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Wed, 10 Jan 2007
Zoomshare Gets Upgraded
Straight from the zoomshare forum.

As a thank you for your support and continued enthusiasm for Zoomshare, we're adding several new features for all Free Zoomshare sites as of today:

Increased total file storage limit from 50MB to 250MB: This feature has automatically been activated for you.

Ability to have up to to 10 pages on your site (used to be 4) In order to activate your additional pages on your site, go into Site Manager, select an inactive (greyed out) pages, name it, select "Active", then "Save Changes"

In addition, we're working on the ability for you to add as many pages as you want to your sites, and this feature should be available by February

Event Calendar You'll notice that there is a calendar tab at the top of your Tools menu now. However, if you activated your site prior to 1/9/2007, the calendar page is not automatically displayed on your website. To activate a calendar page on your site, go into Site Manager, select an inactive (greyed out) page, set the page type to "Calendar," name it, select "Active," then "Save Changes"

Zoomshare Plus Upgraders: You'll continue to receive the additional benefits of no ads on your website, 1GB of storage, increased bandwidth and site statistics.

big_smile enjoy! and be sure to tell your friends about Zoomshare!

That comes directly from CEO/President of Zoomshare Statement by CEO of Zoomshare


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Mon, 08 Jan 2007
Digg oh how I love you!
We all have our favorite websites that we go to first thing in the morning. I'm a Huge news junkie, I love to know alittle bit about everything. So in the past 4-5 months I have becomes a big fan of Digg.com. If you have never been to the site you are missing a collection of stories placed by users ranked by either time submitted or most popular.

Why is this even addicting? For one it’s not an editor reviewing each article and deciding if I should read it or not. It’s a group of my “peers” that look at the title/story of an article and decide if they like it or not. I put that “peers” part in there because that social attribute is what keeps Digg going strong. At some point CNN, MSN and FOX NEWS are going to have to shift their story line to user-selected stories. Have you ever sat in front of the 10 o’clock news and thought I don’t care about this story I just want to get my sports and go to bed? Well if users (or in this case, viewers) could decide what goes first I think ratings on news programs would be much higher.

So this week website you should check out is Digg.com, A little of everything for everybody.


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Wed, 03 Jan 2007
New Year New Blog!
2007 is here and here comes a great year from zoomshare. A long time has passed since I have written a blog entry. Guess I should recap the year 2006 but I won't. However, I will set out the agenda for 2007 and zoomshare.

We Love Press: The Media is our friends so with the help of any blogger/fan/worshipper we ask for your help in bringing zoomshare to the Television, Newspaper or Digg.

Your Friend is our Friend: Zoomshare is social place, so if you are just sitting around in a forum or chatroom INVITE A FEW FRIENDS. Think of zoomshare as a big party I always have more fun when i bring a few of my friends along.

Showing our pretty face!: The staff here at zoomshare has been kinda blank since we opened up shop. So this year we are pulling back the curtain and showing you more of us. You may not be curious about our headquarters but its about time we opened our doors just a tiny bit.

NEW Features: We feel we are the best because we listen to you. Thus we are adding new features all this year. I can't say what they are but I am excited about each one.

If you have any questions feel free to email me at cdoggett@digitalwork.com. Happy NEW YEAR!


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Mon, 30 Jan 2006
Interview with StumbleUpon
In August 2005, I was able to Interview the folks at StumbleUpon. Here is that Interview:

August 11th: Interview With StumbleUpon.com

Our First Showcase was discovered when I downloaded Firefox for the first time. I browsed plug-ins and found an addition called Stumbleupon. A visit to www.Stumbleupon.com brought me to a homepage where I could browse websites in all different categories and give a review of the site. I was able to get in contact with Justin LaFrance, VP Business Development at Stumbleupon.inc, and found out some interesting things about Stumbleupon via a Q&A with him.

Zoomshare : Justin, what were the thoughts behind the creation of Stumbleupon.com?

Justin LaFrance: StumbleUpon began as a new way for web-enthusiasts to find and share great sites. With StumbleUpon, you can find sites that you didn’t even know to search for. And they’re personally relevant, too. Our goal has been to create a fun, dynamic environment where people can share and discover the best of everything the web has to offer.

Zoomshare : The extension for Firefox was a great idea, how did that come about?

Justin: Firefox launched as a cutting- edge, new web-browser offering web-enthusiasts a powerful tool. Integrating with Firefox seemed like a natural fit.

Zoomshare :Anything new coming from StumbleUpon?

Justin:Always! We have a “top secret” project in the works that will give users with power of Google with the community and personality of StumbleUpon.

Zoomshare : Finally, What trends do you see now that you think will fade in 4-5 years? What trends will grow?

Justin: When we launched, we were clearly on the fringe. No one was doing anything similar. Now, we’re seeing the content-discovery and community- sharing spaces expand and mature. StumbleUpon is still a unique service offering web-enthusiasts an experience not found anywhere else. But, it’s validating to have other services with similar ideas come about and become popular.

Over the next few years, we expect “search” to evolve into a fully personalized service. The big players (Google, Yahoo!, MSN) are beginning to catch on to the power of personalized content- discovery services such as StumbleUpon. It is only a mater of time before they jump into the space with their own offerings or by acquisition.

Thank you Justin for your time.

Personalization of search and news will soon be a huge market. In the future I think newspapers will come only with the sections you want to read everyday! It’s possible that inside your newspaper will be your favorite brand of coffee and a Lunch coupon just to make your day easier.

Remember if there is any website, company or people that you think we should interview let us know.

Also visit Stumbleupon and register today! It’s easy to set up and free. There is an awesome plug-in for Firefox, so if you don’t have the Firefox browser yet this is a great reason to get it.


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