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Topics related to social media search engines and sites. For more background, see the Let's Get Social column or social media news stories from our sister site, Search Engine Land. Below are topics submitted by Sphinn members:
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What the Digg homepage will look like in 2009
Avatar Went Hot: May 15, 2008 - 4:07 am
Posted By: nsmseo 2 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.blogstorm.co.uk) my network
Category: Social Media
What the front page of Digg will look like in 2009!!! read more »
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50+ Sites To Help You Bury Negative Posts About You or Your Company!
Avatar Went Hot: May 15, 2008 - 2:34 am
Posted By: DavidWallace 20 hours ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginepeople.com) my network
Category: Social Media
Jeff Quipp writes, "Have you ever had a client come to you in a state of desperation, begging for help to remove a blog post that ranks for their business name, and portrays them in less than a positive light?" Jeff goes on to list 50+ social sites read more »
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Social Network Marketing is About To Get A Lot Easier
Avatar Went Hot: May 14, 2008 - 8:30 pm
Posted By: netgeek06 2 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.directoryone.com) my network
Category: News Sites
Social networking marketers have long been vying for an answer to all of their wrong password woes. With social networks popping up everywhere you look, so has the need for easy accessibility amongst multiple platforms. All this is about to change, read more »
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How to Get More Twitter Followers
Avatar Went Hot: May 14, 2008 - 2:08 am
Posted By: planetc1 1 day 14 hours ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.doshdosh.com) my network
Category: Social Media
Maki writes... Darren Rowse recently wrote a series of posts about increasing your Twitter presence, in which he mainly talks about how to use Twitter by adding value in order to increase your Twitter following. While Darren made several good points read more »
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Small Business Owners Need Twitter and LinkedIn
Avatar Went Hot: May 14, 2008 - 2:05 am
Posted By: kevinheisler 1 day 21 hours ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchenginewatch.com) my network
Category: Social Media
Twitter and LinkedIn: for small business owners, they're two tastes of social media that taste great together. The question: Who gets Twitter in your LinkedIn network? And who got LinkedIn via Twitter? read more »
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10 Steps for Digg Success When You're the Villain
Avatar Went Hot: May 13, 2008 - 9:18 pm
Posted By: DoshDosh 1 day 17 hours ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com) my network
Category: News Sites
If you're using Digg as a linkbaiting tool then you're perceived as a villain. Everyone from Digg itself, to the community, to other self-proclaimed social media experts thinks you're the bad guy. Even though good linkbait provides value to the comm read more »
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SEO Plugins for Wordpress Part II
Avatar Went Hot: May 13, 2008 - 7:08 pm
Posted By: neyne 2 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.wolf-howl.com) my network
Category: Blogging
Another must-read list of WP plugins from Graywolf read more »
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The Risks of Outsourcing Online Reputation Management
Avatar Went Hot: May 13, 2008 - 4:02 pm
Posted By: DoshDosh 1 day 22 hours ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.copybrighter.com) my network
Category: Other Social Media
Online reputation management services require a very personalized touch. A good provider must have intelligence, intuition, patience, stealth, and strong communications skills … plus successful, non-theoretical experience with public relations, SEO read more »
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25 of Digg’s Most Trusted Sites
Avatar Went Hot: May 13, 2008 - 10:40 am
Posted By: DavidWallace 2 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginepeople.com) my network
Category: Social Media
Jeff Quipp writes, "Ever wanted to become a power Digger? Come on now … sure you have. Here’s how to start." read more »
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Twitter Insights and How Coke Pissed Off Danny Sullivan
Avatar Went Hot: May 13, 2008 - 5:56 am
Posted By: martinbowling 2 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seomoz.org) my network
Category: Social Media
I can't say that I know Danny personally. I have met him once at SMX London, but that's about it. Oh, and he replied once when I asked him why no coffee in the morning:

Which kind of brings me to the topic at hand. Danny twittered about a New read more »
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Sphinn is a Dysfunctional Social Network Because Internet Marketers Don’t Understand Social Networking
Avatar Went Hot: May 12, 2008 - 5:46 am
Posted By: lorenbaker 3 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.billhartzer.com) my network
Category: Networking
Sphinn is made up search engine marketers. Search engine marketers are search engine marketers, They know PPC, they know SEO, they know how to get links to sites. Search engine marketers, the majority of Sphinn users, are not social networking exper read more »
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Top 10 Reasons Why Great Content Fails on Social Media
Avatar Went Hot: May 11, 2008 - 3:17 pm
Posted By: Lid 5 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://seo2.0.onreact.com) my network
Category: Social Media
If only people would learn from this. Tad gives real examples of why your content won't make it on social media sites; worth your time to read. read more »
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Top 10 Reasons for Monitoring Brands in Social Media
Avatar Went Hot: May 10, 2008 - 11:01 am
Posted By: DavidWallace 7 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.toprankblog.com) my network
Category: Social Media
David Alston writes, "Social media has simplified the art of the soapbox shout. Information is shared with the masses now using easy-to-use Web 2.0 tools and is recorded and cached for infinity. These two points make the non-stop monitoring of socia read more »
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The Indirect Value of Social Media Marketing
Avatar Went Hot: May 9, 2008 - 1:19 pm
Posted By: theGypsy 6 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.huomah.com) my network
Category: Social Media
Guest post from Steven Bradley (aka VanGogh) delving deeper into the qualitative aspects of Social Media Marketing - great post and the threat of violence too!!

