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#Selfie Is The Word Of The Year

Firebelly

Oxford found that “selfie” was first used in 2002 on an Australian online forum but gained popularity in 2012 after becoming an integral part of social media platforms like Instagram. One of my very few attempts to take a selfie with my best friend Allie.

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Why Alps Bethneck is 5 Years Old

Ari Herzog

This is a guest blog post by Stephen Black. It started in 2002. I arrived here in 2002, as the debris from the dot com crash was still being cleared away. Blogs — “web logs” as they were first called, began to appear. 2012: Today. When he's not blogging, Ari helps brands improve their digital media marketing.

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How Privacy Breach Notification Law Affects Your Blog

ProBlogger

Before you scramble to fire off an email to your service provider to disable your ecommerce facilities or remove all forms from your blog, don’t. In 2002 the ball started rolling in California, with Senator Joe Simitian , who authored a bill to require that businesses notify customers when a successful breach of their security occurs.

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Finding Readers Week: Corinne Talks Commenting, Engagement, and Are Forums Right For Your Blog?

ProBlogger

Corinne runs the successful blog skinnedcartree.com, and consistently gets genuine engagement from her readers and community across the board. I only started blogging late December 2012. I understand there’s more to successful blogging than simply getting comments, but I wanted engagement.

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The arbitration agreement was held to apply to Dr.

Writtent Blog

In fact, the country has come a long way in terms of FTAs, from with only four countries in 2002, to 58 countries in 2014 and three more in the row. Malcolm X who was and stated that you supported the State of.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

Friendster (2002) Launched in 2002, Friendster was originally going to be a dating site that would help set up people with friends in common. Soon after, the term micro-blogging became widely used to describe both Twitter and Tumblr, noting the exchange of ‘small’ amounts of content.

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2014 Reboot: Make Money From Your Blog This Year

ProBlogger

We are mining ProBlogger content this week for super-useful information to kick-start your blogging year with gusto. This post “Is it Really Possible to Make Money Blogging? [7 7 Things I know about Making Money Blogging] first appeared in November 2012. . Is it really possible to make a living from blogging?

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