Graphic design startup Walls360 has teamed with Zazzle to let consumers create and sell their own custom wall graphics via Zazzle’s self-service customization platform. With more than 10,000 designs already uploaded, the partnership reinforces the power of an on-demand, long-tail business model online. Read more »
Social reading site Goodreads says the primary way its users discover new books to read is through search. Read more at paidContent »
Only about 30 percent of video assets on YouTube make up almost all video views on the site. Or, put another way: 70 percent of all YouTube videos are barely viewed at all. So does that mean that the dream of long tail content is over? Read more »
No set of fearless year-end predictions would be complete without setting expectations for what won’t happen in the coming year. Social media won’t replace search, nor will a single, dominant social media platform emerge. Meanwhile, will the government finally solve the privacy puzzle surrounding social media? ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
YouTube serves more than one billion video views per day, but half of them are from catalog content. The site also now claims to be the world’s second largest search engine, so better pay attention to your SEO. Read more »
The benefits of the long tail may go beyond selling large quantities of niche items. Having a comprehensive inventory makes your customers more satisfied and more likely to patronize you again, according to a new paper from Yahoo presented earlier this month. Read more »
Liz Gannes had an interesting post yesterday, in the wake of the Veoh bankruptcy announcement, with a great chart outlining the huge volume of funding that has flowed to video sites over the years and how that has panned out. As a document, the chart is […] Read more »
