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Topics related to social networking sites, such as MySpace & Facebook. For more background, see the Let's Get Social column or social media networking news stories from our sister site, Search Engine Land. Below are topics submitted by Sphinn members:
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Avatar Went Hot: September 17, 2008 - 6:45 am
Posted By: ViperChill 27 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://seo2.0.onreact.com)
Category: Networking
So while at it and during the remaining of the last 30 days nothing much happened, besides, yes, besides that I got in a way “popular” on Digg (where I was buried before reaching the frontpage) and 3 other social sites where you’d rather not expect read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: September 11, 2008 - 8:01 am
Posted By: SEOAly 32 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seoaly.com)
Category: Networking
Some people are wondering about why I decided to remove the NOFOLLOW function from my blog's comments. So...here's the explanation, as well as what I believe to be an argument in favor of removing NOFOLLOW from a post's comment links. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: August 28, 2008 - 10:04 am
Posted By: toddmintz 46 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.semportland.com)
Category: Networking
David Mihm discusses why it is advantageous to be an early adapter of technology as opposed to a herd follower. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: August 6, 2008 - 3:02 pm
Posted By: SnoopBloggyBlog 66 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.snoopbloggyblog.com)
Category: Networking
Guess which celebrity launched a new social networking website? read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: July 28, 2008 - 3:24 pm
Posted By: rhcerff 76 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.wolf-howl.com)
Category: Networking
Fake Social Media Profiles - Good, Bad or Ugly. I think Michael Gray really hits the nail on the head with this one. I guess as with so many other things it really comes down to the intent. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: July 18, 2008 - 2:02 am
Posted By: ViperChill 88 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://xidey.wordpress.com)
Category: Networking
If you’ve been around Twitter long enough, certain patterns start to emerge. People start to develop tweeting habits, and for better or worse, those patterns tend to stay fairly stable, at least in my experience. Some people are composite creatures read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: July 17, 2008 - 2:04 am
Posted By: cre8pc 88 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://cre8pc.com)
Category: Networking
Is it within my rights as a citizen of the Internet to complain about someone I take issue with, for whatever issue I believe they violated? read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: July 14, 2008 - 6:38 am
Posted By: janecopland 90 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://tonyadam.com)
Category: Networking
It's becoming a far more common story: legitimate Facebook users attempting to log in to their accounts and being greeted by a notice that the accounts have been disabled. Tony Adam documents his frustrating experience with Facebook and asks why the read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 28, 2008 - 10:38 am
Posted By: theGypsy 107 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.sucomments.com)
Category: Networking
This is part three of a GREAT series on Plurk - this edition is one cliques, but I suggest reading Part I and II as well - I have been using cliques increasingly and they have a value... Check your Privates!! (lol) read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 27, 2008 - 10:20 am
Posted By: cre8pc 109 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://cre8pc.com)
Category: Networking
What if we could make ‘Net communication more bendy, fluid, mingly, or centered where we can be together in the same space, rather than continue to go into our separate rooms, slamming the door behind us. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 27, 2008 - 4:31 am
Posted By: mercylivi 108 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: Networking
Twellow is a new Twitter Directory which has been launched by the folks at iEntry/WebProNews and looks like it will be quite a piece of work. Taking elements from Twitter, web directories, search engines and the Yellow Pages, Twellow.com lets Twitte read more »
4 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: June 26, 2008 - 10:47 am
Posted By: theGypsy 108 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://plurkable.com)
Category: Networking
For those that are playing in PlurkWorld here are some toys and tools to start broadening your experience. I haven't played with them all much yet, so do share any experiences here if you could... read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 23, 2008 - 8:08 am
Posted By: cre8pc 112 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://cre8pc.com)
Category: Networking
I’m 50 years old. I get the whole social media gig. It’s like Woodstock on the ‘Net, where people gather together for several minutes, days, weeks, months and years to hang out, talk, share, listen to music, run around naked and slide in the mud. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 20, 2008 - 11:00 am
Posted By: theGypsy 114 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://plurkable.com)
Category: Networking
Love it, hate it or indifference; Karma is talked about more than enough - some perspective on the road to Nirvana

- Plurkable - Now, real quick, I would like to say that I think the ALGO is good for new Plurkers, but I think it stinks for more e read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 16, 2008 - 11:28 am
Posted By: MattMcGee 119 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://venturebeat.com)
Category: Networking
A scan of the Twitter search site Summize shows a large amount of people tweeting about lost followers over the past few days. No one knows for sure what is going on but a few have keyed in on the idea that Twitter may simply be deleting the account read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 12, 2008 - 5:27 am
Posted By: theGypsy 124 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchmarketinggurus.com)
Category: Networking
Funny that this quote/title was first spotted (for me at least) on Plurk... (dats 2 in one day Li!! woot)

Search Gurus - Twitter, you just got funding. Twitter, you really need to wake up and realize, people will go where the conversations are h read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 12, 2008 - 1:39 am
Posted By: chrisgarrett 124 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.cowleyon.com)
Category: Networking
Some useful ways you can use Twitter ... when it is working! read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 11, 2008 - 3:00 pm
Posted By: theGypsy 122 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://plurkable.com)
Category: Networking
Kinda interesting as I was just whining about the double edged sword that is *Karma* - nice to see some activity from the developers

Plurkable - Many dedicated plurkers will attest the Karma system is cool but at the moment it basically just rewa read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 11, 2008 - 11:46 am
Posted By: dannysullivan 122 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.friendfeed.com)
Category: Networking
Good news -- now you can have your activity on Intense Debate, brightkite.com, Diigo, Mister Wong, and tipjoy as part of your FriendFeed. Bad news. Despite asking twice and being told FriendFeed is just too busy, Sphinn still hasn't been added. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 10, 2008 - 6:26 am
Posted By: theGypsy 124 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.doshdosh.com)
Category: Networking
he he... Maki worked the word 'Plurk' into the title.....

DoshDosh - You can keep on thinking of ways to leverage a new social channel like Plurk, but don’t forget: In the end, people market people. If these lifestreaming/microblogging sites hel read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 7, 2008 - 12:07 pm
Posted By: theGypsy 128 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.socialmediamom.com)
Category: Networking
Well hey... why not a little more of this Plurkin' action huh? Some musings from our fav social mom!

— Social Media Mom - I am totally hooked. Plurk is by far, more fun, more colorful and more interactive than Twitter and since Twitter has had so read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 5, 2008 - 1:13 pm
Posted By: KenJones 129 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.socialdesire.com)
Category: Networking
Shana's getting help from guest bloggers and this is James Duthie's contribution - a great lesson on the principle of building good karma through social media and the benefits it can bring both to the submitter and the submittee. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 4, 2008 - 9:37 pm
Posted By: theGypsy 129 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.readwriteweb.com)
Category: Networking
Muhammad Saleem via ReadWriteWeb - When I first heard about Plurk I was ready to hate it. But after using the site and comprehensively going over the feature set and its implementation I am thoroughly impressed. Ultimately, I think Plurk is an amazi read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 31, 2008 - 6:48 am
Posted By: theGypsy 136 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.allthingssem.com)
Category: Networking
Great semi-rant - and a lyrical title too!!

SNIP - The message has been so loud and clear that even those that were initially skeptical have jumped on the Twitter bandwagon. And yet despite my efforts to convince myself that I should use Twitter read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 30, 2008 - 10:08 am
Posted By: bwelford 135 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.strategicmarketingmontreal.ca)
Category: Networking
Twitter can give instant feedback from your followers. Use it for brainstorming, like a human network version of your subconscious. read more »
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