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Other topics related to social media. For more background, see the Let's Get Social column or news stories from our sister site, Search Engine Land. Below are topics submitted by Sphinn members:
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Avatar Went Hot: January 6, 2009 - 7:27 pm
Posted By: eKstreme 3 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.cli.gs)
Category: Other Social Media
A massive tweet data set containing over 2 million links is analyzed for linking patterns. Lots of numbers to dive into! read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: January 6, 2009 - 4:05 pm
Posted By: aimClear 4 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.toprankblog.com)
Category: Other Social Media
Here are 6 free social search tools that may help small businesses make their initial foray into searching the social web more productive while keeping costs to a minimum. read more »
1 Comment     
Avatar Went Hot: January 6, 2009 - 11:12 am
Posted By: saadkamal 3 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://battellemedia.com)
Category: Other Social Media
Like every year, John Battelle makes 13 Solid Prediction of 2009 surrounding Technology, Social Media & the World Economy.

Quoting a random paragraph from the article: "...Google will see search share decline significantly for the first time eve read more »
2 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: December 24, 2008 - 11:02 am
Posted By: toddmintz 16 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.semportland.com)
Category: Other Social Media
Where I share the mental process I go through when I check out a new Twitter follower. read more »
1 Comment     
Avatar Went Hot: December 22, 2008 - 2:59 pm
Posted By: Wiep 17 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.stuntdubl.com)
Category: Other Social Media
Social media has become a cornerstone of the strategy for launching sites, or improving their link popularity. Todd listed 9 reasons you NEED social media marketing next year. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: December 18, 2008 - 12:28 pm
Posted By: MattMcGee 22 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.smallbusinesssem.com)
Category: Other Social Media
We talk a lot about building user-friendly web sites and SEO-friendly web sites, and both of those are things we should be talking about because they're vital to long-term online marketing success. But we don't talk as much about building a site tha read more »
3 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: December 10, 2008 - 8:15 pm
Posted By: toddmintz 29 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.semportland.com)
Category: Other Social Media
Where Joanna and I talk about Social Media, Search Marketing, Online Job Search, and many other topics. She gave awesome answers to my questions...check what she had to say. read more »
2 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: December 10, 2008 - 2:44 am
Posted By: netgeek06 31 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://digitallabz.com)
Category: Other Social Media
Twitter mashups and tools put a unique spin on the way we use Twitter. By “mashing” information from Twitter with other applications, you get an unmatchable user experience that can be both fun and useful. Enjoy these top 19 Twitter mashups. read more »
3 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: December 9, 2008 - 2:40 pm
Posted By: toddmintz 30 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.pdxtc.com)
Category: Other Social Media
The forum spammers Scott Hendison wrote about here: http://www.semportland.com/spam/forum-spam-in-eye-of-beholder/ are now engaging in even more egregious conduct. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: December 9, 2008 - 7:53 am
Posted By: toddmintz 31 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.semportland.com)
Category: Other Social Media
Where I explore the concept of public humility and the redemption of Matt Bacak. read more »
16 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: December 7, 2008 - 12:07 pm
Posted By: sammy 34 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.squareoak.com)
Category: Other Social Media
There’s a grand total of 311 SEO Tools, Social Bookmarking Sites, Social News Sites, Social Networking Sites & Social Media Sites listed here. read more »
7 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: December 2, 2008 - 12:05 pm
Posted By: toddmintz 37 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.prweb.com)
Category: Other Social Media
In one short press release, Matt Bacak has undone any and all of his good works in social media.

A couple strong takeaways here: Even if you are a social media rockstar, you still need to remain grounded and a bit humble. Also, make sure you read more »
30 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: December 2, 2008 - 11:18 am
Posted By: lorisa 37 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://cre8pc.com)
Category: Other Social Media
The internet can be a scary place, especially for our children. What's the solution? Kim Krause Berg discusses the pros and cons of making "fake" personas illegal, and how to navigate social media sites safely. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: December 2, 2008 - 9:51 am
Posted By: saadkamal 38 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://digitallabz.com)
Category: Other Social Media
Eric Brantner writes:

"The popularity of Twitter is increasing by the day. Unlike other social networks, Twitter isn’t just for high school teens looking to gossip about their classmates."

