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Web analytics is of immeasurable importance to anyone who works in any Internet based profession, but it could also be something fun for any Internet user to play with and understand.

So whenever I find a new web analytics tool, I am all over it…

And recently I just came across a website that analyzes data from one of my most visited sites on the web, Digg.com, so now I’m really excited!

The site is quite robust and features a lot of useful and interesting information, as well as all sorts of options for sorting and displaying the statistical data on Digg and its Dugg sites.

The website is called Dugg Analyzer, so check it out.

Also, post any interesting/useful information you may find regarding Digg as comments to this post.

I just recently came across some interesting information that I thought I’d share with everyone.

According to the Internet research and trend analysis website, eMarketer.com, ad spending on social networking sites is anticipated to grow 75% next year and ad revenue for niche communities is expected to grow to 10% from 8.2% in 2007.

This is good news for social networking as a whole since it continues to build on the fact that social networking communities are here to stay and aren’t simply Internet fads or “bubbles” that is building to burst.

And since several advertisers are still to see social networks as a platform for advertising, it’s good to see growth in this area and hopefully this will prompt others to see the valuable in having a presence in such communities and also test the waters.

Last year in Tokyo during the Holidays, a group called Semitransparent Design completed their ninth installation of unique, interactive architecture using lighting. Of course, standing out is no easy task in the electrical circus we know as Tokyo. In this new installation, users were able to interact with light columns using their voice either through mobile or over the Web.

Semitransparent’s Ryoji Tanaka explains: “Akarium as an illumination project has been going on for eight years. When we joined the project, the light design had already been fixed and the lights were going on and off just through time-based programming. We enhanced the project with interaction, and by placing an interactive devices in a public space, we wanted to observe the changes in people’s communication.

Take a look:

Clearly, this is artistic excellence but it also raises some important questions. Should we be looking to expand the interactivity of our social media tools beyond the tools themselves? How can brands utilize mobile and Web based tools to create consumer participation beyond uploading videos on YouTube or passing around a new application on Facebook? And, can consumer participation in the digital space shift the thoughts, moods and brand perceptions of ‘passer-bys’ on the streets of our cities? If so, can we be sure to make these experiences meaningful?

Via: Ping Mag

Facebook’s ability for users and companies to make and distribute applications within its social network has been a rather unstoppable force within the Web 2.0 world. And it has been exciting seeing all the applications that have been developed and all the companies that have jumped on board to build their presence on Facebook. But until now, the only people that could actually make applications for Facebook were people with the ability to code- leaving all us non-coders out of the fun.

Therefore, WidgetBox.com has published a web-based tool that allows anyone to create an application for Facebook.

The application creation tool is one we’ve all been waiting for, and one many people and businesses can benefit from a great deal. For instance, small businesses can now setup a basic application to help promote their business and users can make tools to share with friends- all at no cost at all or having to learn any programming language.

Truthfully, I see this as just another indication that Facebook will one day be the biggest and best social network on the web.

I love Digg and other social bookmarking websites. They are the news sites for the Internet- by Internet users, for Internet users. But as great as they are, they are also known as “Site Killers”. If a blog with very little bandwidth in it’s hosting package gets picked up by Digg or any of the other social bookmarking websites, and it all of a sudden gets a massive amount of hits, it can go down. And this can be a pain for both the website administration and the user.

In fact, there have been countless amount of times where I have found a very interesting link, and I could not see it because the site has gone down! So, to fix this I have been using a very useful Firefox extension, Mr. Uptime. The extension works by popping up whenever you arrive at a web page that is down and asking if the web page should be bookmarked for later.

If you decide the website is important enough and would like to bookmark it. Mr. Uptime will now keep an eye on the site, and it will alert you once the web page goes back up.

Thank you Mr. Uptime!

Here’s your chance to vent some stress and be in one of the most popular video game franchises ever!

Rockstar Games is currently giving anyone who calls their “WKTT Radio Hotline” a chance to express their feelings about whats wrong with their health, the world, America, or themselves.

This is such a great idea… It gives fans the opportunity to be part of the game, it gives Rockstar free content, and it creates a chance to sell more games. In fact, here is a perfect chance to harness the power of social media. For instance, they could produce and provide HTML badges to the lucky chosen “talent” that announce their “guest appearance” in the new GTA, so they would be able to post it on the web for others to see.

As well, I hope other video game developers get inspired by this and start implementing similar ideas in their game development.

Just imagine being able to to send in your photo and having a chance to be chosen as a character the next Tom Clancy game or sending in your own drawings/paintings and having them appear as scenery items in the next Resident Evil. In fact, the possibilities are endless, so it will be cool to see what is to come of all this.

Nevertheless, if your interested in the chance to brag to your friend about being in the new Grand Theft Auto. Just follow the link below…

WKTTradio.com