Checkout Newspapers in Googles fast flip!

While the newpaper industry workd wide is struggling, Google comes up with yet another innovation! The google fast flip is a truely interesting way to read news!! Try it out at http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/read-news-fast-with-google-fast-flip.html

Three compelling reasons to choose Subdomains over Subsites

1. Branding – each subsite has contextually different content - distinct products
2. The use of subsites increases relevance and hence the search ability of content with in the subsite.
3. Each subsite will eventually have it’s own full featured content and community

Examples of subdomains: (subdomain and separate domains are the same)

MONSTER.COM

http://www.monsterindia.com/
http://company.monsterindia.com/index.html
http://jobsearch.monsterindia.com/searchresult.html?loc=87

P&G

http://www.pgeverydaysolutions.com/pgeds/en_US/jsp/EDS_Page.jsp?pageID=HP
http://www.pg.com/en_US/index.shtml

YAHOO

http://cricket.yahoo.com/
http://in.yahoo.com/?p=us
http://www.yahoo.com/
http://new.music.yahoo.com/

GOOGLE

http://news.google.com
http://maps.google.com

References:

From the SEO GURU:

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/subdomains-and-subdirectories/

http://www.googlelady.com/106/folders-vs-subdomains/
http://www.searchviews.com/index.php/archives/2008/07/seo-why-microsites-are-weakening-your-seo-results-%E2%80%93-dr-naveel-builds-your-immunity.php

Google Search

Drupal sites works towards SMM - Facebook and Drupal

First and foremost, what is SMM?

Social media marketing is a set of online marketing techniques that leverage social media.

In India two very active Social Media website are Facebook and Orkut.

There has been many ways in which a Drupal site can talk to Facebook and Facebook to Drupal.

Drupal for Facebook, is a set of modules that turns Drupal into a platform for developing Facebook Applications.

Try a Demo at: http://apps.facebook.com/drupalforfacebook/, http://www.drupalforfacebook.org/sponsorship

Facebook Connect provides for Facebook users to login to the Drupal site using their Facebook login.

Some other interesting references:
Drupal for facebook - Handbook page
http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Facebook_Connect
http://www.eshilon.com/eshilon-design-blog, blog from the maintainers of facebook connect.
Drupal groups for Facebook-API
http://drupal.org/node/291525