"If you’re looking for ways to get more out of your Tw read more »
3 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: November 25, 2008 - 10:20 am
Posted By: graywolf 44 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.viralconversations.com)
Category: Other Social Media
One of the core concepts of viral advertising is to make it as shocking or unexpected as possible, the idea is to push viewers outside of their mental comfort zone. The following advertisement is a perfect example, since you aren’t sure what it’s ab read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: November 20, 2008 - 12:17 pm
Posted By: Ruud 49 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seo-scoop.com)
Category: Other Social Media
"Unless you know somebody who knows somebody it’s really hard to get a break somewhere, somehow.

We want to turn SEO Scoop into that break; we want SEO Scoop to be that somebody, that somewhere, that somehow."

Question is: what do you, the SEO read more »
7 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: November 17, 2008 - 7:53 pm
Posted By: kevgibbo 52 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seoptimise.com)
Category: Other Social Media
With Twitter the phase of “do we really need it?” is over. So what are the Twitter tools that really make a difference for SEO and overall business users? read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: November 10, 2008 - 5:07 am
Posted By: aimClear 60 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Other Social Media
The Michigan SEO company admitted to stealing content. Maybe it's emotions...but it feels like the WORST violation to see my content ripped off, from a blog post we poured ourselves into. Making things worse, the human modification tactic is enough read more »
33 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: November 7, 2008 - 9:07 am
Posted By: streko 62 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.viralconversations.com)
Category: Other Social Media
Deanna Writes...
"Seeing as how we are currently in a serious economic recession, more and more major companies are relying on what is known as “word of mouth” advertising to generate buzz for their products. These techniques are a cheap and effec read more »
3 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: November 5, 2008 - 8:33 am
Posted By: danielthepoet 65 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.reputationadvisor.com)
Category: Other Social Media
Keep in mind one simple fact: a company executing online reputation management wisely will not be noticed for doing so. If an organization appears to be trying to hard or not trying at all, that’s when you know a gap exists in their strategy. read more »
3 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: October 28, 2008 - 3:20 pm
Posted By: storyspinner 73 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchmarketinggurus.com)
Category: Other Social Media
Wow, really?! A terrorist tool? Now I don't know about you folks, but I tend to give terrorist a little more credit in the secret and brains department. Ideally these folks don't want ANYONE knowing what they are up to right? I mean seriously, a read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: October 25, 2008 - 3:54 pm
Posted By: toddmintz 76 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.semportland.com)
Category: Other Social Media
A "search marketing firm" (term loosely used) spam-bombed our SEMpdx forum and actually attempts to defend their actions. Follow the hilarious discussion. read more »
29 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: October 17, 2008 - 12:39 pm
Posted By: seofactor 83 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seo-factor.com)
Category: Other Social Media
Look, I know this is less about search than it is an Amber Alert, but seriously, the people on this community have a lot of online presence. If there is any way I can convince you to Thumb the Amber alert, or re-tweet it, or whatever, I like to thin read more »
3 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: October 16, 2008 - 3:06 pm
Posted By: netgeek06 85 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://digitallabz.com)
Category: Other Social Media
If you’re looking to connect with other web designers on twitter then this 100 web designers who use twitter will help you. read more »
7 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: October 14, 2008 - 11:44 am
Posted By: mrmunchies 86 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.nvisolutions.com)
Category: Other Social Media
If you've spent hours laboring over your latest work you want to make sure it can withstand the surges of traffic it's bound to receive. Here's 5 tips to protect your site from common problems associated with large traffic spikes read more »
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