Triberr is down
Bloggers who use Triberr, a tool that helps them share each others blog posts on Twitter, found their sites redirected to a parked domain this morning. Read On…
Triberr.com Domain Expires, Takes Down Sites Using It
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AmEx Sync, Marketers, and Twitter: Who Wins and Loses with Pay-by-Tweet?
You can now buy something by tweeting it.
Hear me discuss the new AmEx Sync on American Public Radio’s Marketplace.
American Express cardholders who sync their card to their Twitter handle can tweet with a special hashtag what they want to buy, tweet again to confirm, and a few days later a package arrives at their door. The consumer obviously wins, but among everyone else how will AmEx Sync pan out? Read On…
7 Reasons to Remove Extensions From Your URLs
- Having them doesn’t provide any insight that the user needs. Your users couldn’t care less about what software you’re running behind the scenes. Read On…
English-language Chinese tech & marketing blogs to follow
Stay up to date on tech and marketing in China straight from the boots on the ground. Read On…
English Cover Letter Help Website Shiny English
Shiny English has been rethought and relaunched. It’s now a marketplace for document revisions focused on cover letters.
Sina Weibo doesn’t use OAuth to access your Gmail contacts
I got the following alert when I signed into my Gmail account after allowing Sina Weibo to access my address book:
Read On…
Sina Weibo English Translations
I made English annotations on the Sina Weibo interface using Gap’s page as reference. Read On…
Why Tianji growth in the English-speaking market is slow
Tianji, “the LinkedIn of China”, has an English version. Here was my experience. I clicked “English” in the upper right corner and proceeded to fill in the registration form. I clicked “Sign Up Now” and was presented with the registration form again, this time in Chinese. I filled it out again and hit the registration button, but was told my name didn’t validate as it wasn’t in Chinese characters. I gave up and left the site.
Later when I tried it again, once I got to the Chinese registration form I clicked “English” in the corner and was presented the registration form in English, which I filled in and registered successfully. The site makes you click “English” even after you continue to click “English” the initial time.
Poor user experience and I don’t see them growing that much because of it.
Chinese social network profile pages in SERPs
Interestingly enough, 51.com is the best – URL has the username instead of user ID, unique title, and the meta description is what the person wrote on their profile instead of boilerplate text. Renren is the worst – if you click on their result you are redirected to their login page.
Sequoia Invests Multi-Millions in Milanoo without SEO Due Diligence
How does a small Chinese e-tailor of wholesale apparel, often copied from designer brands, manage to outrank websites like Victoria’s Secret and the Gap, pull in $16 million a year, and last week get a multi-million dollar investment from Sequoia Capital?
I decided to find out.