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JUNE 3, 2008

with the intelligence and judgment of human editors (like Mahalo ) without the spam that inevitably seems to afflict social search sites like Digg and Sphinn (think Wikipedia—though hopefully without the arrogance). all at once); social search (what's being posted about my search topic on Digg, del.icio.us, Mixx etc.);

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JANUARY 7, 2008

Social media sites are multiplying like rabbits. social tagging sites. Later, I wrote about a couple more , and newer sites such as Twitter keep popping up. As Paul Dunay points out, the explosion of social media sites has spawned its own acronym : YASN (Yet Another Social Network).

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JANUARY 18, 2008

My last post listed several of the best news articles from 2007 on how to effectively use social networking sites for marketing. Among the complaints about Digg are its excessively broad audience and categories and the site's lack of transparency.

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APRIL 6, 2009

Everybody uses Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, but which niche social media sites are worth investigating? How can you maximize your results through social bookmarking sites like Digg? Why is online reputation management so important? How does social media relate to SEO?

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JANUARY 16, 2008

Social media (blogs, podcasts, forums) and social networking sites ( Digg , del.icio.us , StumbleUpon , Searchles , etc.) Vascellaro reviews niche social networking sites targeted at doctors ( Sermo ), wireless business executives ( INmobile ), financial traders (planned from Reuters) and advertising professionals ( AdGabber ).

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JANUARY 5, 2009

GuyKawasaki.com ) or redirect it to a suitable page, such as the Management Team page on your corporate site. Upload the video to YouTube and Vimeo so it's easy to share on blogs and other sites. to photo-sharing sites like Flickr. Create accounts on social bookmarking sites like Wikio , Mixx , Digg and/or StumbleUpon.

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JULY 16, 2008

Digg , Sphinn or Searchles ). tags: blog coverage, ITtoolbox, ON24 In The News, illuminate Solutions, corporate blog, Digg, Sphinn, Searchles icerocket tags: blog coverage, ITtoolbox, ON24 In The News, illuminate Solutions, corporate blog, Digg, Sphinn, Searchles Contact Tom Pick: tomATwebmarketcentralDOTcom

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WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 1, 2007

After blog and trade press mentions, social media and social tagging sites such as Digg and del.icio.us This includes sites like YouTube for video; iTunes for podcasts; and Insight24 for B2B webcasts, video and podcasts. social media, YouTube, Insight24, iTunes, Digg, PRWeb, technology forums del.icio.us

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APRIL 22, 2007

social tagging button, install a toolbar plug-in to tag your favorite sites/blogs, and more. social tagging service where you can submit your blog, post articles, tag your favorite sites, and add a "My Zimbio" tagging button to make it easy for your readers to tag your blog posts. Zimbio Web 2.0

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NOVEMBER 3, 2009

It seems like so much of what is written about search engine optimization (SEO) assumes that you're writing a blog post, or a news story, or the next great "how to" article that's going to be syndicated far and wide on article marketing sites. It simply can't compete with the latest Britney-Spears-abducted-by-a-three-armed-alien type story.

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

However, the most advantageous aspect to performing well in social media is that many people who frequent the sites are webmasters and blog owners. Should you have an interesting article, resource or any other item which may be of interest to them; they will link to your site from their own internet property.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Social networking sites are simply an extension of those two functions, giving other people more information about yourself and additional ways to interact. Social media email signatures can also include elements like AIM name, Digg page, Sphinn profile and Ning group. signatures. Here are a few notable examples of Web 2.0

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MARCH 28, 2007

sites nearly always feel open and friendly and often use small chunks of large type. Many of the sites are also, not surprisingly, Web 2.0-related; This listing of 53 social bookmark sites ( BlinkList , Digg , RawSugar , etc.) As they point out with regard to Web 2.0 lime green." logo collection here.

