Monday, 20 June 2011

jobmet startup in difficulty (article in Chinese)

职脉网jobmet.com是我用过的用户操作体验比较好的找工作垂直网站,也就是类似skyscanner,去哪儿,800团,自己不产生内容,而是靠抓取和有效组织其他门户内容的内容。

可是,今天突然发现,他们已经不提供抓取来内容了。可能是被转让了,现在是一个web2.0的类似社区的东西,还在内测阶段,没有开放注册,所以无从得知内情。。

Sunday, 12 June 2011

Twitter seeks to shutdown Twiter.com


It has been reported Twitter is seeking to shutdown the scam site Twiter.com, which confuses thousands of people each day and using a similar theme and pretending to be a survey function of Twitter.com

Although Twiter.com is registered in 2004, this doesn't help it if if intends to confuse the visitor to perceive it is a Twitter survey.

As of today Twiter.com is still functioning

Friday, 10 June 2011

Comment in Chinese for Demand Media's IOP

http://tech2ipo.com/2713

ech2ipo点评:Demand Media上市是一件引起轰动的事,此前Tech2ipo也出过多篇文章来探讨这家公司的商业模式和最新动态,“媒体巨头DemandMedia将迎来IPO创新模式受资本追捧”,“Demand Media冲击市场 Google为低品质内容寝食难安”,“媒体巨头Demand Media商业模式解析” 等。放到中国而言,这家公司基本上就是现在网络上比较流行的“水军”巨头。它综合了庞大的水军力量,再辅以多个前沿阵地,以及强大的SEO搜索引擎优化能力,从而实现了对用户需求的覆盖。这种对用户需求的覆盖很大程度上是依赖于搜索引擎体现的。它的商业逻辑的实质是在搜索引擎和真正的用户需求之间,增加了一个属于自己的隔层,建立起一道自己掌控的增值体系。事实上,如果都以真正的用户需求为导向,Demand Media作为搜索引擎的有力合作伙伴,提供优质内容,那作为一个独立的隔层,它也会被用户和搜索引擎理解和接纳,是联系它们的良好纽带。但现在的做法是,为了让自己更多的在搜索引擎中以隔层的形态出现,它已经把从以真正的客户需求为导向,变为了以搜索引擎的抓取为导向,从而忽视了最核心的真正的用户需求的价值,从而也失去了它作为隔层的价值,反而成了整个价值链的多余环节。其实,国内的很多公司也严重存在着类似的问题,它们要么同样变为了百度和 Google的奴仆、要么就成为了垃圾广告的聚集地,这些都是可怜又可悲的现象。Demand Media还有巨大的资源和灵活的机制来应对这一挑战,我们呢?

Monday, 6 June 2011

Social Cycle (blog article in Chinese)

Abstract:

Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, whatever you use, you probably has a lot of strangers, or people you know, but don't expect them to follow/connect with you, as your 'friends' now.

That's the problem of today's social network, you don't have a good control about your cycle as you do in everyday life.

现在的社交网络,功能不可谓不强大,但看到身边很多有影响力的人士,并不使用。少数宁可使用Linkedin,更多的则是什么都不用,不写博客没看过微博更不用说人人非死不可,只用邮件。(很多‘长’可能连邮件都不用吧)

为什么呢?因为,社交网络不符合他们的社交,没有解决他们的问题。Email解决了他们通讯速度的问题,社交网络却只带来了无法控制的圈子,大堆陌生人,大堆认识但并不像搭理,或不想让他们近距离接触的熟人。那么,不需要无谓传播渠道的人,又何必费力不讨好地来网络社交呢?

解决方案1:单独开发圈子社交,这个有点像世纪佳缘的VIP线下服务,或者一些所谓的模特网,不遵循所谓的六度空间理论,只照顾小圈子

解决方案2:在现有社交网上开发面具插件。用户可以戴上插件面具,只有通过小圈子(面具主人主动邀请)的认证后,才算真正进入对方的社交圈,可以看到面具后的真人。

实际上我们已经可以看到一些雏形

Thursday, 2 June 2011

Google is copying social media giants?

Google decides Orkut would not make them contend. The way they express their concern and to make even? Add a like button to search results.

This is called collaborative filtering, which has been widely used by Amazon and many other E-commerce.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20067712-93.html

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-20048886-36.html

Wednesday, 1 June 2011

Google Irritates Britain, Ireland, and... US for tax avoidance of 4.6 billion

It has been reported and widely discussed: Google is not contend with the 12.5% tax rate in Ireland (after avoiding the 28% corporate tax in the UK)

They have again transferred the profit to Bermuda, where there is no tax for the category Google claimed the revenue is from. In order to do this, they setup complicated Dutch companies to do the transfer and avoiding detection by Irish laws.

Result? Google transfered 3.2 billion pounds almost without a slice to tax man, to its Bermuda heaven. Yes, that is $ 4,600,000,000 for the past few years