LetsBuyIt Blog

First of all we would like to share some more hidden internet jokes that we have found. There is quite a range of Google jokes or hoaxes that somebody dedicated an entire Wikipedia “Google Hoaxes” article to them. For more jokes or Easter Eggs, as they are also called, check out the site eeggs.com. Back in the days Microsoft used to be quite funny and there were hiding quite a lot of easter eggs in their programs like Excel but that has been reduced because people were complaining about the waste of resources (how mature!).

Secondly we have noticed that the Ebay Sale of the Online Shopping Community Yieeha (we have previously reported) has come to an end at the stunning selling price of EUR 24.550,00 incl. VAT. The Sale has not been commented on their blog as of now (no new entry since June 23, 2008) however the average sale price of 2EUR per registered user is definitely not very satisfactory but it was definitely worth a try. There are not that many Shopping Community Sites for Sale on Ebay to compare with but our feeling is that the price could be more!

After having talked about branded communities there are also the Social Shopping Communities that are widely discussed now. What we found most interesting was that the German Social Shopping Community Yiieha is up for sale on Ebay. It has given all the necessary information that you need to know when buying a shopping community portal on Ebay Alexa Ranking, Page Impressions, Adranks, and much more. Check it out and we will follow it very closely what is happening with it. The bidding is finished on 03.07.08, 14:45:25 German Standard Time.

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“Web 2.0 is all about openness and freedom,” said Kris Lamb, a director with IBM’s Internet Security Systems, in an interview at Interop. “You’re really tearing down the traditional barriers that have kept companies safe. What does security mean for Web 2.0 when you can’t make really clear distinctions between ‘this is what we allow to happen,’ and ‘this is what we don’t allow.’”

As more companies deploy cool Web 2.0 technologies, careful planning is required to avoid new kinds of security problems.
Web 2.0 isn’t just for the likes of MySpace and YouTube anymore. Mainstream companies are catching the fever, ramping up their Web sites and creating communities of their customers.

The only problem is, they might be rushing headlong into something that could put their network — and their customers — at risk.

“They’ve got to think about security,” said Lamb. “It can’t be an afterthought. It has to be part of a larger decision-making process If it’s not, there’s a lot of risk.”

How do you (or your company) deal with these issues?

layoffspace.com is an independent social networking web site launched in Spring of 2007. Layoffspace.com has one goal in mind; to create a community where unemployed people could come together.

Layoffspace allows members to network, form groups, chat, share ideas, find work, discuss career topics, schedule events, create blogs, access career resources, ask for advice and support from other members and career coaches. Members can also search for other members based on their location, interests, career and education. They can create valuable connections that can last a life time with just a click of a button.

Users are Watchers! According to different research, by and large, most visitors to participatory Web sites are watchers.

As a rule of thumb, estimation are saying that about 1 percent of a site’s visitors are “creatives” — enthusiastic and frequent uploaders of site content; some 20 percent are “contributors” who might do some uploading and add comments and tags to a site’s content; and the rest of the visitors are just watchers.

How would you define yourself?

Have you noticed that since the web2.0 concept and the fact that every websites is trying to create and develop a community, the content you can find on the internet is not as organized as it could be. How can you deal with the flow of information that is created by the users?

The Citizendium, a “citizens’ compendium of everything,” is an experimental new wiki project. The project, started by a founder of Wikipedia, aims to improve on that model by adding “gentle expert oversight” and requiring contributors to use their real names.

In other words, they are creating different levels for the contributors. Some of you can reach the “PowerUsers” status while other may just remain “simple contributor”.