This is just a short post to announce that I’ll be shutting down the social media monitoring tool yacksocial that I created back in Feb 2010.
I’d like to thank all those who supported the effort and apologise if you’d grown to like it/use it.
My reasons are two fold.
One, I don’t have the time to recode it to work w/ oAuth which twitter will be implementing across the board for all twitter apps soon.
Two, I don’t have the desire or inclination to push it where it needs to go. I kind of lost interest in it when I left my previous employer.
Whilst projects like this need that initial pow, boom etc, they can’t be sustained on enthusiasm alone. They need like minded collaborators, a team, a marketing plan, push, desire, support and a budget.
If anyone is interested in the software, ( go and try it out, it’s freemium) do please send me an email – best offer gets the code.
Don’t ask me what I want for it, or insult me either. You’ll need to understand PHP and be able to upgrade the current basic auth to oAuth for twitter, else put simply, it won’t work. I should add too that it’s not a finished item, is a work in progress but it’s a good start for any company looking to have a tool in the space.
I’ll keep it up for a month from today, but then it goes.
Thanks
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Just Another Social Monitoring Tool?
Not just another social media monitoring tool
I’m writing this post on an iPhone whilst watching Arsenal trail 2-1 to Stoke, a testament to the interconnected world we inhabit today. A world where we can interact w/ our networks from virtually anywhere, a world where the old constraints of modems and hard wired cables in a phone socket are but a bemusing memory of a place left alone in the roadmap of time.
Back then we usually had to wait before reading a response to a post or a comment. Facebook and Twitter, the proliferation of other nkotb like foursquare, gowalla, brightkite et al were just twinkles in the eye of their respective founders. Today all are becoming a mainstay of the online world, acting as sharepoints for the herds that flock to the power of their distributive connectivity; full of people chattering and networking, discussing themes and topics of their everyday lives. Lets face it, it’s nothing short of a technological social revolution; the web how it should be, as envisaged by the technerd visionaries striving to push it all that little bit further.
As a result of all this, quite a few of us have got excited by the opportunities that this activity presents. Never before has it been so easy to connect w/ people in their ‘moment’ never before has it been possible to identify so very quickly, people who are talking about you, your brand or topics and products important to your interests. The whole proliferation of listening tools that have sprung up is testament to the hunger and appetite for finding new ways of measuring, interacting and building relationships w/ those of import.
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Social Media Monitoring Tools – Yack Social
I’m pleased to announce the fruit of a little recent xmas obsession. A social monitoring tool for those who are scared by huge datasets ;0)
I think it’s pretty cool, it lets you listen, monitor, respond and report.
It doesn’t go out and spider the web. It just lets you choose words that are important to your brand or your competition and take samples from twitter and the blogosphere.
My view is that if its on the radar then it’ll end up in blogs or twitter. Lots of people use twitter, but few track what they are doing, simply because there are few very easy ways of doing so. This for me, goes some way to adding to that conversation.
I’ve a list of to do’s and am adding extra value as and when I get the time.
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Jan 10
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Latitude SEO
Latitude are Hiring SEO People
Are you looking for an SEO role? Latitude are hiring in London and Warrington for SEO’s and PPC experts.
I wrote a post here a while back when we were looking for SEO people in London. We did well then and found someone pretty awesome! Today, we are looking to add to the team! I don’t have a job spec to hand, but do feel free to email cv’s to georgina.jones@latitudegroup.com
The role in London is a relatively junior role, although we wouldn’t turn away a more experienced head.
Your role as a Latitude SEO will cover all aspects of managing day to day campaigns for all types of businesses.
You’ll work with some of the best in the business ( so you’ll learn boat loads) and we’ll even pay you a salary too.
* Disclaimer : I’m employed by Latitude and do a bit of SEO.
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Dec 09
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Shorti.es – New Domain
I have a new domain acquistion 
shorti.es .
Not sure what I’m going to do with it yet, ideas thus far are:
- URL shortening service shorti.es/ – a likely outcome
- An affiliate website for biscuits, namely shortbread – not very likely
- A random website for people in shorts to post photos online of themselves in um…shorts – even more unlikely
- A blog type thing with short stories. from budding wordsmiths – perhaps
- A website for people to buy stuff for little people – um, you just never know
That’s it, for now I can’t think of any others – maybe you can in the comments 
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