Hi Peep,

Wanna have your “nerdhot needs” met…? Check out this quote from G4TV.com’s Attack of the Show Women of the Web…

“To show our fervent joy over Friday’s arrival, we like to show you our weekly rundown of the hottest women on the internet and today is no exception. Marvel at the incredible sight that is Hilary Duff’s derriere. You’re welcome.”

“And you’re also welcome to stare and refresh the lovely Miss Holly Weber all you need. And if you’re really feeling rambunctious jump on over to POP 17 and take in Sarah Austin, who just might fulfill your nerdhot needs”

Now what does Sarah Austin(formerly known as Sarah Meyers) have to say about being added to this list of HOTTIES…?!

“I don’t compare to the model types. I’m not hot… I’m cute… What I do is totally different from the women who are usually featured on the show: models, actresses and singers. I feel like there could be more credit given for writing, producing, pitching, blogging and being behind the camera so … much more than when I am in front of the camera, but I didn’t just get casted in Pop17. I created Pop17 with the intention to develop my strengths behind the camera.”

Sarah Austin does not fit into the category of what I would consider stereotypically hot. She’s CUTE. I’m not sure if she’s ever had a hard time with her career so far since she’s so innocent & sweet looking? Or maybe people are embracing that quality? She’s not pimping herself out like some of the other HOT women in social media.

Which leads me to wonder about the need to cater to men in the worst way… but then what are you going to do when men really are VISUAL?

Frankly… I’m sick of seeing women(& teens) showing WAY too much skin(READ: BOOBAGE). AND I really dislike guys making comments to me about “the twins”(you know what I mean). Or when a really attractive woman passes by. Why not appreciate her beauty and not go “Goo-goo-ga-ga” over her? Maybe she even has a brain…?

The thing I’ve been doing for a while now is to look @ guys to see their reactions. It’s really quite funny and pathetic at the same time…

Gee there I go with a RANT… ; P

Anywho Peep… go check out more of Sarah Austin & her show over @ POP17.com

I think her cuteness factor helps her show and doesn’t detract from it. You’re not going to watch it and think “DAMN! She’s so freakin’ HOT…!” You can enjoy her show without all those extraneous male thoughts… and if you’re a woman you don’t have to get all jealous over her smoking HOT body and face… ; P

It’s time women were recognized for their contributions behind the scenes versus being just another pretty face.

God Bless,
Yoon

P.S. My personal favourite(favorite for my American friends ; P) is Lisa Bettany. She’s a local gal. You gotta love the hometown girl the mostest of course(I’m loyal like that. Uh, yeah, that’s it…). Just check out her photo I <3 the most... see that HOTNESS that is Lisa here. You can see what she does over @ MostyLisa SHHHH! Don’t tell her! ; P

P.P.S. i was wrong about Sarah’s non-hotness factor… I just saw a pic that was Whoo-Hoo! nerd hot!; P

Hi Social Peep,

So here’s the special bulletin from PlayList(you’d have to log into your account @ PlayList.com to see it)…

The “please contact MySpace” link goes to: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.contact

Since I don’t use MySpace much anymore it doesn’t really effect me… plus, I never shared my PlayList on MySpace… ; P I have added it to my FaceBook Profile. Although it looks like this…

I just clicked on the whitespace and now… tada…!

PINK background…!!!??? w/ PURPLE highlights…???!!!

So should I use the default black, gray(which seems to be white since I can’t see anything when this is chosen), blue, purple, pink, red or green…? All colors have white font except for pink…

Why not just embed my PlayList Here! What a novel idea Yoon… ; P Click on the Play Button and listen to music that I listen to…

God Bless,
Yoon

Hi Social Media Peeps,

In case you wanted to know why you might want to use Google Friend Connect on your site watch this short video…

Now the one MAJOR problem with something like people being able to lgo into your site is that they are not on your list for that site… since they can randomly “sign up”(they actually NEVER have to sign up…) by logging in using their Google Friend Connect to your site… if you are an Internet Marketer/AffiliateMarketer/Business then YOU LOSE.

