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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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Avatar Went Hot: July 1, 2008 - 5:51 am
Posted By: andrewsho 5 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchengineguide.com)
Category: Social Media
An interesting look at what your blog can expect from going hot at Sphinn. read more »
12 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: July 3, 2008 - 9:32 am
Posted By: gyutae 2 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seomoz.org)
Category: Social Media
It is greatly ironic that algorithms, the quintessential example of all that is not human, would be so fundamental to social media. Last week I wrote a post about how Google gathers user data. This week I continue by exposing how popular social medi read more »
1 Comment     
Avatar Went Hot: July 2, 2008 - 4:44 pm
Posted By: mvandemar 4 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seo-scoop.com)
Category: Blogging
Great post by Donna Fontenot that covers both prevention of and recovery from hacker intrusion, for blogs and other non-blog sites alike. read more »
7 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: July 1, 2008 - 12:08 pm
Posted By: DoshDosh 5 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginepeople.com)
Category: Other Social Media
The implications of this cross pollination concept are this; to gain a foothold in the world of social media, you do not need to be an expert in all the major sites to begin. Choose 1 popular social media site to begin (Digg, Reddit, Stumbleupon, Pr read more »
2 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: July 2, 2008 - 3:05 pm
Posted By: DoshDosh 3 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: Other Social Media
Social media has opened up many avenues to many people and has brought forth a new level of communication. People now lean on the social media for support networks, feedback, counsel, research, conversation, and more. read more »
1 Comment     
Avatar Went Hot: July 4, 2008 - 1:07 am
Posted By: jeffquipp 2 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginepeople.com)
Category: Other Social Media
Jenn Osborne defines the key elements that make a site, a community. Starting with this definition and principles, it should be easier to build a community for clients or yourself as a result. read more »
1 Comment     
Avatar Went Hot: July 4, 2008 - 7:28 pm
Posted By: jeffquipp 2 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.setfiremedia.com)
Category: Other Social Media
A good post detailing 10 alternative social media sites to Digg that can drive traffic and links.

Very appropriate too given that Digg can be very tempermental. read more »
1 Comment     
Avatar Went Hot: July 3, 2008 - 7:06 am
Posted By: cchris 3 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.socialdesire.com)
Category: Social Media
TheNanny612 didn’t think the duty of choosing an avatar would be a difficult one. After all, what is the big deal, really? An avatar simply is a picture to help members of Online Communities know who you are…. is that really such a big deal? read more »
9 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: July 2, 2008 - 9:50 pm
Posted By: UtahSEOpro 4 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.digital-web.com)
Category: Social Media
Whether you’re an employee or a consultant, it sometimes falls to you to drag an organization into the 21st century—and that often means convincing a company to adopt social media. Someone might even be asking you about some new web tool their son o read more »
2 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: July 5, 2008 - 8:44 am
Posted By: tomcritchlow 1 day 14 hours ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://wiep.net)
Category: Other Social Media
Genius idea and an awesome post from wiep - very funny but really interesting as well. read more »
1 Comment     
Avatar Went Hot: July 4, 2008 - 11:15 am
Posted By: vangogh 2 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://collective-thoughts.com)
Category: Social Media
Is Plurk really a player in the big game with the likes of MySpace, Facebook and Twitter? Who are these Plurkers and should you bother with yet another social profile? read more »
1 Comment     


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