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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 Posted By: eriksr 12 minutes ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://readyaimreach.com)
Category: Blogging
This is a link to my commentary on Nintendo's absolute home run on Dooce. For those not in the know, Nintendo donated Wii/Wii Fit systems to Dooce to give away to her readers. Without spending a single advertising dollar, this inexpensive move resul read more »
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Avatar Posted By: henweb 29 minutes ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://socialmediablog.tamar.com)
Category: Networking
As regular readers may notice, the Tamar Social Media blog has been a little quieter over the past three weeks. The reason behind this pre-summer lull isn't that we've all gone on lovely hot holidays, it is mainly due to my wife and I having our fir read more »
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Avatar Posted By: Xurxo 48 minutes ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.imediaconnection.com)
Category: Social Media
Web 2.0 is real, raw and can require a scary change of mindset for some brands. With some help from these proven strategies, you can rein in the danger while still engaging consumers. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: steven73 1 hour 2 minutes ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://sc-web.org)
Category: Blogging
The Web 2.0 has become a real global village: indeed potentially our blog is a click away from the United States, Russia, Australia, France, Israel, Kenya, India or China. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: vineet21 1 hour 17 minutes ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://internetrack.blogspot.com)
Category: Social Media
"While retailers of luxury goods understand the importance of search engine optimization and offering a wide variety of products online, they fall short in building online communities." read more »
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Avatar Posted By: YoungMaster 1 hour 24 minutes ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.vkistudios.com)
Category: News Sites
A list of scripts that actually work with the current version of Digg. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: monika.katke 3 hours ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.semclubhouse.com)
Category: Social Media
There are people in the search industry that think social media is a numbers game, a numbers game that involves links. On the panel there were things presented that made my jaw drop, basically “shady” techniques, things like adding friends just for read more »
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Avatar Posted By: helpcomputer 3 hours ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.earticlesonline.com)
Category: Networking
There are numerous advantages of availing email support services from tech support resources with saving on time and money the foremost. Other on the list are quality service, expertise, and 24x7 computer support. These email support ? specialists c read more »
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Avatar Posted By: Melvin 4 hours ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.melvinblog.com)
Category: Blogging
I don't see reasons why bloggers should not put a face in their blog. Your face will help your readers value more your blog. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: easyspace 4 hours ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.easyspace.com)
Category: News Sites
Easyspace, one of the leading suppliers of Virtual Servers in the UK, has this week launched enhanced add-on features for its Virtual Private Server products. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: ViperChill 4 hours ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.blogstorm.co.uk)
Category: Social Media
Making sure your website is mobile phone friendly should be a priority for any business that wants to be found on the mobile web. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: tomcritchlow 4 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 »
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Avatar Posted By: MattMcGee 16 hours ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.smallbiztrends.com)
Category: Social Media
Let's step outside the echo chamber and hear what business owners think about using social media. Good experiences: blogs, LinkedIn, Twitter, and more. Concerns: Time commitment, ROI, etc. Anita Campbell collects the stories from a conference this w read more »
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Avatar Posted By: JustinBentley 17 hours ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://endorsementmarketing.wordpress.com)
Category: Social Media
By: Brad Porteus

"Put yourself in the mindset of one of your customers who might be in a position to spread the good word for you. Most of your best prospects for this are people who thrive on recognition, fame, notoriety, and the pride in being read more »
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Avatar Posted By: Eavesy 17 hours ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.ignitesocialmedia.com)
Category: Social Media
Many companies are getting into social media these days that you would not expect. At first I thought I had heard it all when I found out about a blender company using social media, then I heard about a dog food company using social media, and just read more »
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Avatar Posted By: ffnstuff 18 hours ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blogaboutyourblog.com)
Category: Blogging
What do you do when you see your RSS feed count dropping? read more »
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Avatar Posted By: vangogh 18 hours 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 »
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Avatar Posted By: JustinBentley 18 hours ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://justinbentley.wordpress.com)
Category: Social Media
Today I was contacted by the CEO at StatCounter, who addressed some concerns I had with his product...... read more »
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Avatar Posted By: BartTheBear 18 hours ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.moxie-drive.com)
Category: Bookmarking
The addition of communities is going to make Mixx look huge to the search engines, and it is going to happen fast. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: ricdes 20 hours ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.toomuchvodka.com)
Category: Blogging
3 pretty important things you have to keep in mind if you want to start banking in with your blog! read more »
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Avatar Posted By: estherschindler 22 hours ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.cio.com)
Category: Blogging
By writing blogs as if they were press releases, says the analyst firm, corporate blogs, often written by executives, have failed to capture their intended audiences in any meaningful way. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: seo2020 22 hours ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.davidbullock.com)
Category: Social Media
If you have been following the presidential race at all, you have seen how social media has played a major role. This could be called the first Social Media Driven Presidential Campaign. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: MarcHausman 1 day 1 hour 9 minutes ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Networking
Spam Seeps into Social Networks
http://strategicguy.blogspot.com/2008/07/spam-seeps-into-social-networks.html

Are the creators and/or administrators of a social community responsible for weeding spam out? Or do we as members of the community ha read more »
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Avatar Posted By: jeffquipp 1 day 1 hour 31 minutes 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 »
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Avatar Posted By: monika.katke 1 day 2 hours 22 minutes ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.semclubhouse.com)
Category: Social Media
Every company large or small wishes for the kind of brand loyalists and promoters that companies like Apple, Webkinz, and Starbucks have. Companies pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to figure out how to attain that kind of brand loyalty, and most read more »
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