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YNOT – London -based mainstream company Monster Advertising is expanding into the world of online adult entertainment and targeting U.S. social network denizens.
“We’ve watched a lot of people make a lot of money in a lot of markets, and even with the economy going mammaries skyward, people are fascinated by sex,” a Monster spokesperson said. “Weirdly enough, the monkeys [in our] lab noticed that while the mainstream was willing to steal grandma’s retirement fund, it was reluctant to spread the word about what a natural beauty Sasha Grey is. It didn’t make any sense, so we seized the opportunity. This is still America, right? We can do that.”
The company’s first move was to launch S6X.it (pronounced “sex it”), the first free and widely available URL shortener devoted to folks who want to share links of a sensitive-but-legal nature.
“The lab monkeys insist that the solution to most, if not all, of the world’s human-made problems is this free URL shortener,” the Monster spokesman said. “We are confident that this provides a solution, not only to those wishing to shorten URL strings, but also be able to immediately identify which links are best left un-clicked at work or during religious services.”
According to Monster, S6X.it was developed specifically for the short-attention span of the average flesh-obsessed internet user … which the company spokesperson indicated “is pretty much everyone,” given that “sex” remains a popular internet search term.
Ultimately, the online market will decide whether Monster’s idea of forwarding one or multiple short links to the latest Cosmo sex tip article, WebMD vasectomy pictorial, or saucy tentacle porn trailer is brilliant — or an obvious sign of a need for a reality TV-style intervention.YNOT – London -based mainstream company Monster Advertising is expanding into... more
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LONDON—In what may be a sign of economic desperation or investment brilliance, mainstream company Monster Advertising is expanding into the world of online adult entertainment.
“We’ve watched a lot of people make a lot of money in a lot of markets and even with the economy going mammaries skyward, people are fascinated by sex,” said Monster. “Weirdly enough, the monkeys at the lab noticed that while the mainstream was willing to steal grandma’s retirement fund, it was reluctant to spread the word about what a natural beauty Sasha Grey is. It didn’t make any sense, so we seized the opportunity. This is still America, right? We can do that.”
Not only can Monster do what it proposes—it has, by introducing S6X.it, the first free and widely available URL-shortener especially for people wanting to share links of, shall we say, a sensitive-but-legal nature.
“The lab monkeys insist that the solution to most, if not all, of the world’s human-made problems is this free URL shortener. It’s the only way our alien masters will be able to effectively spread the word about their, er… I mean, we are confident that this provides a solution, not only to those wishing to shorten URL strings, but also be able to immediately identify which links are best left un-clicked at work or during religious services,” an unnamed Monster representative explained.
According to documents allegedly smuggled from Monster Advertising headquarters, the easily identifiable URL-shortener was specifically developed for the short-attention span of the average flesh-obsessed internet user… which is pretty much everyone. Given that one of the top search terms on most people’s minds is sex, the company is confident that S6X.it will not only be easy-to-remember but also free and easy-to-use URL-shortener.
Ultimately, the online market will decide whether Monster’s idea of forwarding one or multiple short links to the latest Cosmo sex tip article, WebMD vasectomy pictorial, or saucy tentacle porn trailer is sheer brilliance—or an obvious sign of a need for intervention.
For more information, contact media@s6x.it or s6x.it/media.LONDON—In what may be a sign of economic desperation or investment brilliance,... more
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In part two of our series entitled, "Why did you build that feature?" I'm tackling our URL shortener and the Current Bar. We posted a quick run-through for these features last week, but considering the questions surrounding them it felt right to take a closer look.
"Why make a shortener that is 26 characters when others are much shorter?"
Great question. Our URL shortener is truly designed with one intent in mind: providing a better experience when viewing and sharing Current.com content. While it's not the shortest shortener around, at 26 characters this is a massive improvement -- shaving off 11 characters from the shortest Current.com URL previously available. But shortening is really just half of the feature here. Our shortened URLs combine with our new Current Bar to make browsing, sharing, and discussing content on Current much more enjoyable.
