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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

Unfortunately, the site’s spike in popularity in 2003 caught the company by surprise. Myspace: “A place for friends” (2003) Friendster rival Myspace (originally styled as MySpace) quickly became the go-to site for millions of hip teens. You could create a profile, include “status updates,” and reveal your mood.

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WordPress vs Drupal: Which CMS is Right for Your Site?

Idaconcpts

Two of the most popular packages are WordPress and Drupal. However, 60 million sites run WordPress making it by far the most popular free CMS package. In this article, we will explore what are the advantages and disadvantages between Drupal and WordPress, and which CMS should you choose for your business or personal website.

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When DIY Blogging isn’t for You: 5 Alternatives to Self-Hosted WordPress

ProBlogger

Here on ProBlogger, we’ve always recommended self-hosted WordPress (aka WordPress.org) as the very best platform for blogging. Many of the world’s largest blogs and websites run on self-hosted WordPress. But for some bloggers, self-hosted WordPress might not be the best choice. Here are WordPress’ instructions on how to do it.

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No Straight Lines / Technology makes it easy to remember,' the trick is learning how to forget

Buzz Marketing for Technology

« Six attributes of an affinity group (or community of practice). December 2003. November 2003. October 2003. September 2003. © by Brett Miller 2003-2008. |. Powered by WordPress. |. Post a Comment. Your email is never published nor shared. Required fields are marked *. in a reader. April 2005.

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The Complete Solo Build It! Review - An Insider’s Perspective

The Social Media Hat

suite of tools, training and community so that I could review everything. I've built sites using Geocities, FrontPage, Dreamweaver, PHP-Nuke, GoDaddy, Joomla, Drupal, Wix and WordPress. As I sifted through the community discussions I found thousands of SBI! It hasn't been updated since around 2003, although SBI!

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No Straight Lines / A conversation on the nature of knowledge work

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Matthew argues that Shawn misses an opportunity to communicate an understanding of knowledge work outward from the insider community to the larger workforce and organisational management who donâ??t December 2003. November 2003. October 2003. September 2003. © by Brett Miller 2003-2008. |.

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Government Use of Social Media - "In Addition to," Not "In Lieu of.

Social Media Strategery

community’s zeal for all things social media and online, 1/3 of Americans still don’t have access to broadband Internet , and even among those who do, less than 50% prefer to contact their government via online means, instead preferring the telephone, in-person contact, or writing a letter (!!). .&# community?

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