The first web publishers were those webmasters comfortable enough with html to create webpages and insert information inside them. Webmasters were the first Web influencers. Then came the personal Websites and the blogs: From then on, knowing Web languages were not required anymore to publish information online. A lot of Internet stars were born du

There is an infinite number of Websites out there that offer blogging services. When you are not too familiar with the industry, it' really is a pickle to decide which one to use for your personal/professional bogging needs. But if you're starting to have a bit of experience with those tools, there is only a handful of blogging platforms that are w

First I was on Blogger, then I tried Wordpress, and then again I opened a Tumblr, Posterous, Canalblog, Hautetfort, Typepad, .... I have tried a lot of blogging platforms for the sake of testing. A blog is a golden tool that empowers individuals to speak their minds. More recently, I opened a Overblog blog, the leading French blogging platform. Ove

Recently, the movie "the social network" was released in theaters. If the movie got fairly good reviews, the title of the movie is misleading regarding the actual state of social networks. If Facebook wants to become THE social networking platform, the reality of online social networks is different. The Web is populated with an infinite number of s

I am a big fan of social networks. First of all, when I try a social network, I look for the people that I am the most interested in following, ie top guns in the emarketing industry. I also pay attention to the curation potential of the site, ie the ease to find the information that matters for me. Finally, I look at the accessibility of the publi