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Digital grassroots: the Internet fights back

Sherrilynne Starkie

Yesterday, Michael Geis t presented a keynote address to the IABC 2012 Canada Business Communicators’ Summit which was held in Ottawa. The new law provides a safe harbour to those who create and also those who host that content, for example.”. March 2012: Ottawa’s Twitter top 20. Michael Geist (Photo credit: Wikipedia).

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Five Upcoming Social Networks To Look Out For In 2021

Ignite Social Media

When I started Ignite Social Media in 2007, the battle between MySpace and Facebook still raged and Friendster was hanging on for dear life. MeWe was founded in 2012 under the name Sgrouples, but it didn’t launch its platform until 2016. Parler has had difficulties staying online since AWS stopped hosting its platform.

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Webinar Recap: A Decade in Social Media. What’s Now. What’s Next?

Ignite Social Media

This month, we hosted a webinar in honor of our 10 th anniversary in business. We kicked off the webinar with Lisa Braziel, our SVP, talking about how she was one of the original community managers in 2007. We kicked off the webinar with Lisa Braziel, our SVP, talking about how she was one of the original community managers in 2007.

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The Evolution of Social Media, and of Likeable

Likeable

It was the summer of 2007, and Facebook had recently opened up beyond college students, to welcome everyone to its platform. We had an assignment for Verizon FiOS, then a new cable TV alternative, to find influencers (yes, in 2007!) An intern suggested I try Facebook—and after 12 hours of exploring, I was hooked. .

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WordPress Feature Review: New Features You Missed in 2012, Part 2

ProBlogger

was the second and final major WordPress release of 2012. When XML-RPC is enabled, WordPress can be used through a host of different mobile applications and you can use third-party blog editors such as Windows Live Writer , BlogDesk and Post2Blog. Each year the WordPress platform evolves and 2012 was no different.

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Top 10 Powerful Moments That Shaped Social Media History Over the Last 20 Years

Buffer Social

Let’s take a look at three early videos that helped to shape the viral side of social media history: Charlie Bit My Finger (Published: 5/22/2007 – 851,140,074 views). “Chocolate Rain” (Published: 4/22/2007 – 113,787,749 views). Numa Numa (Published: 12/11/2006 – 26,800,130 views).

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The Great Google Sh*tstorm of Our Time

Viper Chill

Not because he is ranking thanks to freshness – though I’m sure it helps him somewhat – but because his income reports allow us to see a hugely profitable industry: Web hosting commissions. This happens for Hostgator, Hostmonster and any other popular hosting company you can think of. Sneaky or clever, you decide?

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