Snip - Focusing on your ROI efficiency and your rate of benefit is a better approach read more »
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"About Us" Page, Meet the Social Media Newsroom
Avatar Went Hot: May 9, 2008 - 11:40 am
Posted By: kkrejny 7 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.fathomseo.com) my network
Category: Social Media
A new WordPress theme from Fathom SEO lets anybody create an "About Us" page for the social media era. read more »
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When Submitting to Social News Sites is a Complete Waste of Time
Avatar Went Hot: May 9, 2008 - 10:10 am
Posted By: Rachel 6 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchrank.com) my network
Category: Social Media
David Wallace provides an impressive and informative look at what is appropriate when submitting articles to social media sites. He explains proper title, description and category selection etiquette, giving clear examples and elucidating on why th read more »
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Sphinn: A Dysfunctional Social Community?
Avatar Went Hot: May 9, 2008 - 9:13 am
Posted By: EricLander 6 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.ericlander.com) my network
Category: News Sites
Investigating Sphinn proved to be a telling exercise for me. At least, I think so. This article shares some of the data I pulled and the concerns that emerged from having done that research. Hopefully worth a view for anyone caring about the long read more »
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The Tao of Being a Social Media Dad
Avatar Went Hot: May 9, 2008 - 12:47 am
Posted By: TheNanny612 7 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.socialmediamom.com) my network
Category: Social Media
Great guest post by Marty on Social Media Mom.... how being a social media marketer makes him a better dad...

"The lessons I learn every day at work as a social media marketer help me to understand the delicate balance of give and take. Being a s read more »
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How to make the most of Twitter
Avatar Went Hot: May 8, 2008 - 11:56 am
Posted By: ciaran 7 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.guardian.co.uk) my network
Category: Other Social Media
Charles Arthur of the UK's Guardian newspaper gives a really good overview of what Twitter is, how to get the most out of it and the various tools have grown up around it. It's great to see the MSM getting behind a site like Twitter, so let's give T read more »
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Twitter Starts Blacklisting Spammers
Avatar Went Hot: May 8, 2008 - 9:01 am
Posted By: theGypsy 7 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.techcrunch.com) my network
Category: Networking
TechCrunch - You know you’ve made it as a communications medium when you start attracting spammers. On Twitter, the problem is getting bad enough that the service is starting to blacklist people who spam other members. There is already an unofficial read more »
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Top 10 Favourite Social Media Sites
Avatar Went Hot: May 8, 2008 - 6:59 am
Posted By: DoshDosh 7 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.northsouthmedia.co.uk) my network
Category: Other Social Media
First things first, let me say that although I am an SEO guy I love social media to bits and have been involved with various sm sites for some time now. This post has been sitting on my to do list and at last I have found time to rank my top ten fav read more »
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So How Do You Find People on Twitter?
Avatar Went Hot: May 8, 2008 - 6:57 am
Posted By: DavidWallace 7 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchengineguide.com) my network
Category: Social Media
One of the benefits to spending time on Twitter is that it's a great way to network. But if you are new to Twitter, it can seem difficult to find people that are in your industry or that share your interests. Here's some tips to help get you start read more »
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The Benefit of Untapped Social Environments
Avatar Went Hot: May 8, 2008 - 6:56 am
Posted By: chriswinfield 7 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.doshdosh.com) my network
Category: Social Media
Maki takes a look at Microsoft’s brilliant PR strategy for Xbox 360... read more »
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Twitter Spam: Myth Or Reality? - Danny Sullivan at Daggle
Avatar Went Hot: May 8, 2008 - 4:02 am
Posted By: rishilakhani 7 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://daggle.com) my network
Category: Other Social Media
Really, Twitter spam? I mean, how do you get spammed by people you voluntarily choose to follow. It's like bitching that your Facebook "friends" are spamming you. Why did you make them friends, then. read more »
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Reddit Eliminates “Advanced Search” Feature
Avatar Went Hot: May 7, 2008 - 3:00 pm
Posted By: BrentCsutoras 7 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.brentcsutoras.com) my network
Category: Social Media
I am not sure if anyone noticed or not, but Reddit.com has removed the advanced search option from it’s site. I used to use advanced search strings like “(site:brentcsutoras.com)” to check if anyone had submitted my posts to Reddit. read more »
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