Comments on: 5 ways to test a social network for relevancy http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/5-ways-to-test-a-social-network-for-relevancy/ Sports News - Tech Reviews - Entertainment - Life Tips for EveryJoe Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:02:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Matt Keegan http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/5-ways-to-test-a-social-network-for-relevancy/comment-page-1/#comment-312539 Matt Keegan Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:29:13 +0000 http://www.startupspark.com/5-ways-to-test-a-social-network-for-relevancy/#comment-312539 Most social networks are nothing but noise jungles. Still, if you work them right, you can connect with people who are like-minded and help each other create buzz to elevate your sites. It can take a lot of work and the pay off may not be worth it. Most social networks are nothing but noise jungles. Still, if you work them right, you can connect with people who are like-minded and help each other create buzz to elevate your sites. It can take a lot of work and the pay off may not be worth it.

]]> By: Buzzoodle Ron http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/5-ways-to-test-a-social-network-for-relevancy/comment-page-1/#comment-312506 Buzzoodle Ron Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:59:44 +0000 http://www.startupspark.com/5-ways-to-test-a-social-network-for-relevancy/#comment-312506 Some other things to consider: Do they have outbound linking capabilities? Will my profile be public without being signed in? (So search engines will pick it up) Will my RSS feed stream into my page? Can I set it up and forget about it? You cannot find time to work them all, but it is not bad to have your profile in a lot of places. Some other things to consider:

Do they have outbound linking capabilities?

Will my profile be public without being signed in? (So search engines will pick it up)

Will my RSS feed stream into my page?

Can I set it up and forget about it? You cannot find time to work them all, but it is not bad to have your profile in a lot of places.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/5-ways-to-test-a-social-network-for-relevancy/comment-page-1/#comment-312485 Kevin Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:44:59 +0000 http://www.startupspark.com/5-ways-to-test-a-social-network-for-relevancy/#comment-312485 I agree with you on a lot of this. First of all Twitter and Pownce are, well to put it bluntly, for web geeks. The average everyday person is not going to use those sites. When using social networking sites for my clients or for projects I am doing basically the biggest things I look for are: -how good is the search feature? Can I target people by location and by interest -how many people use the site? Is there a large base of people within the region I want to target? -are there groups or forums divided by interest that I can target people in? If the answer is yes to the above three than it is totally worth it. I agree with you on a lot of this. First of all Twitter and Pownce are, well to put it bluntly, for web geeks. The average everyday person is not going to use those sites.

When using social networking sites for my clients or for projects I am doing basically the biggest things I look for are:

-how good is the search feature? Can I target people by location and by interest
-how many people use the site? Is there a large base of people within the region I want to target?
-are there groups or forums divided by interest that I can target people in?

If the answer is yes to the above three than it is totally worth it.

]]> By: CapForge http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/5-ways-to-test-a-social-network-for-relevancy/comment-page-1/#comment-312497 CapForge Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:59:41 +0000 http://www.startupspark.com/5-ways-to-test-a-social-network-for-relevancy/#comment-312497 I think your point is dead on, but from a different perspective. I just wrote about how all these new web 2.0 startups are going to fade because there isn't enough advertising to support them all. But your point is even more valid- if they don't serve the customer well enough, they aren't going to build enough mass to even be able to attract ads in the first place. So they are in a fail-fail position- the service doesn't attract users, and there aren't enough advertisers to go around even if they could. Ouch. I think your point is dead on, but from a different perspective. I just wrote about how all these new web 2.0 startups are going to fade because there isn’t enough advertising to support them all. But your point is even more valid- if they don’t serve the customer well enough, they aren’t going to build enough mass to even be able to attract ads in the first place. So they are in a fail-fail position- the service doesn’t attract users, and there aren’t enough advertisers to go around even if they could. Ouch.

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