One in three teens contacted by strangers online

Pew Internet has a published a new report about online contacts. It says that “32% of online teens have been contacted by someone with no connection to them or any of their friends, and 7% of online teens say they have felt scared or uncomfortable as a result of contact by an online stranger. Several behaviors are associated with high levels of online stranger contact, including social networking profile ownership, posting photos online and using social networking sites to flirt. Although several factors are linked with increased levels of stranger contact in general, gender is the only variable with a consistent association with contact that is scary or uncomfortable–girls are much more likely to report scary or uncomfortable contact than boys.”

I haven’t had time to read the report but will try to as soon as possible.

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Swedbank names Sweden’s new football stadium

It seems like I was right after all. Swedbank arena is the name of the new Swedish national arena for football. The bank pays 153 million SEK for a contract that lasts until 2023. A peculiar thing is that the football stadium will have the same name as the Swedish hockey team Modo’s home arena in Örnsköldsvik.

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The name of Sweden’s new national football stadium decided

The name of the new Swedish national arena for football will be presented tomorrow at 11.15 in Solna. Anyone who can guess which sponsor who has bought the right to name the stadium? Swedbank maybe…?

The stadium will cost 1.8 billion SEK to build and shall be finished by 2011 at the latest. Photos and info here.

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7 rules for success in social media

Chris Willis has posted a presentation on the Hypergene media blog, that lists why some social media sites like Facebook are instant hits while others are not. He says that those who are successful have at least these 7 things in common:

They start with a compelling idea & simple solution.

They let people make their stuff better, more findable or entertaining.

They live by the Golden Rule – be nice to others.

They encourage lots of feedback.

They create “usable exhaust” – new things are created just by people doing stuff they want to do.

They let many groups form easily and quickly.

They recognize and encourage the good people in the network.

Further explanation can be found in this pdf, “We Media: How Audiences Are Changing The Future of News and Information”.

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The Washington Post gains audience from blogs

Editors Weblog writes that the Washington Post and the Guardian have added sponsored blog rolls to their sites.

“Although the Post hasn’t – yet – made a significant amount of money from its blog roll, Adify (which supplies the ad network technology) claims the blog roll has increased the site’s audience by more than 50%.”

Now that’s what I call PR

Mickes Car Rental in Visby hits the jackpot in the New York Times in an article about Ingmar Bergman’s beloved island Fårö.

“Faro is not easy to reach. From New York, fly to Stockholm; Continental (from $570 in early November ) and SAS (from about $720) fly from Newark. From Stockholm, take a 40-minute flight (http://www.skyways.se or http://www.gotlandsflyg.se) or three-hour ferry (http://www.destinationgotland.com/) to Visby, Gotland. (To go by ferry, take a train from Stockholm Central Station to the nearby port town of Nynashamn or the bus from Stockholm City terminal, timed to match the ferry schedule). In Visby, rent a car at Mickes Car Rental (http://www.mickesbiluthyrning.se/), Avis or Europcar, and drive to Farosund on the northern tip of Gotland, about an hour. There, you can board the free ferry that crosses to Faro.”

volvo244 And the readers of NYT will be offered fancy cars like this one 🙂

Via Per Westberg.

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