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Michael Arrington was clearly wrong when he prematurely declared Ning as dead. Or, this could be a lame attempt by Ning and Arrington to use viral marketing to get Ning back on people’s minds.
I say this because, coincidentally, each and every of Michael’s concerns were addressed by Ning only days later in the new release. Read Michael’s concerns here. Here is the email I received from Ning this morning:
As a registered user on Ning, I want to share with you some great new features we?ve added in the past few weeks.
New at Ning:
* The Beta Period is Over! You can now jump straight in to cloning, coding and creating your own social web apps from the thousands running on Ning today. Clone and run any social web app on Ning for FREE.
* Run Your Own Google or Yahoo Ads For FREE. Run Google or Yahoo ads for FREE on any of your social web apps on Ning and keep what you make. After you’ve created your social web app, just follow the “Make Premium” button on the Ning homepage.
* Map Your Domain Name and Hide Your Source Code. You can now map your own domain name on top of your Ning app. You can also hide your source code. Just follow the “Make Premium” button on the Ning homepage.
* Enjoy the New Ning Sidebar. In the first of several style upgrades we have in the pipeline, the new Ning Sidebar takes up less vertical space while providing more information.
* Faster Performance. We’ve made substantial performance improvements to our little service which you?ll notice as both an app creator and user.
Coming Soon:
* More Features to Make Ning Even Easier and Fun to Use
* More Social Apps to Clone and Run
* Build New Social Apps from Scratch without Any Coding
* Support for Ruby and Other Programming Languages
Go ahead and give it a spin!
- Gina Bianchini, CEO & Co-Founder, Ning
Thanks Gina, maybe I will go give it a spin.
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