YouTube Wants to Hear from You

Great news for online video publishers today -- YouTube announced via the YouTube blog that users can now upload videos up to 15 minutes in duration.

The world of online video has come a long way in the last couple of years. Google's YouTube might still be the page views leader when it comes to online video viewing, but sites like Hulu, iTunes, and Netflix have embraced a different business model that YouTube is finally trying to catch up with.

In a new study conducted by iVillage, BlogHer, and Compass Partners, eMarketer reports that 53% of U.S. women age 18-77 who use the Internet participated in some form of online social media in March 2009.

Strategic content syndication can transform scattered publishing efforts into a powerful engine for audience growth and building authority. This guide reveals the framework successful publishers use to choose the right platforms, create compelling content clusters, and build sustainable workflows that deliver measurable results.

As a writer just starting out, I remember the inner turmoil associated with imposter syndrome. My inner self wrestled with self-validation issues. Did I deserve to be writing alongside others of far-greater knowledge than myself? Was I truly qualified to even be writing at all? This issue became further compounded when I began to realize that I wouldn’t get by for very long without repurposing content. Didn’t this actually now make me an imposter? Because what writer worth her salt doesn’t publish only fresh topics and striking new ideas?

Google is gearing up for the release of Penguin 2.0, which will put link analysis in the spotlight and revive the almighty Google PageRank.

While Twitter started out a few years ago as a social tool where people could communicate in real-time via short snippets, the team behind Twitter believes the site has evolved into something quite different -- a news site.

Researchers, businesspeople, academics, and professionals use platforms such as LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters Westlaw to find reliable information to inform their work. They are looking for newsworthy information, professional commentary, and independent insights. They need authoritative content that covers in-demand topics.

In an article on The Wall Street Journal website this month, journalist E. Kinney Zalesne shares his take on one of the hottest jobs in the United States -- professional blogging.