Some good stats updating the 1% rule that we reported on last year  … click through to Church of the Customer for the whole story. Just 0.16% of all visitors to YouTube upload videos to it, and 0.2% of visitors to Flickr upload photos. That’s according to data shared by Hitwise‘s Bill Tancer this week at Web 2.0 Expo, adding a few sizable blocks of evidence in support of the 1% Rule. But apparently Bill also reported that “4.6% of all visits to Wikipedia pages are to edit entries on the site.” If that’s the case, that’s a new number … Continue reading Update to the 1% rule

 The banks involved seem to be narrowing down to La Salle in Chicago as a key component in the merger stakes.  John Varley, Barclays’ chief executive, has received several expressions of interest in La Salle, ABN’s Chicago-based retail bank, including one from Bank of America. BNP Paribas, Wachovia and Citigroup are also thought to be interested in the business, which is worth about £5bn. By selling the American business, Barclays believes it could come close to matching any rival offer for ABN that emerges from a consortium of Royal Bank of Scotland, Santander and Fortis. Source: Barclays plays ABN trump … Continue reading High stakes plays to complete ABN Amro merger

William Azaroff – Vancity My take:  their site is a branding play, and complements their overall business strategy.  It levers the lower of local, yet is an ideal online vehicle.  Its also a flexible enough platform to provide enormous opportunity for Vancity in the future, provided they maintain the integrity of the community spirit, and no-one understands that better than William. Some comments on Vancity that are relevant before we talk about the social network 2nd most trusted organisation in BC Triple bottom line – fiscal, social, environmental Social network is about brand differentiation, not about product typical bank – … Continue reading Netfinance2007 meeting notes – Vancity changeeverything.ca