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Confessions and Reflections of a Former Digg Addict
Avatar Posted By: nowsourcing 7 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.techipedia.com) my network
Category: Social Media
Tamar weighs in with her opinion on the rise and fall of Digg. Great read! read more »
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SEO has really gotten expensive
Avatar Went Hot: May 5, 2008 - 2:06 pm
Posted By: nowsourcing 11 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.maxyro.com) my network
Category: SEO
Interesting look at some of the bloated pricing models that some "SEO Experts" still try to pawn off others. read more »
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Track Google via Twitter
Avatar Posted By: nowsourcing 16 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.googletutor.com) my network
Category: Social Media
Great list of Twitter tools that you can track breaking news about Google. read more »
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Mr Cutts are you sure about that?
Avatar Went Hot: April 23, 2008 - 1:07 am
Posted By: nowsourcing 24 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.timnash.co.uk) my network
Category: Google SEO
Tim Nash uncovers a gem from John Andrews' live blogging from live domain roundtable about domains changing hands. read more »
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State of the nation - What is SEO?
Avatar Went Hot: April 20, 2008 - 10:45 am
Posted By: nowsourcing 27 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.timnash.co.uk) my network
Category: SEO
Tim Nash schools some individuals to see if they know what SEO, PPC, and more. You might be surprised by the results. But they just KNOW that the Internet is the future :) read more »
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Attention Outdated Wordpress Blogs: Don’t Let Technorati Drop You
Avatar Went Hot: April 10, 2008 - 2:46 am
Posted By: nowsourcing 38 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://nowsourcing.com) my network
Category: Blogging
Looks like Technorati is pulling rank, and will be dropping support on Wordpress blogs version 2.3.2 and under. Be smart. Upgrade. read more »
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14 Little-Known Sources for PPC Traffic
Avatar Went Hot: April 4, 2008 - 1:18 am
Posted By: nowsourcing 44 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.serpzone.com) my network
Category: Paid Search
Tired of PPC? Try new PPC! Here is a good list of 14 alternate sources of paid search traffic that you might not be aware of. read more »
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The Power of Support on Twitter
Avatar Went Hot: March 31, 2008 - 12:26 pm
Posted By: nowsourcing 46 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://nowsourcing.com) my network
Category: Other Social Media
This week's Overheard on Twitter segment, this time focusing on the power of Twitter as a group of helpful, supportive people and looking at the benefit of using a logo vs. face for your avatar for branding. read more »
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Can You Take a Vacation From Social Media?
Avatar Went Hot: March 25, 2008 - 12:02 pm
Posted By: nowsourcing 53 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://collective-thoughts.com) my network
Category: Other Social Media
Do you think it is possible to take a vacation from social media? All those sites and feeds? Not likely, once it is in your bloodstream. read more »
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Do You Really Get That Many Local SEO Clients?
Avatar Went Hot: March 24, 2008 - 3:03 pm
Posted By: nowsourcing 53 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.timnash.co.uk) my network
Category: Local & Maps
Tim Nash reveals in a local study that SEO firms which target local businesses are not in fact getting that many local clients. read more »
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Interview With Social Media Expert Shana Albert
Avatar Went Hot: March 13, 2008 - 12:19 pm
Posted By: nowsourcing 65 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.socialmediamom.com) my network
Category: Other Social Media
Everybody loves Shana, and for good reason too. Socialmediamom asks some fine questions so we can all learn more about Shana. read more »
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An Open Letter to StumbleUpon Regarding Usability, Negativity, and Growing Pains
Avatar Went Hot: February 29, 2008 - 6:25 am
Posted By: nowsourcing 79 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.emomsathome.com) my network
Category: Social Media
Wendy Piersall puts out a fine open letter to StumbleUpon, addressing things that may have worked before but weren't meant for the 4 million+ community that it has amassed. read more »
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Selling Social Media (Drug Dealer Style)
Avatar Posted By: nowsourcing 82 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seoco.co.uk) my network
Category: Social Media
SEOCO comes out with an interesting approach to selling social media - drug dealer style. read more »
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How To Build a Devoted Online Community, by Mixx.com
Avatar Posted By: nowsourcing 86 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.mattmcgee.com) my network
Category: News Sites
Matt McGee brings us his story of the great customer service and positive experience he's had so far with up and coming social news site, Mixx.com. read more »
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PDFs and Search Engines
Avatar Went Hot: February 20, 2008 - 5:46 am
Posted By: nowsourcing 86 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.timnash.co.uk) my network
Category: SEO
Tim Nash does it again with a great analysis of using PDF's for SEO. Well worth the read. read more »
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10 Basic Rules of Social Media Marketing
Avatar Posted By: nowsourcing 87 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.estebanpanzera.com) my network
Category: Social Media
Esteban Panzera puts out a fine list of 10 basic rules on social media. Brief but to the point. read more »
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Rose Demonstrates that New Digg Algo is Fair and Balanced
Avatar Posted By: nowsourcing 95 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://soshable.com) my network
Category: Social Media
Interesting observation of Kevin Rose's latest posts to Digg. Looks like Mr. Rose finally isn't making front page, either. read more »
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Size does not matter (in the blogosphere)
Avatar Posted By: nowsourcing 95 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://broadcasting-brain.com) my network
Category: Other Social Media
Mark Dykeman from Broadcasting Brain puts out an interesting post about how you can be effective in social media whether you're in a big city or a small town. read more »
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Link bombing - Like Google Bombing but different!
Avatar Went Hot: February 7, 2008 - 8:11 pm
Posted By: nowsourcing 99 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.timnash.co.uk) my network
Category: Link Building
Tim Nash brings us through the history of events in Google Bombing such as the memorable George W Bush - miserable failure example. Interesting link bombing as well. read more »
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Zicam and the Reputation Management Fiasco
Avatar Went Hot: February 6, 2008 - 12:19 pm
Posted By: nowsourcing 100 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.techipedia.com) my network
Category: Other Online Marketing
Tamar brings us through her personal experience with Zicam, and the reputation management follies to follow. read more »
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Everyone Knows about the Microsoft / Yahoo Deal Already. Stop making Sphinns for it.
Avatar Went Hot: February 2, 2008 - 6:15 pm
Posted By: nowsourcing 105 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion my network
Category: Sphinn Zone
This public service announcement was made possible by the 14 stories about Microsoft and Yahoo in upcoming.

