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XFN - XHTML Friends Network XFN™ (XHTML Friends Network) is a simple way to represent human relationships using hyperlinks. In recent years, blogs and blogrolls have become the fastest growing area of the Web. Social Media Marketing Applications - 10 Proven Ideas - Online M Tenured digital marketing professionals have been applying social media for end business and marketing objectives for years. But what is clearly valuable to some is still a mystery to many. Whether you’re a marketer trying to get buy-in for social media from the top or a small business owner wondering why you should bother, knowing high impact applications of social media are helpful. If you’re looking to build relationships with connected, influential individuals (and what business isn’t?)

Google Geocoder API Version 2 of the Google Maps JavaScript API is no longer available. This guide is intended to help developers who are already using the Google Maps JavaScript API v2 migrate their code to version 3. Miguel Angel Vilela, Google Enterprise Support TeamNovember, 2012 CodeGuru: Using Web Services with VB.NET Web Services is one of the greatest technologies developed in the Internet world. They can be used to connect businesses with each other and clients in a standard way using XML (Extensible Markup Language), SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol), WSDL (Web Services Description Language), and UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery and Integration). XML is used for structuring the data, SOAP is used to transfer the data, WSDL is used for describing the services, and UDDI is used to get a list of services available. Web Services allows applications to communicate with each other without worrying about their hardware systems, operating systems, and programming languages. Unlike the older model, Web Services does not provide a user interface but exposes the business logic, which can be programmed; therefore, the user is free to add his own interface to the application. Getting Started

Describe yourself in RDF Written by Leigh Dodds. Introduction FOAF-a-matic is a simple Javascript application that allows you to create a FOAF ("Friend-of-A-Friend") description of yourself. You can read more about FOAF in Edd Dumbill's "XML Watch: Finding friends with XML and RDF" article, at the FOAF homepage on RDFWeb, and also the FOAF vocabulary description.

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Writing Your Own Google API Program If you haven't read the initial About Visual Basic articles about the Google API, you might want to browse them first. But after trying out the "canned" program that is included in the Google API download, you should be ready to write one of your own. We see how to do that here. Web Services One of the fastest growing sources of help, information, and business opportunites on the Internet. Web 2.0 Square The theme of this year's Web 2.0 Summit is web squared (pdf). That is, its time to focus on impact in the real world. Fred Wison says the big trends driving this space are social, mobile and real time -- to form a golden triangle. I'd suggest geo, or location, provides as big of a vector for exploration and impacts the others. Geo has always been the missing dataset of the web, but very soon all mobile devices, browsers, laptops and specialized devices will provide geotagging.

Social media: the best and worst of 2009 Social media growth continued to accelerate this year, with more brands integrating social channels into their marketing campaigns. There are some amazing examples of truly innovative, forward-thinking brands that have effectively used social media to connect with their customers, build engagement and create buzz. However, with just as many companies jumping on the proverbial bandwagon (in an arguably over-hyped space), it’s clear that some brands still “just do not get it". HOW TO: Measure Social Media ROI Olivier Blanchard Basics Of Social Media Roi Defining Clear Goals As a standard formula, ROI is pretty basic, ROI = (X - Y) / Y, where X is your final value and Y is your starting value. In other words, if you invest $5 and get back $20, your ROI is (20 - 5) / 5 = 3 times your initial investment.

10 of the Best Social Media Tools for Entrepreneurs This series is supported by Grasshopper, the Virtual Phone System designed for entrepreneurs. Learn more about Grasshopper at Grasshopper.com. Whether your company is just starting out, just starting to turn a profit or already on the verge of an acquisition, as an entrepreneur you'll be constantly evaluating the tools that will help get your business to the next stage. Even if the ink on the business plan isn't dry yet, you want to be armed with the social media tools that will play an important role in company communication, product and brand promotions, and business development for your startup. Some of the tools in this list will be familiar, but it's worth taking a moment to reframe how they might become power tools in a business context. 10.

Winners of the 2009 Forrester Groundswell Awards by Josh Bernoff This will go live just as I'm announcing the winners at the Forrester Consumer Forum. These awards are based on business performance, and with 140+ entries this year, they represent truly outstanding social technology applications. If you want to learn how to do social technology applications with real results, please click through and read these entries -- you're sure to learn a lot. This is a long post, since it includes all 13 winners and the finalists in each category. view-all-whitepapers I hold a dual role within Publicis Groupe, serving as both active Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at VivaKi — a global leader in digital advertising solutions — and Chair for leading digital agencies DigitasLBi and Razorfish. At VivaKi, my team and I focus on incubating new ideas, approaches, partnerships and models for the next generation of data-driven marketing, storytelling, brand rethinking and the next two billion customers (China and India). In order to achieve these goals, I am responsible for Emerging Opportunities and Partnerships for VivaKi/Publicis Groupe. Emerging Opportunities includes co-creating the future with startups (VivaKi Ventures), media companies (The Pool) and brands (Finch 15).

35 social media KPIs to help measure engagement Social media measurement is something that I think should be undertaken with a sense of perspective, by standing back and looking at the big picture. A widescreen approach to social media measurement ultimately looks at the things that really matter: sales, profits, customer satisfaction and loyalty. Besides, honing in on the detail might not be the best use of your time, given the obvious difficulties that arise, particularly with attribution.