Saturday, December 13, 2008

SLA 23Things lesson 19 - Web award sites

I went through the entire list on SEOmoz. I stopped and explored and added to my Delicious bookmarks several of them. ParkingSpace.com (because I'm trying to sell a parking space); Technorati (blogs, etc.); Backpack (organization); Care2 (charity); biznik (business networking); YouTube; and Yourminis (widgets).

I did not care for Backpack. Contrary to the awards site, I found it hard to use. I didn't really see the utility of it. Professionally, I use Outlook and that does all I need. I liked Care2 because it had many interesting stories and ways to get involved. I am interested in biznik because, in addition to being an information professional, I am also a retail owner. I like being able to ask questions about the retail business. Yourminis is an interesting collection of widgets. Next time I update my iGoogle page, I will use this.

Finally, I spent the most time with YouTube. I searched "retail management" - didn't find much of any use there. I searched "libraries" - a few interesting things there. There was one that was over an hour, so I didn't watch the whole thing. I also search some personal topics (dog training). Some useful clips. In general, I thought most of it was a waste of time to watch, but there were some good ones. It's someplace I would definitely check if I had the need.

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