Apologies for the delaying picking up this meme... I have been flat out at work and thought I would put this post off, but reading Richard Bailey's has spurred me to action!
Like Richard I don't think I am quite a techie blogger. Sure, I have Feedburner up and running but I'm equally sure I don't make the most of it. I'm toying with the idea of trying Google Analytics and I have no RSS feeds set up to deliver real-time info on my name in the blogosphere - but there's an idea I like!.
So I think my selections will be interesting but not inspiring (thanks to Stuart Bruce for that one!)
1. Google - is this a social media tool? It is fundamentally a search engine, but one like no other. Leaving aside all Google's add-ons the sheer concept of Google has changed the way we search and I think this brings people together. Everyone (or most people) is searching for stuff through Google so in that respect it is a social media tool if only that it facilitates social networking.
2. RSS - duh! This is an obvious one. But like Richard I don't do anything sepcial with it. I like it as it delivers up-to-date news/blog posts/etc direct to my desktop when I want it. Ironic really. I praise Google for enabling fantastic search capabilities adn then say I like RSS because it saves me from the need to search endlessly! Hey! before long I may even have RSS feeds about me.
3. Feedburner - again although I probably don't the most of this one I think it has potential. Some of the stats don't mean a lot to me intrinsically but I do like the feeling when it shows me the number of hits in the past hour or the number of subscribers in Germany. Respect!
4. YouTube - I've heard about this. It is definately social media. I appreciate MySpace but don't think I'd have time to use it (unlike similarly aged friends so it's not that - phew!). But that YouTube. It is pretty great. Again after an initial burst of viewing X million clips every day the novelty has worn off but I still peceive it as a great tool and one which has genuinely changed the way in which media works. I have never had the chance, but would love to use it as a tool in a client's campaign.
Right. Who to tag.? How about: Alex Pullin; Ellee Seymour; Serge... and how about..... James Warren
Is anyone tracking this meme and collecting the feedback. (I'm not, before you ask.)
It would be interesting to log the scores for different technologies.
Now, who started it? Was it that Cloggy person?
Posted by: davidtebbutt | July 19, 2006 at 10:09 PM
You echo my own thoughts on this. I don't regularly use anything that I would class as 'social media' and was struggling to think of something, anything to put down. I'm not sure about Google though I can understand the need to put anything down.
I'll have a go though - now I have been tagged twice I think I ought to!
Posted by: Alex Pullin | July 19, 2006 at 11:55 PM
David, It was that Clogger chap over at Lewis. I don't if he is tracking them per se, but Drew B has a nice round up on his blog:
http://theblogconsultancy.typepad.com/techpr/2006/07/everyone_elses_.html
Alex, have a go! I actually do think Google is a social media tool, simply because it brings a great deal of info and people together in one spot. If pushed I would argue that it is a social media facilitator.
Posted by: Simon Collister | July 20, 2006 at 08:45 AM
Alright then!
http://wagesofspin.blogspot.com/2006/07/my-favourite-five-social-mee-jar.html
Posted by: Alex Pullin | July 21, 2006 at 04:35 PM