The User Experience of the Real Time Web

By Evan Britton, January 22, 2010 | 7 Comments

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The real time web can be a lot of fun for users, even if you aren’t a user of Facebook, Twitter, or other real time web service. The real time web can open up new information that users otherwise wouldn’t have known how to find before hand. In this article, we’ll review 3 of the things you can take away from the real time web – today or any day.
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Five Ways to Be a Trendy Blogger

By Brandon Cox, November 12, 2009 | 18 Comments

family tvI’ve noticed something over the years. When I blog about things that just happen to be trending, my traffic soars, especially on those occasions when my article somehow winds up on the front of Google’s blog search or another similar site. Blogging about trending topics doesn’t necessarily fit every niche, but it fits most in one way or another. Here are five ways to do it…

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Sency – The Web in Real Time

By Brandon Cox, November 8, 2009 | 3 Comments

sencyReal time web startups are all the rage as internet users are becoming aware of the fact that news can travel almost instantly across the web. We used to search based on relevancy alone, now we search for relevancy that is trending. Real-time web apps and services are aimed at meeting the demand for finding out what’s happening now.

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