Archive for the 'Social Media' Category

10 Features I Wish Twitter Would Implement

Twitter LogoTwitter is a social network and micro-blogging service which serves me well for connecting with colleagues, friends and family. As great of a service as it is, however it does lack some minor functionality that would appease power users and new users alike.
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Post-Mortem of My First Visit to the I Am Bored Front Page

I Am Bored logoIt has been an exciting couple of days. One of my posts, “7 Office Games You Can Play with Your Co-workers“, was promoted to the front page of a nice little site called I Am Bored. 15,000 visitors later, I am happy to report my site stayed up for the entire time and I learned about a new source of traffic.

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Search Engine Marketers Have a New Home at Sphinn.com

sphinn logoToday, the creators of Search Engine Land released their own social networking site. They plan to offer a community “where people can meet, talk, discuss and network”.

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Post-Mortem of My First Visit to the Digg Front Page

digg homepage aftermathAbout three days ago, I got my first post, 101 Ways to Annoy Your Co-workers, onto the Digg.com home page. I’ve heard stories from people that say getting on the home page is a blessing and a curse at the same time.

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How Will Digg React to the New Gaming Network?

Subvert and ProfitA new Digg gaming site, Subvert and Profit, launched earlier this week with an army of at least 500 users. What does this mean for Digg? Well, there is now a collective of it’s users getting paid to vote on stories. Advertisers pay to have their stories “dugg” to ultimately get on the coveted Digg home page.

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