maniaTVblog: UGC

March 18, 2008

When It Comes to Time Spent Online, Content Trumps Community

By Abbey Klaassen

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Despite all the buzz around user-generated content, social networking and visitors to (and valuation of) Facebook, YouTube and MySpace, consumers actually spend a relatively small share (only 7.5%) of their time online with community sites, according to the Online Publishers Association's Internet Activity Index.

http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=125623

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March 16, 2008

6 Things About User Generated Video

User generated video is a public service not a business model.
Dumpster diving for the "best" garbage is still dumpster diving for garbage.
Advertisers do care about content they are associated with.
People do prefer good over bad.
There are, 1,312,901 loser gen videos of guys getting hit in the nuts. That should be enough.
Content is King is still true.

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6 Things

6 Things About User Gen Video
1. User generated video is a public service not a business model.
2. Dumpster diving for the "best" garbage is still dumpster diving for garbage.
3. Advertisers do care about content they are associated with.
4. People do prefer good over bad.
5. There are, 1,312,901 loser gen videos of guys getting hit in the nuts. That should be enough.
6. Content is King is still true.