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Social Networking Sites and SEO: What Wikipedia Won't Tell You

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Within an astonishingly short time, Wikipedia has become one of the most-visited sites on the Internet. For example, Wikipedia's list of social networking websites now contains 111 entries; an impressive list, but certainly not all-inclusive. Then there is the matter of commercial content. And Debra is by no means alone on this.

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High Points on the Social Media Landscape

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Describing it through the four C's—content, context, connections and conversation—was one approach. 6 LookupPage 74,220 16,525 N/A 4 Wikis Sites where you can conduct research, create new topic pages based on your expertise, edit existing content pages, and—in the case of Google Knol—rate the contributions of others.

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Don't They Know Who You Are? Why Reputation Management is Critical

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You can link to other blog posts, published articles, white papers or other informational content your company has produced about the topic. Consider writing a Wikipedia page about yourself. Write an article (or articles) for Google Knol on topics pertaining to your product or service.

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Google and the Parable of the Turkey

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Remember KinderStart above, and there is the case of Wikipedia: there's no question that it wouldn't have become the seventh-most visited site on the Web without serious help from the #1 site. It will be interesting to see what happens to the Google position of Wikipedia pages once Knol is launched , no?

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Web 2.0 and the Evolution of Marketing

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The article notes that Wikipedia has already become the dominant reference website -- outdrawing Encarta by a 3400 to 1 ratio -- and quotes Bill Tancer of Hitwise as saying, ""It's the participatory aspect of Web 2.0 When online participation goes mainstream, we can expect an explosion of new content on the web."

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The 4 C's of Social Media

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Social media "are primarily Internet- and mobile-based tools for sharing and discussing information" according to Wikipedia. The context in this case is the particular tool, website or other online venue where the content will be shared: in a blog, a social networking or bookmarking site, a media sharing site (e.g.

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Generating Word of Mouth Buzz through Interactive PR

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Blogs, online news releases, and other forms of Web content let organizations communicate directly with buyers.and here's something really neat: if you do a good job telling your story directly, the media will find out. Wikipedia also provides a pretty good definition. And then they'll write about you!"