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Twitter, Facebook, Denial of Service Attacks

Bare Feet Studios

These large sites ( Google, Apple, Yahoo, Microsoft ) have complex back end programming that make the site run as expected as well as front end programming to control the incoming traffic and direct it to available servers, known as load balancing. Large popular sites are typically the victim.

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Paid Bloggers Still Get Google Downgrades

Bare Feet Studios

To its credit, Google also penalized its own Japan division who used the pay per post tactic in an attempt to compete against Yahoo. With perfect timing, the Social Media Club Question of the Week ( #SMCQ10 ) has been about “Free Content.&# This goes hand-in-hand with the problem of paying people to talk about you.

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Going from Free to Fee Part 2

Bare Feet Studios

Instant messaging has stuck around through the ages as a free service but most of those services are supported by bigger businesses making money in other ways (MSN, AOL, Yahoo…) Maybe Google should/could buy out Twitter. :) And then again, sometimes businesses simply fail. In a way Twitter is like instant messaging.

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GoHawaii's A Thousand Reasons to Smile Makes Me Frown, Not Smile.

Bare Feet Studios

There are also many people who live here and have friends all over, and who are also active on the social web like Neenz , Arleen Anderson , Angela Keen , Vernon Brown , and Ryan Ozawa. I don’t mean to suggest either/or – new media or old media – they both can play. Why Are The Events So Un-Promote-Able???

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When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Exploring the Royal Caribbean.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Opinion , Social Media , Viral Marketing > When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Exploring the Royal Caribbean Promotional Marketing Strategy When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Send free stuff. Say thank you a lot.

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The Top #Nifty50 Women in Technology on Twitter for 2012

Webbiquity SMM

This year, colleague Cheryl Burgess and I changed things up a bit, opening the award to nominations but focusing specifically on outstanding men and women who work for technology companies and are active on social media. Stacey is flat-out awesome: Social Media Manager for Vocus/PRWeb as well as serving her country as a U.S.

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100 Personal Branding Tactics Using Social Media | chrisbrogan.com

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Covering social media business strategy and personal power. 100 Personal Branding Tactics Using Social Media. A really nice layout doesn’t have to cost a lot, but shows you’re more than a social media dabbler. Passports are accounts on other social networks and social media platforms.