Take this story on Current.com for example, "Last of Africa's desert elephants ravaged by severe drought."
Comparison of Current.com shortener and Current Bar use on source stories from Current.com
Originally, when you would click on source URLs, a new window would pop open to load the source article. This still happens, however there are two distinct changes to this flow now -- when you click on the source URL (found below the title of the story) or the image of a story on Current.com it will open the original story in a new window/tab along with the Current Bar at the top of the page, and a shortened URL in your browser bar (see below).
That's right, the original source URL is automatically shortened for you when you click through from Current.com -- just in case you decide to share the story with someone else via Facebook or Twitter.
So, why the Current Bar at the top of the page? The Current Bar offers voting buttons, the title and full source link, and buttons to respond to the discussion back on Current.com and to share the story with others via your various social networks.
Note: We've received a lot of feedback from our community around the use of voting on Current.com, specifically around the fact that many people in our community tend to vote on items without reading the original source story, OR that they click through to read the full source and forget to vote on the story.
The Current Bar attempts to solve for this problem. Gone are the days of clicking through to read the source only to forget to vote or respond back on Current. Have faith, the Bar is there to help remind you. Plus, it gives you an easy way to jump back into the discussion on Current.com after reading the story for yourself.
As Steph pointed out last week, the shortener can also be used to shorten any URL for any story you happen to find around the web. So for example, if you are reading a great article about how the creators of Delgo are hinting at a lawsuit after watching the trailer for Avatar, you have a few options:
Take the original link:
http://www.movieline.com/2009/08/delgo-creators-hint-at-lawsuit-over-avatar-connection.php
Type in current.com/ between the // (doubleslash) and the www in the original URL, and you get this:
http://current.com/www.movieline.com/2009/08/delgo-creators-hint-at-lawsuit-over-avatar-connection.php
When you browse to this new link you will see our shortener in action, and you'll end up creating this URL:
http://current.com/1eg6m4c
At this point, the story still hasn't been submitted to Current.com, so the Current Bar looks a little different:
You can submit it easily by clicking the "Add to Current" button. If you don't want to add it yourself, you can still use the shortened Current.com URL to share the story with people on other social networks. Who knows, maybe one of your followers or friends will submit it to Current for you.
So what are you waiting for? Try it out for yourself, create and share some shortened Current URLs, and most importantly shoot us some feedback and let us know what you think!In part two of our series entitled, "Why did you build that feature?"... more
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Corporate Social Responsibility News: Wainwright Bank's GRI Sustainability Report; 3BL Media's 3BL.me URL Shortener
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3O26_WL3h8Corporate Social Responsibility News: Wainwright Bank's GRI Sustainability... more
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Shorten a URL and 3BL Media will donate a penny. That's the campaign behind the company's launch of a tool to shorten URLs unveiled earlier this week.
For each URL shortened using 3bl.me now through Jan. 31, 3BL Media will donate one penny to VolunteerMatch, SweatFree Communities, and World Wildlife Fund UK. Each month, the beneficiaries change.
In the future, crowdsourcing will identify needy charities and causes. People can nominate organizations by visiting @theCSRfeed on Twitter, or emailing twitizen@3blmedia.com.
"We created 3BL.me not only to promote the notion of triple bottom line, but also as part of our own philanthropic effort," says Greg Schneider, co-founder of 3BL Media, Brattleboro, Vt. "I have no idea if it will generate a million clicks or a thousand clicks, but I can tell you within the 24 hours since the tool was launched it has been very active."
Schneider declined to divulge the cap on contributions, using the "we're a small, privately held business" line as the way to back out of the questions. He did say that rather than hundreds of dollars, he expects to donate thousands of dollars.
