...

* Capture the beautiful moments of your life on a timeline
* Connect pieces of your life with your friends and family
* View the intersection of your life with your friends and family
* View your life from various perspectives
* Replay your life, like a movie"

The Timelines are inspiring and quite ingenious, useful, and resourceful. The intersection of timelines is really fascinating. I felt going through school was "lacking" in this area of explaining while Thomas Edison was working on his inventions, he was also friends with Helen Keller. Now you to can intersect your life moments with your friends and family to share while you away times :) Sign in for free with your Open ID, Yahoo, or Google accounts.



Onto Strip Generator. What a fun creation site this is :) Tell a story with little strips or a sort of "cartoon" or newspaper comics style. Free to sign up and create.

An example of an individual Strip Generator site is Life Snaps by Matzuo. "Life Snaps ... also allows me to make images of my thoughts instead of writing 'em , I love it , just shots, shots of my mind, of my life."



"A social networking-ish site for college students only." Called LymaBean :) Listen into their awesome "helper" video, it will get you sailing with the LymaBean site in no time! Check out "Behind The Bean", the Blog, and Business or Investors links at the bottom of the page as well, very interesting :)

Many more Niche Blogs and Social Networks to come :)

Stevie and Stephanie Haile aka Wavecritter and Blogheiress Google Us :)

Blogs and Social Networks Facebook Apps

The host of Facebook Applications marches along gaining strength by the minute :) I found yet another coolie in the army of Facebook applications called What Does My Birthday Mean? ....

Very cool beans and right on the money! I thought I would share a bit of what my birthday means ... hehehe ....



Hmmmm??? Are we getting close .... warming up??? LOL



A writer??? Who would have thought??? :)



Surprisingly Hit the Nail on the Head (so to speak) lol :)



Give it a try over at Facebook yourself ... too fun ... enjoy :)

Stephanie Haile aka Wavecritter Google Me

Blogs and Social Networks :)

Blogs and Social Networks Music Sites for Bands

Marketing the Band, Artist, or Musician, Rock Star, Group, Photographer, Singer or Songwriter online with Blogs and Social Networks will take time, patience, and perseverance ... a little bit each day, one step at a time :)

Depending on your budget of time and money, you can market your band 100% free (more time spent) or 50% free (financially more, a bit less time spent) ( fast tracking the blog platform (around 10 dollars or less a month I think) at a site like HostGator.com. They will "host" your Wordpress blog so that advertising will not be misconstrued as "spam" :)

Secure the domains (Your Band Name.com) from a site like GoDaddy.com all if you wish or just dot com (for your "main" site, the one you want most people to go to), dot info (for your blog), and dot net (for a big social network you choose) redirect these to the url from the blog, social network, or other site of yours.:)And check into getting the Trademark at USPTO.Gov/Main/Trademarks.htm
to "set your online security for your logo, name, etc. as yours :)

Starting your own Ning or Wetpaint social network at Ning.com or Wetpaint.com is an on-going project (a slow and go OR a fast action, get it up and running in a week sort of project, but not crazy important if you do not have the time because these sites take a Lot of time :)

Connecting Twitter to your Facebook (no, you cannot have a Facebook for your band, but you can have a Facebook profile for yourself, then start a "Group" for your band :) Keep your reach connected for a triple dose to Google :)

Ok, here are some of the coolest social networks geared toward Bands more than listeners (well, some listeners more, but I will let you know which is which :)

Let's start with HumbleVoice.com :) Humble Voice is a social network community of Artists and those who appreciate them. Yes, I said Artists (photographers, writers, singers, bands, fine arts, dance, painters, sketch artists, you name it :) This is an all inclusive artsy social network for the creative! Very cool site ... Two High Thumbs Up :)

PureVolume.com is a music social network to definitely check out if you are a band or musical talent to use to promote your sound.

