Microsoft has been doing a lot of advertising with digg.com, diggnation.comand Facebook. I didn't know about stumbleupon. Infact the rumor was that the facebook advertising was said to have harmed Google's image in the advertising industry, but just a little, and was the cause of Google stock to drop for about a week a few months ago.
Chris... On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 4:05 PM, David Kaiser <[email protected]> wrote: > So, this came across one of the work-related (GIS) news feed thingies I > see at work sometimes. Microsoft is showing this at a GIS related > conference this week - it's called SVP, short for Single View Platform. > > So, I'm on a phone call, tethered to my desk, I go and check it out just > to see what they are offering. I see the standard Microsoft marketing > page (99% fluff, 1% content.) > > Then, as I'm about to close the page, towards the bottom I see a little > box with 4 little icons in it and almost fell out of my chair. > > Microsoft put up a page with links to "Share this on:" digg, > del.icio.us, Facebook, and stumbleupon? > > Wow! Honestly, this has to be a first for Microsoft. Encouraging > someone to use an internet site like digg or facebook to link to their > page? > > Does this mean they "get it" now? Or is this "so 2006"... > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose