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AUGUST 17, 2009

Which social media sites are most helpful for SEO? What common mistakes should you avoid when optimizing a site for search? How can you generate more clicks even when your site isn't in one of the top three spots in search results? This helpful post shows the relative importance of keywords, links, site age and other factors.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2008

sites fall into one of a few increasingly well-defined categories, such as social bookmarking (Digg, del.icio.us, Searchles), social networking (LinkedIn, Facebook) or file sharing (YouTube, Flickr, podOmatic ). Most Web 2.0 Twitter, however, stands alone. Okay, there's also Pownce , but Twitter is better.) tags: Web 2.0

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NOVEMBER 13, 2007

That experiment showed that tagging B2B thought-leadership content on social media sites increased traffic growth for B2B websites by 50%, and on a B2B marketing blog by more than 100%, over 60 days. Back in May of this year, I reported the results of a test of the impact on B2B website traffic growth using Web 2.0 social tagging.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Which social bookmarking sites have the most clout? A more effective way to launch your branded video site is to use a service like ClipShare (paid) or PHPmotion (free). Top 30 Largest Social Bookmarking Sites by Anything Goes Blog A great list of the top social bookmarking sites, with visitor statistics, as of late last year.

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MARCH 3, 2008

TypePad Widget Gallery An extensive list of widgets that can be added to TypePad blogs to help promote content through sites like Bloglines , Digg and del.icio.us , as well as add cool features, collect email signups, embed a chat box, monitor traffic, create online polls and more.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Study: Company Blogs Lead Social Media Options by MediaPost Mark Walsh reports that " blogging (is) the most important lead-generation source among social media options, followed by StumbleUpon, YouTube, Facebook, De.lic.ious and Digg " (not a surprising result, considering that those other sites tend to support a corporate blog, not replace it).

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JULY 30, 2009

Here are four examples of social media marketing RONI: Your company fails to respond to a complaint about your product or service on a social media site. Your company fails to respond to a direct question posted on a social media site (e.g., The recent United Airlines breaks guitars incident is one extreme example of this.

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MARCH 2, 2009

8 Directory Submission Red Flags by Small Business Search Marketing Matt McGee offers advice on what to avoid when obtaining links through directory listings, including directories that require a reciprocal link, display excessive advertising, or include a lot of links to low-quality sites. The next idea is.read the post!

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MAY 3, 2007

Among Shawn's posts was a link to an interesting SEO'Brien piece on paid Digg-ing and the black market for the unscrupulous use of social tagging. Third, I got an email from Shawn Henry of the Britopian Marketing Blog , a highly engaging blog devoted to SEO, social media optimization and online marketing.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Embed code, "email this" and social bookmark site tagging buttons are examples of simple ways to increase pass along. One area where the campaign could have been improved is on sharability—an email-this button and badges for social bookmark sites like Digg and StumbleUpon would have simplified pass along.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Get the answers to these questions plus learn more about the largest and the fastest-growing social bookmarking and social networking sites in this installment of some of the best SMO blog posts and articles written so far in 2008. Clark's list is good overall, though I'd avoid Slashdot, as the site rejects too many worthy links.

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JANUARY 23, 2009

Author Andrew King, president of Internet marketing firm Web Site Opimization, LLC has really done it. Use social networking to get high-value links by contributing content and tagging links on sites such as relevant industry blogs, YouTube , Facebook , del.icio.us , Yahoo! Buzz , Digg and Photo.net. "A tags: Andrew B.

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MAY 18, 2007

social tagging site, sort of company-sponsored version of Digg. High-Involvement B2B Products and Services For higher-priced products and services, particularly those which involve long-term interaction between the vendor and the buyer (e.g. One intriguing concept is to build your own industry-specific Web 2.0 tags: Web 2.0

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MARCH 31, 2008

I've written previously about which social networking/tagging/bookmarking sites seemed to work well at driving B2B traffic, but have collected significantly more data since then. This is based on the past 12 months worth of traffic data for this blog and for the WebMarketCentral marketing portal site. and ma.gnolia —about 1% each.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Propeller At first glance, Propeller look like just another Digg clone or YASN : a social bookmarking site where you can post links, vote on them, comment, and share them with friends or a group.

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

The justification for the continued use of this repugnant scrap of code is to prevent passing link juice from listings on directory and social bookmarking sites to spammy or other objectionable content. It's a way for site owners to say: "I'm happy to use your content to build my traffic, but not to reciprocate. I'm not alone on this.

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JUNE 10, 2008

Social bookmarking: Make sure your posts get tagged on social bookmarking sites like Digg , del.icio.us , StumbleUpon , Sphinn , Mixx and Searchles from time to time. sites makes you smart, hip, and 10 years younger. Exposure for your blog on Web 2.0 It's easy to create a feed for your blog using Feedburner.

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