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Here is the interview we promised with one of Digg top users read more »
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I understand why they're doing it -- every page served to a rank checker has a 0% chance of monetization. But since their search API is less than useless this really limits the transparency of their results. If Google cared about ethical SEO they'd read more »
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Blink, and you might have missed it. Google's now doing synonym searching. It's something they quietly noted in a past Google blog post and one that comes up again today in a post that covers how Google uses experiments to improve the search inter read more »
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There are many reasons the Digg Community may perceive you negatively, or worse yet, consider you a filthy social media spammer. If you take part in the majority of these activities you probably aren’t seen as a positive social media maven as you ma read more »
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Startup Tweetrush is getting hard data on Twitter that shows usage figures far below what the rumors were.

Perhaps the number of active users is a lot lower too? The difference between active users and total users on Twitter is pretty big. read more »
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Brian Carter writes "Not everybody knows about Twitter, and not everyone who knows about Twitter “gets it.” Even fewer people who “get it” realize Twitter is saving the world. But it’s obvious - and I’m going to tell you why.
#1 The biggest danger read more »
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Telling visitors to reward bloggers and webmasters by clicking on Ads could be in breach of all kinds of T&Cs. According to Blogstorm, web economics would change immediately if everyone considered this ethical and treated Adsense ads like an online read more »
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For as much as we all love Twitter, the possibilities for a business model just can't produce enough revenue to justify the amount of venture capital invested. It's going to be sold in a fire sale. read more »
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I have been asked countless times how to get included in the Google “One Box”. That’s when there used to be a “one-box”. Now we have Google Universal Search results. They contain listings from Google Products, Google News, Google Images, Videos, etc read more »
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This is a funny look at some of the booths at the SES conference that I'm attending. read more »
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Don't be surprised to see advertising on Twitter soon. It's about the only way the service can generate revenue. But will it be enough? Insightful article by Ben Kunz at BusinessWeek. read more »
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I can certainly understand the sentiment. Will Yahoo Buzz have an impact on Digg? How will Digg compete against a competitor that doesn't have to rely on venture capital? And what will they do if Google decides that they now have to get into this read more »
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Recently, the PR firm of a very famous and lavishly wealthy public figure called me. One of his projects had gotten a lot of bad press. They asked how much it would cost to remove the negative information from Google. read more »
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Google Reader adds a friends list, many social features like bookmarking, RSS feed item sharing, comments on blog posts and a blog recommendation engine based on your friends feeds and what you have in Google Reader read more »
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Don Draper, creator of the GreaseMonkey Twitter script, reports that his account has been limited to 666. That would suggest an algorithm rather than a hard "2000" limit with exceptions. This might be a fun algorithm to bust over a few beers. read more »
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Twitter has always been looking for better ways to combat spammers and it appears they have recently... read more »
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Google likes spam. Sounds surprising? Well, actually it does! Of all the spam that is generated, Google seems quite comfortable with 5% of the lot read more »
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"No, Seth, it doesn’t take 10 years to become a success."

I follow Seth, I have his books, but I don't agree with everything "anyone" says, SEOblackhat.com echoes my thought. read more »
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Here are 13 very convincing reasons why you should care about social media and why it is worth your time. read more »
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Let me introduce myself, I am Doctor Robert Neville. You know, the guy that Will Smith played in I Am Legend. I am the only person left alive and consequently The Last Digger On Earth... Kind of a silly post, but I liked it and it does touch on the read more »
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Extensive 6-page article on getting the most out of conferences by Lee Odden at TopRank. Includes tips from Brad Berens (iMedia), Robert Scoble, Danny Sullivan, Chris Sherman, Kevin Ryan, David Berkowitz, Heather Lloyd-Martin and Michael Brito. read more »
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Here's a cool Greasemonkey script to help you add and manage your followers on Twitter without all that tiresome mouse clicking.

There are two basic strategies for getting people to follow you on Twitter. The first is to be famous. If you are Mat read more »
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Ignite Social Media is excited to announce the launch of the Follow Me Wordpress plugin. The Follow Me plugin allows you to easily manage and store your social profiles, right inside the wordpress backend, eliminating the need to continue to manipul read more »
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StumbleUpon has plans to finally remove their 200 friend limit. read more »
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“Tweet Pro allows you to quickly and easily find Twitter users who share your same interest by allowing you to search through posted messages and profile information. Using this software you can be following people all over the world who share your read more »
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