Danny already posted it, and it's on the front page. Can we move on now and talk about LOLcats? read more »
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Has Digg Jumped the Shark?
Avatar Went Hot: February 1, 2008 - 12:12 pm
Posted By: nowsourcing 105 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.techipedia.com) my network
Category: Social Media
Tamar counts the ways that Digg has jumped the shark. Bravo! read more »
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Great Way To Help Clean Up Stumbleupon
Avatar Went Hot: February 1, 2008 - 8:03 am
Posted By: nowsourcing 105 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://collective-thoughts.com) my network
Category: Social Media
StumbleUpon has released some interesting new features for flagging users and posts in the reviews section. Haven't seen word of this on their blog yet. read more »
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The Best In Mom Networking Sites
Avatar Went Hot: January 31, 2008 - 11:55 am
Posted By: nowsourcing 106 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.socialmediamom.com) my network
Category: Other Social Media
Handy list of 39 mommy network-type sites that you might have missed in social media, broken out by the type of site (news, networking, directories). read more »
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In Search of Relevancy
Avatar Went Hot: January 30, 2008 - 9:44 am
Posted By: nowsourcing 109 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.timnash.co.uk) my network
Category: Other Search Marketing
Tim Nash at it again in top form, this time on the subject of search vs. relevancy.

From the article:

* Joe Blogs - How do I make my site rank well Mr SEO person
* SEO person - You need lots of highly relevant content and links from pages tha read more »
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