The concept of APML is that it allows you to share your “attention profile” data with other users, organizations or programs in the same way you might share your OPML file with someone.
APML provides a standardized way to collect and rank your attention data, then, in such a way that the information gathered is useful to the sites and services you use on the web, that they might better provide you with tailor-made information and content that suits your particular needs.
APML provides a means that you could personally take control of your information in a consolidated file, to use where you see fit to your own ends and benefit. And at the same time advertisers and content providers are given a much clearer picture of what might interest you, saving you the hassle of wading through irrelevant interruptive marketing, and being presented with information and offers that might very well be worth your taking a look at.

Source: masternewmedia.org

With Facebook application acquisitions already happening at a rapid pace (many more have not been announced), my intention with this service is to enable a broader marketplace that will help the hundreds (now thousands) of Facebook application developers gain access to a larger community of investors and entrepreneurs, and help investors gain access to a larger group of developers and opportunities.

By listing their applications for sale using the instructions on our Sell Your App page, developers will be able to solicit offers from interested parties.

dotmobi supports mma’s mobile advertising guidelines
http://mtld.mobi/node/443

AIMIA** Mobile Advertising Display Formats Best Practices & Guidelines
http://www.aimia.com.au/i-cms_file?page=3434/AIMIA_Mobile_Advertising_Aug07.pdf

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* Mobile Advertising Association
** Australian Interactive Media Industry Association

ComScore analyst Gian Fulgoni has shared some interesting data on social networking abroad. Among the findings, Fulgoni notes that there are actually more social networking users (as measured by unique visitors) in Asia-Pacific (where Friendster leads) and Europe (where Bebo leads) than in North America. Read more

Source: mashable.com: SOCIAL NETWORK NEWS

AdWords are the paid-for links that you see when you search the web using the Google search engine. Google also offers a mobile version of this service. Mobile ads are shorter text-based AdWords ads that appear when users search Google from a mobile device. When users clicks on your mobile ad, you can send them to your mobile web page or offer them the option to connect to your business phone. Mobile AdWords can easily be enabled within you existing AdWords settings. You can find instructions for doing this on the Google site: adwords.google.com

The table of contents for Google’s ad services for mobile can be found here: adwords.google.com

Source: Mobile advertising: how to monetize your mobile site

Tripit.com – online itinerary. Cool.

BootsnAll, Gusto, Real Travel, TripTie, Virtual Tourist, WAYN, Wikitravel and World66 are just a sampling of the proliferation of community sites where users share itineraries, adventures and other travel information…

Peer review travel websites (see related article) such as Trip Advisor and Skytrax actually predate what marketers are calling 2.0.

Guardian.co.uk says: Boo.com
The people behind hostelworld.com – one of the biggest backpacking accommodation sites – have repackaged themselves as all-encompassing accommodation brokers comparing a range of prices from different hotel and hostel sites. Most useful because Boo’s price comparison service is also linked to over one million user generated reviews (second only to Tripadvisor).

And if conversing with other travelers online isn’t enough to satisfy your social needs, you can even join an online matching community such as Flight Club, Tripmates or AirTroductions where you can search for the perfect seat mate on your next flight, a travel companion on an upcoming journey or more.

TravBuddy is a site for people who love to explore. You don’t have to be traveling across the world to use this site. Maybe you just want to share advice about a local restaurant you enjoy, or perhaps last weekend you discovered an amazing new place to watch the sunset, right in your hometown.

Trabber, a flight metasearch engine that searches in about 30 travel agencies and low cost airlines.

TripAdvisor
The original travel 2.0, site with 5 million-plus hotel, destination, and attractions reviews written by travelers

Tripmates
Need a travel companion? This travel 2.0 site can help you connect with one.

Also includes blogs, reviews, videos

IgoUgo
Travel 2.0 advice in a community-oriented setting

Turn Here
Travel 2.0 videos with a higher level of professionalism, some from established travel 1.0 businesses such as InterContinental Hotels

Gusto
Combines elements of MySpace and Delicious in a travel 2.0 peer-recommendation site

Travel the World Wiki
Small, self-editable travel 2.0 wiki; records a contributor’s IP address

Hotel Chatter
Savvy blogposts on all matters hotel-related; uses editorial oversight

Realtravel
Blogs, photos, and 2.0 videos from “real travelers”

Travelistic
Travel 2.0 site launched by MTV that features uploads by users, professional content, and tourist-board videos

YouTube Travel
Acquired by Google, You Tube is the go-to site to view others’ and upload your own Travel 2.0 videos

WAYN
“Where are you now?” is the simple question at the heart of one the most popular travellers’ networking sites in Britain. WAYN has grown from nothing to 1.5m members in the UK (and 8m globally) in just four years. The site lets users let each other know where in the world they are and keep in touch – and make new travel buddies – via a handy world map.

Where’s Yours?
A travel 2.0 site for nature lovers; allows them to pinpoint favorite places on US map

Wikitravel
Larger of the travel 2.0 travel wikis aiming to be a world-wide travel guide built by individual contributions

Additional links and resources:
Web 2.0 Travel Websites and Tools

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Today in Travel
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we found that Ning provides the best platform for getting up good-looking, sophisticated social networks with minimal effort.

KickApps provides the best platform for integrating social networking components into existing websites.

CrowdVine and Haystack are viable options for organizations that are looking for simple social networks to improve personalized communication online.

CollectiveX is most suitable for existing groups that want to collaborate online.

And GoingOn provides a promising hybrid solution with capabilities shared by both Ning and KickApps.

More details on each are below.