YouTube going to movie rentals?

I'm not sure if everyone knows but YouTube launched a way for movie makers to upload full length movies to their site. YouTube then gives the the option to whether of not the film makers want to receive money based on rentals of the movie or by advertisements. If customers were to rent the movies they could do so on Google checkout or PayPal.

Since the site was launched it has not been as successful as many people who quick their jobs to work on this project had thought. Internet movie watchers have not been jumping onto the site to watch the movies as they had hoped. After the movie site opened only a few of the companies top rentals even had 1,000 viewings.

I personally think the reason why is because many people just don't know about the site. YouTube has never done this type of format before and without proper market communications people will not know about it. I think it is a good idea because many people that post on YouTube are trying to do the same thing that small movie makers are. They are trying to get their material out to a lot of people so they get noticed.

Are you friends with your mom on facebook?

Social networks have become a big part of how we interact with people and earn networks. Right now some of the most popular networks are twitter, facebook and linked in. All three of these social networks try to reach a different demographic. In 2006 facebook opened up their website to anyone over the age of 13 that has a active email address. This means that anyone can sign up for the website even if they are as old as 80 years old. This opened up an entirely different concern with kids online. Should they friend their parents on facebook? According to a survey by Retrevo, almost half of parent say that they are friends with their children on social networking sites. When parent were surveyed they said that they understood the social networking sites enough to know some things on them are unexeptable but they still allow it. 12 % of the parents say that they use taking away these sites as a form of punishment for their children.

Many parents see a benefit in friending their kids on facebook even though it may be awkward at times. But 52% of kids do not friend their parents on facebook but can make their parents happy by friending them and then use privacy controls!