But then again you’ll potentially have a LOT more peeps checking out your site. And if you have your site(s) set up correctly you can still reap the benefits of having more traffic, members and users… like having people sign up to your opt-in list to grab your goodies only available though email, your blog or other methods.

You probably don’t have major Venture Capitalists investing into your social-enabled site or network so there’s nothing wrong with you thinking ahead to monetization now versus dreaming about being bought out by one of The Big Three(Google, Yahoo and Microsoft) or The Big Two(MySpace & Facebook)… hmmm, that might get confusing… ; P

The Big Three Internet Companies/Search Engines? And The Big Two Social Networks…? Anyways…

I’ve been waiting for quite a while now and the “Test to finalize setup” hasn’t gone through yet…

Aha! I caught the error…! I knew something was off when Step 2 was showing
Upload to: http;//replay.html
Upload to: http;//canvas.html
OOPS!!!

Here’s the REAL Step Two…

Up to Step Three, this is the sidebar…

Now you’ll see the full sidebar starting @ Step Four… Add a Members Gadget To Your Site:

Well, I’ll be spending some time tonight fiddling around with Adding Members Gadget to the test site, adding a member(me… ; P ), Social gadgets(you can populate your Friend Connected site with as many gadgets as you’d like: Wall gadget », Review/Rate gadget », OpenSocial demonstration »,
LameGame demonstration »(there’s a reason why it’s titled LAME…), & Custom gadget ».

Here’s the Members Gadget…

Cool. I’m going through my Google Friends settings. You can set this up before you join any site(which I guess is kind’a obvious…).

Here are the ways you can invite your friends to the Google Friend Connected site you just joined…

Don’t forget to check out Reports & Sight settings(both basic and advanced)… ; P

Lots more to do. I think I’m going to sleep instead… ; P

Good Journey &
God Bless,
Yoon

Hi Social Media Peeps,

So sad for many of you… Pownce is shutting down… : [

11 Days until they are no longer around… too bad so sad… ; P

Here’s their recent message…

We are sad to announce that Pownce is shutting down on December 15,
2008. As of today, Pownce will no longer be accepting new users or new
pro accounts.

To help with your transition, we have built an export tool so you can
save your content. You can find the export tool at Settings > Export.
Please export your content by December 15, 2008, as the site will not
be accessible after this date.

Please visit our new home to find out more:
http://www.sixapart.com/pownce

Our thanks go out to everyone who contributed to the Pownce community,

The Pownce Crew

WOW. Who’s going to be the next social media site to “bite the dust”? Is it because of the recession…? I would have thought that this bubble would have been burst by another DOT.COM BOMB type of environment… OH WELL!

Here’s hoping that Facebook is here for a long while… ; P What would we do without Facebook! What was my life like before(without) Facebook…?

Time to get back to Facebook while I still can… ; P

God Bless,
Yoon

Hi Peeps,

So how do you manufacture your own buzz with YouTube the “traditional” way…? Is there a way to Jumpstart your way to the top…?

Well, you make whacky videos that “have to do with nothing” or “have nothing to do with anything”… kind’a like Seinfeld was a show about nothing… ; P

Okay, many of these viral vids are on some topic that’s cool, celebrity oriented like making spoofs of their videos if they’re musicians or putting a spin on topics, etc. Lots of times there are gimmicks involved… let’s say like a certain linguist on YouTube who wears revealing clothes(can I call them clothes…? More like lingerie…).

So you can use your sexiness to create buzz.

Or make a series of videos where you sing covers to popular songs. I been there and seen Esmee Denters do this.

I’ve been there almost from the beginning with Venetian Princess. I knew who she really was before almost EVERYbody else on YouTube.

I was there watching lonelygirl15(I have pics of her, the actress Jessica Rose, up on Flickr…)… it was pure genius. Maybe you recall the ensuing craziness when people found out it was “fake”. The raging debate about how “she’s real!” and “she’s a fake!” and the nasty comments…

All these videos have gone massively viral. A lot of it due to the viral nature of YouTube itself, with the ability to embed the vids all over the Internet and the fact that millions do hit the site everyday… plus it does help to have your vid Featured on YouTube(goes without saying…).

