HUGE gains for social networking sites — video trumps all comers

Marshall Kirkpatrick highlights a recent study by Nielson/NetRatings that shows the top social networking sites making huge traffic gains over the last 12-months. MySpace saw the biggest growth (367% increase,) but what’s conspicuously missing is any mention of YouTube’s massive traffic gains. From non-existence a year ago to blowing past AOL Hometown, MSN Spaces, and Xanga. And if you gave YouTube a handicap of 2 million out of the gate, the percentage increase in popularity would have trumped even MySpace.

Dunlop shows how podcasts can build loyalty and traffic

Take a look and ask yourself how you could use Dunlop’s example with your business blog, podcast, or video blog.

RSS … a marketing must!

Why RSS is essential for business owners and marketers? Phil Gomes does a great job laying down the reasons in this multi part series.

The Da Vinci hustle gets exposed — first bloggers, now offline

Th blogosphere has been a buzz for weeks now about the release of the Da Vinci Code movie, proving once again the preemptive nature of the New Media. But over the last week or so the offline media and critics have piled on with the New Media to expose the attempted hustle of the American public. As my partner Deborah says it’s not “so dark the con of man.” It’s “so dark the con of Dan(Brown)”

Michael Novak sums up the Da Vinci hustle best here.

Enjoy!