Bots are becoming quite widespread, so it's about time we start measuring their performance. Which are the most widely used metrics by the companies that are using this type of software agents to interact with…
Most MSN bloggers are women
Most MSN Space bloggers are young women of around 18. This is what Víctor Ruiz comments in the Blogs and Communications Media Conferences (Jornadas de Bitácoras y Medios de Comunicación) in Granada, where I?ll take…
Bloggers’ female fans
When I still had acne, I remember being jealous of football players and singers; they were always surrounded by pretty girls: their fans. One day, when I was studying at University, I started to feel…
Mipasado.com, another social network
When a pay-to-use service becomes free, something is not right. It?s the case of Mipasado.com, a web through which people get in touch with ex-Uni or college mates that, until last month, required credit card…
Book about blogs
Lately, I see blogs everywhere and I am even starting to dream of them. The reason why I write this is because I?ve had the pleasure of taking part in a very exhaustive book about…
Wikis in the Financial Times
This is an interesting article by the Financial Times about the alternatives to the email, which has become a ?killer application?. ?We can?t live without it, but we can?t manage it properly either? explains the…
Do social networks work?
A couple of years ago Google created Orkut, a social network that started a fashion of this kind of tools. It gained users very quickly but it faded away at the same pace, except for…