Prediction of development of social media in 2010.

Continued growth of social media

Social media will be much more accessible through mobile phones and netbooks this (kind of smaller laptops with wireless internet access). Mobile devices will be the primary way people access to online social networks.

Population between 35 and 50 years will continue to accept and use of social media. The level of use of social media, these groups will be smaller compared to the users under the age of 35 years of age. The older population will use social media to stay in touch with old friends and colleagues, or to re-find some forgotten friends. It is anticipated, however, increase participation in the development of business networks such as LinkedIn and XING.

Online Business Networking strengthen to strengthen the economic crisis

Those looking for a job will be sent to all available contacts, and online business network will be the primary source. Will grow and the relationship between sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn.

Many web services will become dysfunctional

Companies will realize how difficult it is to create a profit online, especially when the profits of the banners began to be lowered and the other models are taken precedence. Soon will your online network of friends and business contacts are the best advertisement for your company and the best referral program.

More traditional television networks will become Internet Media

Just as the growing number of people who will not use the fixed phone, only mobile, so people will slowly cease to pay the subscription for cable TV and subscribe to the online package is a step forward and move YouTube already supports HD video (High definition).

Social media are changing online behavior

Since the openness of social media on which it appears and leave information about personal and business lives can affect our business relationship, people will begin to behave much more cautious.

Social media are used for research products and services

It is known that people really matter what they trusted their friends recommend. Technology for recommending products and services are already available (Facebook Beacon) and allows you to track online shopping, opinion on products services. But really the adoption of this technology are expected only after the 2010th because Google has already figured out that his main competitors are Yahoo, MSN and Ask, but Wikipedia, Facebook and Twitter.

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Short course internet marketing - Search Engine Marketing

There are many types of online marketing that are available to promote products or services. Some of the most popular include SEM - Search Engine Marketing (Search Engine Marketing), which is the process of increasing website visibility in search engines such as Google, Yahoo and many others. Experts to campaign for search engine marketing have the task of link building through methods provide greater visibility of your web site. Marketing services and online advertising can be a problem for owners of companies that focus on specific elements of the development of your business. It is therefore very important to the job, online marketing campaigns, delegate to the specialist who has already proved in this work.


There are two fundamental categories of marketing for search engines:

1st sponsored links or pay-per-click (PPC), allows companies to advertise on the search pages that contain the search results. Advertising firms appear whenever someone searches for a specific keyword which the company rented a company that advertises pay each time someone clicks on its ad. However, once the budget for online marketing campaign spending, advertising is no longer appear, except, if the company invests more money.

2nd Organic search, or "Natural Search" using SEO or site optimization method to maximize the probability of occurrence of the web site on the search engine when someone searches for keywords that the site contains. The more relevant keywords is your site, and related content, the more likely they are to appear in a higher position on search engines and so have an advantage over the competition. These results are not directly related to the budget.

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ZoneAlarm Free

ZoneAlarm Free Firewall blocks hackers trying to infiltrate into your home PC by hiding your computer from unwanted network traffic detecting and preventing intrusions, which ZoneAlarm Free Firewall keeps your computer from various viruses that slow down performance but also by spyware that steal your personal information, passwords and financial data. What are the main features of ZoneAlarm Free Firewall is an excellent firewall protection, the possibility of hidden status of other online users, while the new interface even easier and simpler to use. New version of ZoneAlarm Free 9.2.044.000 label brings a number of repairs compared to the previous version.

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7 essencial tips for pitching seed money

So you got into a meeting with a seed investment fund. Congratulations ! But what now ? Well, of course, you’ll have to prepare your presentation and you have so much to say that you don’t even know where to begin. I know, I know, been there, done that. However, only a small fraction of what you consider to be of the utmost import really is.

So let’s get started …

1. Who are you ? Present the team

Your founding team is probably the most important asset you have at this stage. Does your team encompass technical skills ? Marketing skills ? Sales? Do you have experience in starting a company or are you just chasing a dream ? Have you failed before in starting a company ? What university did you graduate from ? What jobs did you have ?

These are all questions to which you may answer. Of course, you should pick the ones that are most relevant to your team’s background and to the current project. Winning a drawing contest in middle-school isn’t the best example.

Don’t lie, don’t bullshit, don’t stretch the truth and don’t tell half-truths. Just be brief and be clear.

2. What isthe problem you’re solving ?

Everyone has ideas. If I had a penny for each ground-breaking, earth-shaking, revolutionary, the-next-Google idea I had, I wouldn’t have needed to start a company because I would have been stikin’ rich already. Ideas are worth precisely squat. Focus on the problem you’re solving and on how many people actually DO have that problem. Because they are you market and in the end, they will have to give you money.

However, your mind might not have initially focused on a problem. There is still hope ! Even if all you had was an idea, present it the other way around: starting from who needs it to how the idea emerged.

3. What is your unique solution ?

Here’s a problem for you: transportation.

And here’s my pitch:

Transporation. It takes too goddamn long, it’s expensive and it burns up fuel we’re running out of.

My solution? The portable teleportation device. It’s called the telePad. It’s like an iPad, only it can teleport you (together with itself) almost anywhere.

But hmmm… is it doable ? Not quite. Because I do not have the technology and it would probably take at least 50 years to have something minimal figured out.

So explain to your potential investors why your solution is viable, cost-effective and (most importantly) why you can do it – see this in relation with [1].

Also, you should probably give attention to how easy it would be for someone to clone your solution and your business. Investors care about that because they, just like everyone else, want to live under the illusion that they’re unique.

