Jay Gaulard Blog

Tracking, Bloggers, OpenSocial and Google

November 4, 2007 – 5:39 pm | by jaygaulardcom

Many Consumers Are Unclear What “Online Tracking” Even Means

A study released this week shows that a huge percentage of Americans don’t grasp just how intensively their online habits are tracked, analyzed, and used to serve ads back to them.

Top 10 Events for Bloggers

Blogging can be a lonely business. And if online blogger communities don’t satisfy you desire to mingle, this is a list of the top 10 events in the real world where you can participate in, meet with fellow bloggers, and share experiences.

OpenSocial - What a Difference a Day Makes Google Beats Facebook

Facebook vs Google Open Social

Google Purchases Shortest Domain Name Ever

Google has purchased the shortest possible domain name to make it easier for Chinese users to find Google: g.cn.

Google OpenSocial Now Live!

We’ve been waiting all day for Google’s OpenSocial site to start working, and it has finally happened. The site contains the official OpenSocial API documents, developers blog, featured community gadgets, and featured videos. Unless you’re a developer dying to see the inner workings of the APIs, there isn’t really much new information up there;