Source: http://www.mediapost.com/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=119353&passFuseAction=PublicationsSearch.showSearchReslts&art_searched=3bl%20media&page_number=0Shorten a URL and 3BL Media will donate a penny. That's the campaign behind the... more
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The Republican party took down its innovative link-shortening tool Tuesday for several hours after pranksters had a field day using the tool to associate the GOP with bondage sites.
As part of its new media strategy, the Republican party launched a new site called GOP.am on Monday. It’s a URL shortener designed to make it easy for conservative web surfers to exchange links to web pages.
Pranksters almost immediately began using the service to link to controversial or ironically intended websites, such as the official site of the American Communist Party, a bondage website and a webpage advertising a sex toy in the likeness of Barack Obama. GOP.am apparently started blocking such links at some point Tuesday morning, and the GOP.am homepage was taken offline.
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/12/gop-removes-conservative-url-shortener-following-pranks/The Republican party took down its innovative link-shortening tool Tuesday for several... more
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3BL Media, the experts in corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainability and cause marketing communications, today announced that it has launched 3bl.me, the company’s cause-based URL shortener. For each URL shortened via 3bl.me, 3BL Media will make a donation to worthwhile organizations, with initial recipients including Volunteermatch, Sweatfree Communities, and World Wildlife Fund UK. Additional charities and causes will be identified on a monthly basis via “crowd-sourcing” for nominations by users visiting @theCSRfeed on Twitter, or emailing twitizen@3blmedia.com.
http://3blmedia.com/theCSRfeed/3BL-Media-Launches-3blme-URL-Shortener-Support-Charities-and-Raise-Awareness-%E2%80%9CTriple-Bott3BL Media, the experts in corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainability and... more
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Thanks in no small part to Twitter and its 140 character limitation, 2009 has been the year when URL shorteners really took off.
Even thought they've been around for years, it's only fairly recently that big guns like Facebook (fb.me) and Digg have invested in their own URL shorteners. And now Google's joined in with the imminent public launch of goo.gl.
At the moment though, it's not for the likes of you and I to use, unfortunately. In a short message announcing the launch, they explain: "Google URL Shortener is currently available for Google products and not for broader consumer use."
Remember, current.com has its own spectacular URL shortener. Add 'http://www.current.com/' in front of any URL and not only it be shortened, it'll also take one simple click to add it to current.com.
http://goo.gl/Thanks in no small part to Twitter and its 140 character limitation, 2009 has been the... more
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In part two of our series entitled, "Why did you build that feature?" I'm tackling our URL shortener and the Current Bar. We posted a quick run-through for these features last week, but considering the questions surrounding them it felt right to take a closer look.
"Why make a shortener that is 26 characters when others are much shorter?"
Great question. Our URL shortener is truly designed with one intent in mind: providing a better experience when viewing and sharing Current.com content. While it's not the shortest shortener around, at 26 characters this is a massive improvement -- shaving off 11 characters from the shortest Current.com URL previously available. But shortening is really just half of the feature here. Our shortened URLs combine with our new Current Bar to make browsing, sharing, and discussing content on Current much more enjoyable.
To get the full scoop, head over to the blog and read the entire post!
http://current.com/1746m4cIn part two of our series entitled, "Why did you build that feature?"... more
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The URL shortenting market got even more crowded today with the launch of StumbleUpon’s su.pr. Though the list of competitors are long, Su.pr has one thing they don’t have, superior analytics, and added traffic to the link, something content producers, writers and social media gurus (or whatever they’re calling themselves these days) are very hungry for.
The way su.pr works is simple, users type in a URL and has the option to shorten it or post it directly to Twitter or Facebook. Su.pr then tracks the number of clicks the link receives and submits it to the StumbleUpon system which the community is then exposed to and can spread based on the quality of the content. Users can see how many others clicked on the link through Stumble, as well as what times people are clicking. The site even suggests optimal times to post for maximizing traffic based on that person’s community. Users can also schedule tweets based on these times to optimize clicks.
For the rest of the article click on the linkThe URL shortenting market got even more crowded today with the launch of... more
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