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Yes – I’ll admit to being twitterpated. The definition of the word is something like: 1) to be completely enamored with someone/something. That explains it. Patty has had that effect on me since we were about 12 years old. Now Continue reading I’m twitterpated…
Sarah Lacey, at TechCrunch, has written an interesting article about the Israeli genealogy site, MyHeritage.com. Lacey basically lays out how start-up MyHeritage was able to build a site with 31 million registered users, documenting 330 million family members, without getting Continue reading How MyHeritage.com Survived Startup
Alan Mann gives an interesting lecture. I’ve set through many over the years, and always came away knowing something genealogically techie that I hadn’t known before. His lecture on “What’s New in Family History Technology” was reported on by Sharron Continue reading Alan Mann Speaks on “What’s New”
Prompted by a question posed by Chris Staats on the Staats Place blog (“…what value [do] you feel (or IF you feel) blogs, wikis, social networking (Facebook, Twitter, etc), and any other tool I am omitting, actually add?”), Randy Seaver Continue reading The Genealogical Value of The Social Networking Related Sites
The following was written by GeneTree staff: After More Than a Year of Development, GeneTree’s Free Web Site Provides an Easy Way for Families to Communicate on an Everyday Basis; to Share and Store Family Photos, Video and Documents; and Continue reading GeneTree’s Free Family Web Site Now Out of Beta with New Interface & Rich Features
The following Press Release is from peHub. FamilyLink.com recently raised $2.85 million in Series B funding as social networking services continue to grow even during difficult economic times. FamilyLink.com raised its initial round of funding of $1.25 million in August Continue reading FamilyLink.com Raises 2.85 Million in Series B Funding
UPDATE: Under pressure from subscribers, Zuckerberg backed off and reversed their policy. See his latest blog. Facebook, combined with genealogy, has become the rage in the last year. NEARLY every blogger I know now has a Facebook account and lots Continue reading Facebook Subscribers in an Uproar
Anybody want to buy a social networking site that’s losing money? Well, according to an article in the Guardian, Friends Reunited seems to be on the block. I don’t know if Genes Reunited will be caught up in any sale, Continue reading Friends Reunited is Up For Sale
Genes Reunited, a spin-off site from Friends Reunited, which I wrote about just a few days ago, has a number of sites specific to the New Zealand, Australian, South African, and International (or U.K.) family history research. Now the sites Continue reading Genes Reunited Launches Site Redesign for 2009
Now tell me… If you owned a domain called Reunion.com – with supposedly 700 million people profiles on your site, would you be changing your name? You have to admit that a name like Reunion.com is about as easily-remembered a Continue reading An Irritating Reunion.com to Change its Name to MyLife.com
All is not doom and gloom when it comes to funding for up & coming genealogy-related Internet ventures. Geni.com just raised another 5 million dollars in venture funding – the cash coming from Charles River Ventures, as well as The Continue reading Geni Raises 5 Million in Venture Capital
Friends Reunited, purchased by British television channel ITV for what now amounts to £175m, will probably have write-down the value of the acquisition when it releases its year-end review of past acquisitions. The Sunday Times is reporting that the review, Continue reading All Social Networking Sites Don’t Necessarily Go Up in Value
Renee Zamora is reporting that Family Link’s “We’re Related” application on Facebook has now surpassed even poker and posting videos in popularity. See Renee’s blog for the full scoop.
The following was written by MyHeritage staff: London, England and Tel Aviv, Israel; September 22, 2008 – MyHeritage, one of the world’s most popular family Web sites, today announced the acquisition of family social network Kindo. MyHeritage has more than Continue reading MyHeritage Acquires Family Social Network Kindo
The following was written by Geni.com staff: Site Traffic Tops 1 Million Unique Visitors in August. Los Angeles, CA; September 4, 2008 — Genealogy and family social networking website, Geni.com, announced today that its traffic in August exceeded 1 million Continue reading Family Trees Grow Virally on Geni.com