In the Seedcamp application form, there was a very interesting question that summarizes my point “What is the unfair advantage you have over your competitors?” Think about that for a second.

TIP: Viable answers do NOT include:

• “We came up with it first !”

• “We have a head start !”

• “My competitors are corporations. They’re slow like the Tyranosaurus Rex. As a start-up we’re fast. Velocy-raptor fast.”

• “No one else has the tech skills required for the job”

• “We have the best sales team in the country/region/city”

4. Monetization ?

Ok, so this telePad idea of your is going to save the world from the fuel-crisis. Let’s just assume that for a second. But how are you going to sell it make money off it ?

Do you want to sell the devices ? Or maybe sell subscriptions to the telePadNet ? Do you want to show banners on each teleportation screen ?

Essential TIP: Focus on just one monetization scheme. “But I have three ! Doesn’t that mean more money ? Isn’t that a good thing?” No and no. Having several monetization schemes doesn’t mean more money, it just mean you have no idea what would work best on your target market. For an investor, this probably translates into “He ain’t got a clue what he’s talking about, he’s just throwing some things out here”.

So focus on only one monetization scheme and argue that it’s the best possible solution. If you have a lot of users who aren’t willing to pay right away and a lot of content, go for advertising. Have you found a niche market and you’re quite sure users have their credit cards ready by the time they reach your site – affiliate marketing. Have you developed a high-quality service that people are just dying to have, aim for the subscription model. And so on …

Also, you should mention market size. How many people have this problem you’re tackling, how much money are they willing to pay, how likely are you to convice them ? Don’t just blurt numbers out. If you don’t know, it’s better you shut up. It would been even better if you did your homework.

5. A customer is worth 1000 users, a user is worth 1000 words

What you are saying is far less relevant than what your users/customers are saying.

Has anyone used your service/application/product ? What do they think ? Do you have testimonials? Do you have traffic reports for that precious content of yours ?

Real life feedback from real life users proves your worth more than your words can ever do.

If you have actually made 100$ out of your business, this increases your credibility ten-fold. It proves someone actually needs what you have enough so that they pay for it. This means it’s just a matter of time until you get a higher quality of service and a lot more users.

6. Competitors

WARNING: Never, under NO circumstances, not at the price of your own life say “We have no competition”.

Even if you strongly think this is the case, do not utter those words or otherwise suggest the idea. Because it means one of two things:

• You have no idea what you’re talking about, you haven’t done any research beyond googling the product name you came up with.

• There is no need for what your building – at least yet. This is a big turn-off for any investor.

Do you research thoroughly, in an exhaustive manner. Maybe you won’t find your exact idea implemented in other products/business/services, but you will find similar approaches. Stretch your perspective as much as possible to find competitors, even if you think they are light-years away.

7. Prototype and amaze

Show investors your prototype, a sample app. Make them want to play with what you’ve built. It’s an extraordinary experience for them to be the first one to use something really cool. The prototype shouldn’t be about lots of features. On the contrary, stick to the minimal set of features and a nifty design. Everything else is bullcrap.

However, if you don’t have a prototype, you do have a problem. It doesn’t mean you failed, but it does mean you have no real feedback from the market, no one has tried out your idea and the investors should just … take your word for it … which they don’t.

Work on a prototype that implements your concept. Remember: minimal set of features. You can say you have a prototype when you’re actually proud of what it’s doing. Don’t delay this process too much, don’t always say “one more feature and then it’s ready”. Get it working, get it online, get users to play with it, get feedback. It’s more than enough for a seed investor.

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It is necessary for your computer

After the freshly installed operating system comes on line installation required a number of applets in everyday use of computers: the review and editing, cutting discs, slusajnje music, movies, communication ...

Introducing Nanetu.rs, a web site where you can find increase the number of frequently used programs. In their Download Zone you can find Web browsers, media players, Messenger's and more. What makes this site stand out from others is the ease of installation. Just select the desired program and the link takes you to the required application.
In particular, we highlight an excellent collection of essential security applications your computer.
It is certainly a convenient location that can save a lot of time.

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Weebly

It is very easy to get to get to personal presentation on the web site and confirmed that we present. Weebly is a web site where it is possible to quickly and easily create a blog or website with any content without knowing HTML or any other language. After a simple registration (where the only search email address and user name), immediately begins to create the page, which can be published as a subdomain Weeblya or another, already registered domain. We must mention that Webly to sites their users can not add ads.

Address: www.weebly.com

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Google updates search results Caffeine

GOOGLE on Tuesday said it has introduced a new system of indexing Web users to offer fresher search results. The new system, called Caffeine (Caffeine), gives results that are closer to 50% "live" in relation to the previous system.


Google has previously reviewed each night a "piece" web, index it, and then collected the information published in the results. The old index is improved with caffeine had a few layers, some of which are updated more quickly than others, and the main layer is refreshed every few weeks. Thanks to Caffeine is now new information is immediately indexed and served for a few seconds later.

In the beginning, Google updated its index once every four months, and about 2000. started to update it every month. At that time there was not enough capacity to all its data centers are updated at once, so that they get different results if the same term to hit the different centers.

Caffeine is revived in the last few days and now it is used by all centers. In addition to serving customers fresher data, this technology enables greatly increase the scale of Google's bids. The company will be able to index much more documents - the order of 100 petabytes.

Moving to a new way of indexing a more clearly expressed the growing need for people to find the fresh information. Caffeine adds new information-based store located in a hundred million gigabytes of capacity at a rate of several hundred thousand gigabytes per day, because every second parallel processing of hundreds of thousands of pages, according to Google's statement.

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