Facebook Facts:

• 15 billion dollar valuation based on Microsoft’s $240 million purchase of 1.6% of the business
• Founded in 2004
• 73.5 million visitors in September ‘07
• Average visitor stay per visit: 20 minutes

To get an idea of the way Facebook works, The Globe and Mail published a primer in April ‘07. Also, TechCrunch published a “How to” that is very useful.

Bottom line; Facebook is an example of the changing face of business and the Internet. This is Web 2.0.

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 Fast Company: 50 Ways to Green Your Business

“Hamburger Helper helps your hamburger … save the planet? This year, General Mills redesigned the packaging of Mom’s old standby, shaving off 20% of the paperboard box without shrinking its tasty contents. The astounding result: 500 fewer distribution trucks on the road each year.”

This is just one of the 50 examples of what companies are doing to cut consumption, reduce carbon footprints and boost their bottom line. These stories are informative, concise and even inspirational.

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If you rent your house or apartment, are looking to rent or are a landlord, you need to give RentOMeter a try. Simply enter the address of the rental property, and the price, and RentOMeter will give you back a split screen with a visual gage of your property in relation to the others in the area and a map.

This works best in big cities or well poplulated areas. Also, while the map shows the location of the comparable properties, it doesn’t link to the actual rental listings. Too bad.

All in all, RentOMeter.com provides a quick and easy way to get comparable rental property information.

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George Colony, the CEO at Forrester Research, has a great article, written in plain english, on why Web 2.0 has changed the business-customer relationship. Highlights include:

• Having a conversation with customers
• Web sites are almost always poorly designed
• Will your customer recommend your business to a friend?
• Customers have way more power
• Great marketing works better with great technology

 Read the entire article, it’s about 1200 words.

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