WebWorkerDaily has got a very interesting and thought-provoking blog post where they are actually questioning the worthiness of having comments turned on in a blog, whether for personal or business use, given the recent happenings of very popular blogs finally deciding to turn comments off for now. Turn comments on. That WebWorkerDaily article surely is a good read providing lots of insightful thoughts on what are some of the pros and cons of such a bold move. Well, here’s my take: keep them!

Since I write for multiple blogs and provide blog consulting services to businesses, my work flow in very content heavy. decided the three main sections are one: content monitoring, two: content collecting, assembling, and creation, and three: content publishing and archiving. Step two then reaches into both steps one and step three for new content. This is the second part of a five part series on how enterprise 2.0 tools can work for an enterprise of one, myself in this case.

From time to time I run workshops, strategy sessions and give keynotes at Travel and Tourism conferences on the role of social networks, user generated content and peer reviews in that industry A new industry booklet from Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre (STCRC) has revealed the power of interactive web tools, or user-generated content (UGC), in influencing consumer’s travel plans. The research has revealed that almost a third of people think interactive web tools such as blogs, reviews and star ratings are ‘very influential’ in their holiday planning, with a further 50% saying these tools have ‘certain influence’ on their travel decisions.

The real value of Facebook is when you have a group of friends with who you share ideas, experiences and content. Twitter, on the other hand is not really built for connecting with people - its real value comes from the comments and contributions that are added to its database and that can then be searched. ZDNet is reporting that Google has soft-launched public comments on search results: Image by manfrys via Flickr People are often comparing Twitter with Facebook.

Comments on Blogs and Forums Blogs and forums need comments to thrive. They help to build community and add valuable content which search engines like. Comment often require links to be meaningful or to identify the commenter. Comments which are completely devoid of No aspect of the Internet is more critical to understand than hyperlinks or simply links, as we call them. After all, what is the World Wide Web but countless documents which are interconnected by links?

Collaborative Document Writing: Online Word Processor Puts The Turbo On Comments Features - Coventi Pages Web applications continue to grow in number, offering easy ways to work both on and off-line with your documents and opening up more opportunities for online collaboration. new online word processor promises to bring document editing to the next level, by adding precision commenting features that set it apart from the existing slew of collaborative writing applications out there, and the good news is that it is entirely free. Photo credit: Didier Kobi We have

They are primarily one-to-many channel (blogger sets theme, tone and subject) and the social network sees the “finished product” - and can leave questions/comments/reviews. Time after time, those using Chip-In widgets for fundraising get a lot of angry comments when it closes after a week - “I only just heard about it”!  User generated content - blog articles, videos, While you are reading the presentation outline below I’d like you to think about the Twitter change today. Today Twitter turned off “see replies to those I’m not following”.

decided the three main sections are one: content monitoring, two: content collecting, assembling, and creation, and three: content publishing and archiving. Step two then reaches into both step one and step three for new content. Here is my current approach to step three - Content Collecting, Assembling, and Creation. This is the third part of a five part series on how enterprise 2.0 tools can work for an enterprise of one, myself in this case.

decided the three main sections are one: content monitoring, two: content collecting, assembling, and creation, and three: content publishing and archiving. Step two then reaches into both step one and step three for new content. Here are some potential new school approaches to content collecting, assembling, and creation that I discussed with Gil. This is the fourth part of a five part series on how enterprise 2.0 tools can work for an enterprise of one, myself in this case.

Helping People Find You, Content as Mere Conversation Fodder, Letting Users The value of the content itself, he says (in a message everyone in the 'Knowledge Content is just something to talk about." And makes some interesting comments on the Bowling Alone hypothesis (that BLOG Clay Shirky on Helping Users Identify Their Needs, and the Formula for Effective Social Networking