But is there a way to get your video(s) in front of eyeballs fast without having to wait and see if people might check out your channel or individual vids. Plus, it’s a really fast way to see if people will even check out your vid(s)… and then you can tweek your profile & see if that helps you go viral…

Now you can get your YouTube videos Sponsored right on the site! So now you can create your own buzz without having to wait and let the buzz happen “naturally” or the “traditional” way… basically you’ll be able to manufacture & create your own buzz via YouTube PPC Ads!

[note]: YouTube Sponsored Search & YouTube PPC are the same thing in case you were wondering…

Will there be a backlash against this “non-traditional” user-generated buzz…? Or should I call it owner-generated buzz…?

The majority of YouTubers seem to think that everything should be free and might hate that you’re “using/trading money to get YouTube views”.

It’s pretty awesome to be able to tag keywords and have peeps go to your channel or individual videos.

The question you’ll want to ask yourself is: Do You Want People Watching Your Video?

And quoting from YouTube…

Do you think your video can be the next big thing? Are you frustrated that people can’t find your video on YouTube?

It will be fun to see the results people are seeing from using the sponsored search… wonder how this will impact Google Search Results…? Since many results on Google are showing at least one video on the first page, does this portend that more videos will show up on Google…? Maybe even in the Sponsored listing…? At this time I highly doubt it since Adwords Advertisers are most likely spending WAY more on their keyword listings than it costs to use YouTube’s PPC Service…

And will Featured Videos be based somewhat on the amount of money you put into YouTube Sponsored Videos…? The more you spend advertising with YouTube the better the chance you will be a Featured Video? Now that would be worth the price of admission…! ; P

Now if you are using Google Adwords already… make those videos and take advantage of “YouTube Adwords” <==because that's pretty much what this is... am I the first one to call it YouTube Adwords...? They will obviously integrate this into Adwords somehow... but more importantly...

You've heard of First Mover's Advantage? Then what are you waiting for? Get stared creating your manufactured buzz using YouTube's Sponsored Video Promotions Now!

Now you will want to have the same "qualities" that past YouTube videos have had... like using the cute girl, doing parodies, etc. People love to be entertained, don't make some boring corporate video... think "edutainment" if you're a business using video(especially on YouTube).

And wouldn't YouTube PPC be an excellent way to tag covers to those popular songs? So people will see your videos singing their fave songs. You could very well be on your way to YouTube(& beyond) super stardom!

So don't forget to have some end goal(s) in mind while you create & manufacture your buzz!

One of the questions YouTubers might have...

Is the buzz for real? Or was it manufactured...?

Does it really matter?

God Bless,
Yoon

P.S. Once you Jumpstart Your Buzz on YouTube & your videos start gaining traction, getting popular and buzz-worthy… you can *stop your YouTube Sponsored Search spending & the viral buzz will continue unabated(won’t stop)… once your vids are on fire who can stop it right…? ; P

*you may want to keep doing some YouTube PPC since it’s already helped you to get to where you want to be…

Hi Peeps,

Do not click on posts on your wall that look like…

You don’t ever want to see Your Facebook Profile’s Wall
Looking Like This…! Oh My! ; P

I feel sorry for the guy Tom who’s profile has been hacked & used to send LOTS of wall posts using derivatives of the one used on my wall(see the above Wall Post Message image) & using many other URLS like(DO NOT visit these links)…

-did u know your facebook pic was just featured on atomiopia.com
-heyyy has anyone told you your faceboook pic was jusst featured on wayopoly.com
-heyyy has anyone told you your defaault image is displayed on wayium.com
-heyyy has anyone told you ur facebooks photo is all over wayify.com
-heyyy has anyone told you ur face boook picture is all over wayient.com

wayient.com
ataropoly.com
atarnik.com
atarizer.com
atarify.com
atarality.com
atomiopia.com
aquaopia.com
amberzoom.com
amberopia.com
atarality.com
workient.com
workate.com
wayopoly.com
wayize.com
wayium.com
wayify.com
yomodule.com
yotoken.com