MySpace.com (of course :) The number one Music Social Network for Bands!

indabamusic.com This is a social network for musicians and music professionals. Take a tour right from the home page even before you sign up for free. (Oh...All these social networks listed are a free sign up deal :) This site allows for musicians to work in online recording sessions mixing tracks anywhere in the World. Find Musicians, Get Hired, or Create Virtual Bands :) Mix and edit audio in browser with online music software and compete in online remix and collaboration contests :) Yes, this one sounds like a keeper, check it out!

LastFM.com being what it is, don't miss out setting up a profile here :) Last FM is a Staple, it has it's limits as all social networks do, but a definite music social network for bands to investigate and set up a profile at :)

FloTones.com is an artist or separate fan set up site, meaning you can sign up as either an artist or a fan (most music social networks offer this as an option, but this one is cool) Submit your indie content with a lengthy list of genre categories :)

iLike.com is semi-similar to ProjectPlaylist.com in being geared heavily toward the listener :) ProjectPlaylist has an embeddable widget player to take with you to your other blogs and social networks too :)

JamNow.com in Beta is Rockin' Looking :) You will need Mac, Vista or XP; DSL or Cable Modem; Sound Card or Digital Audio Interface to get up and running here. Register free as an artist or a fan. This one looks like a keeper as well :)

R4Media.biz is a free sign up "Your Social Network and Music Store". Sell/Buy Music, Upload Tracks, R4Media gives you a personal URL (many social networks do, but worth saying to keep you consistent, meaning MySpace.com/Wavecritter, I use wavecritter everywhere, you should always use your band name or the other major keyword or URL Domain name) to be consistent.

MusiciansFriend.com is not a music social network but the best in my book for online musician supplies :)\

MusoCity.com is an online community for musicians and artists and those who love them :)

imeem.com where artists, fans, and friends promote content and discover and share music. This site has an embeddable widget player to take with you to your other blogs and social networks too :)

To get more tips, sites, and suggestions on Music Social Networks for Bands listen into one of our Blogs and Social Networks Show on Music Sites :)

Blogs and Social Networks Music Sites for Listeners

Blogs and Social Networks Music Sites for Bands

Stevie and Stephanie Haile aka Teen Girls Radio and Wavecritter Google us :)

Picasa 3 Collage

 

Look What You Can Make On Picasa 3

Stevie Haile Aka Teen Girls Radio

On Blogs and Social Networks

Blogs and Social Networks Zimbio Wikizines

Zimbio has a system that categorizes your posts, articles, photos, video posts, and more into individual topic related Wikis! Submit the sites to the mix that you choose and then add each of your individual articles to a topic Zimbio Wiki or start your own topic Zimbio Wiki if you can't find a suitable category for your postings :)

Blogs and Social Networks

Zimbio Wikizines

Stephanie Haile aka Wavecritter Google Me

Blogs and Social Networks Google Chrome

Google Chrome is Google's new web browser for Windows. It is free and installs in seconds :) and is for Windows Vista/XP SP2. Google Chrome is a browser that combines a simple web design with Google's Technology to make the web safer, faster, and easier :)

It allows you to open an incognito window when you don't want to save your browsing history.

There are a few great videos on Google's Chrome information page - The Story - The Technology - The How To

With One Box for All :) Like ... One Ring to Rule Them All :) Once you open Google Chrome it looks like a file cabinet, very clean, but the One Box to Rule Them All is True! It May Take a Short Bit of Time to Get Used to the Power!! :)

Blogs and Social Networks

Stephanie Haile aka Wavecritter Google Me :)

Picasa 3 Blogs and Social Networks

Wow! If you haven't seen the New Picasa yet you are missing out on Photo Persuasion! Fixing photos here at Picasa has gotten easy, creative, and fun. The artistic freedom and enhancements at Picasa have made every aspect of Movie Editing and Photo Editing easy!

Yes! I said Movie editing :) Check it out for sure!

Blogs and Social Networks

Stevie and Stephanie Haile aka Blogheiress and Wavecritter Google us :)

Wavecritter on Facebook :)

Look at the Coolest Badges available for you to create on your Facebook pages :)

Stephanie Haile aka Wavecritter Google me :)

Warping Into The New Year :)