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Tags: air-canada, blogs, content-sharing, Farecast, Internet-behavior, technological-tools, transat, virtual-communities, web-2.0

In an earlier Globe-Veilleur article, we explained why Facebook has quickly become one of the top virtual communities and a new social phenomenon unto itself. We are now going to examine its sphere of influence within the tourism industry, as many Quebec businesses are starting to make use of it. Some concrete examples from the [...]

Tags: blogs, content-sharing, Internet-behavior, myspace, technological-tools, virtual-communities, web-2.0

In the summer of 2006, we drew attention to the important phenomenon of Web 2.0. Since then, a great many Web users have become familiar with virtual online communities and several players have really started to stand out. One such site is Facebook, which is the process of establishing itself as a mainstay of the [...]

Tags: blogs, myspace, tripadvisor, viral-marketing, web-2.0

Corporate marketing strategies tend to focus on the following questions: who are we trying to reach, and how and when can we reach them? In other words, a company will base its marketing decisions on the data – mainly geographic or demographic – it has about its current and potential clients. Network-based marketing brings another [...]

Tags: blogs, content-sharing, myspace, online-behavior, Online-users, rss, social-networking, tripadvisor, web-2.0, Web-strategies

As the number of web users keeps growing, so the internet keeps evolving. It now features much simplified, more flexible and lower‑cost technology that encourages interactivity. Thanks to broader applications, internet users are now truly benefiting from the web’s participatory philosophy, forming virtual communities in which they share information about personal experiences, interesting websites, photos, [...]