So far those are the links I’ve found just by following the wall post messages from the dude’s Facebook Profile… someone posted the exact message above with the different domain names between 8:19 PM - 9:34 PM yesterday, Nov. 11, 2008… on Remembrance Day of all days…

What’s really dangerous is that some of these people are known Internet Marketers & have LOTS of friends and the fact that I could still find the Wall Posts there on their Walls… that’s not good… that’s what you call a potentially out of control Viral Virus… only people I’m not familiar with posted on the poor dude’s profile warning him…

There is a lot of overlap as these guys are friends with each other, but still… there’s that potential “outbreak” of the virus, see how many friends these recognizable names have(you may even have them as your own Facebook Friends)…

Jim Turner has 4,997 friends
Mike Aldridge has 2,511
Alex Perez-Prat has 1,842
Kristen Darkenwald 4,430
Reed Floren has 2,807
Adam Urbanski has 3,874
Willie Crawford 3,001
Bill Covert has 4,998
Trey Pennington has 3,947
Brian Campbell has 4,217
Michel Fortin has 4,998
Warren Whitlock 4,051
Yoon Ho Um has 115 Facebook Friends… ; P

So I deleted the above wall post. Don’t want any of my 114 FB Friends to get infected & hacked from clicking on that link from my wall… why 114 when I have 115 friends? Easy. One of them already got infected ‘n hacked from somewhere else… ; P

I did encounter something like this last night on someone’s friend’s profile… you will have a hard time closing your Flock browser tab, two lame pop up messages that keep on popping up… ANNOYING!

So you’ve been WARNED…

God Bless,
Yoon

Hi Peeps,

Now you may have already seen the video I’m about to reveal to you below… & you will see how many ways I’ve already seen w/ my very own eyes that this {geek} video has been spread by the power of social media.

1. I have a “youtube :: recently featured” feed in my “My World” using my Flock browser. Hey when you see a title like “Star Wars” - an a capella tribute to John Williams your inner geek has to see it… so I went to YouTube and saw this cool vid(I did skip through on my first viewing…):

So you obviously need a COOL Video to go viral… and it sure does help when you’re FEATURED on YouTube…! ; P

2. I head on over to Facebook & see this(FB friend posts vid with his own comment,, see below):

3. And Becky “Aktrez” Young Facebook profile had her Tweet(from her personal Twitter account) show up on her wall…

4. which led me to check out the Girls Gaming Network Twitter Profile where I saw…

5. Which lead me back to “Star Wars” - an a capella tribute to John Williams…

So make a cool youtube vid, maybe it will be Featured by YouTube(Canada first & then Worldwide?), and people will use Facebook to share it & talk about it on Twitter… ; P Oh yeah AND Blog About It! ; P

So I guess 6. Yoon blogs about your video… ; P

God Bless,
Yoon

Hi Peeps,

To my friends in America Don’t forget to Go & Vote Today!

I guess this is my public service message & here’s Facebook’s too:

Thanks & God Bless,
Yoon

Hi Peeps,

You may not really care that your videos are in English and that all your captions are in English too… but what is poor ole ба́бушка(Babushka) to do…? She still wants to understand what is going on with your YouTube videos…

Well, thanks to Google Translate, anyone can now translate your captions from English(or Italian) into Russian…

So now I can also go to ба́бушка’s or Abuela’a or 할머니’s or दादी माँ’s or Oma’s YouTube Videos & Translate Their YouTube Video Captions and find out what they’re all about… well, it would be nice once someone figures out how to automatically translate the audios into English… but hey! this is pretty cool, eh?

Now you can add notes to your videos so your non-English reading family & friends can watch your videos and follow along with your now-in-their-language captions. So in a way you could say that the world just got a little bit smaller… ; P

God Bless,
Yoon

P.S. In case you haven’t noticed before… here are some other translation type stuff on youTube…

Set Your Country Content Preference

Set Your Country Content Preference - What Is It?

Set Your Language Preference

Set Your Language Preference - What Is It

Hi Peeps,

Just watch this video…

After watching the video go to In2ition — iJustine’s Kidnapping, continued…

God Bless,
Yoon