Mamamedia Content Library, Characters, & Electronic Assets at A
Mamamedia Content Library, Characters, & Electronic Assets at A
Mamamedia Content Library, Characters, & Electronic Assets at A
The following is a list of key original electronic and content assets developed and
fully-owned by MaMaMedia, Inc. Each software, or e-asset, has been developed,
published, upgraded, and actively used by millions of visitors during the past 6
years. We have provided only brief descriptions here. A more detailed
description is available on request for any of the following items.
Measuring Title Popularity – The traditional metric for success in the CD-ROM
publishing industry is “units sold.” On the Internet we must use different
measures of popularity. For example, for activity titles with “create” and “save”
features, the Popularity Metrics we present below are based on total user
creations since the
title’s launch date
(different for each
title) through March
25, 2002. For all
other titles we use
the title’s traffic
levels during the
week of March 25,
2002. “Lifetime
Traffic levels” for a
given title are much
higher. For example,
a 5-year old title with
16,000 hits per week
has lifetime traffic
exceeding 4 million
hits.
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1. Interactive Software, Games, & Activities
Save
Timer
Difficulty Levels
Send-to-MMM
Send-to-Friend
Pop-
Software Available Versions and
Description ularity
Title Themes Metric
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2. Kid Community-Building Software and Applications
Admin. Tool
Human Filtered
Content
Featured Member
COPPA Compliant
Send-to-Friend
Send-to-MMM
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3. Kid-Safe Web Surfing: Database of Sites, Directories, Search
Surf Smarts Guide Guide for kids and parents includes the 10
smart rules to follow
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Titles for Parents (cont.) Description, Versions, & Themes
Site Map (visual guide for MaMaMedia on Content in our 4 channels & “top-spots” of
one page) the week/month
Teacher Sign- In
Registration engine designed for educators
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6. MaMaMedia Core Infrastructure Features:
7. Data Assets
8. MaMaMedia Characters
8.1 THE M-GANG CHARACTERS are the 3 popular hosts of the MaMaMedia.com
website. Jessie, Devin, and Zach are the ideal role models for the Clickerati
generation—today’s kids, ages 6-12—which cannot imagine the world without the
Internet. Their detailed profiles, characteristics, and interests can be found online in
“Meet the M-Gang” in the BUZZ Channel. Since 1996 they have received millions of
emails and ideas from kids from all over the world.
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8.2 DIGSIGS or Digital Signatures are hand-made characters that combine to
create an electronic identity using the DigSig Zapper. With hundreds of heads,
torsos, and legs, kids can choose their unique MaMaMedia.com identity from 400,000
variations. The characters are designed with a unique graphic style, based on hand-
rendered illustrations; the “hand-made” quality communicates a distinctive humor
and style, equally appealing to boys and girls. Over 1 million DigSigs have been
created since their launch in 1996.
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8.3 T HE WEBT ALKERS are a special set of 5 characters featured in the
MaMaMedia WebTalk activities. They speak the WebTalk language—a combination of
cool phrases in the form of acronyms such as LOL (Laugh Out Loud), F2F (Face to
Face), and CUL (see you later), and Emoticons, which are shorthand for conveying
complex emotions using
special characters found on a
computer keyboard such as:
MEET T HE WEBTALKERS
EUREEKA
How to spell her name in WebTalk: 0=:-o
The same way to say, “I’ve got a great idea!”
ZOID
How to spell her name in WebTalk: :-X
The same way to say, “My lips are sealed.”
JESTER
How to spell his name in WebTalk: LOL
The same way to say, “Laugh Out Loud.”
SPUDDY
How to spell his name in WebTalk: ;-)
The same way to say, "Just kidding."
SPARKY
How to spell his/her name in WebTalk: |-0
The same way to say, “I’m bored.”
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