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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

The 33 most important moments in the history of social media The first social media site was born (1997) On one of the first true social media sites, SixDegrees.com , you could set up a profile page, create lists of connections, and send messages within networks. Hot or Not (2000) Who can forget AmIHotorNot.com ?

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Pinterest Traffic to Magazine Sites Up 141% But Figures Still Modest

Adam Sherk

But fear not, I come with real data to share albeit it in aggregated and anonymized format. It is well established that Pinterest offers great opportunities for lifestyle publishers but how well is it paying off in actual site traffic? To anonymize the data I combined all 25 sites’ figures into a monthly total.

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2011 Trends: Make Your Corporate Site A Social Media Hub

Proactive Report

EyeforTravel published their 2011 Trends and their number one pick is the increasing need to integrate social content and activity on your corporate website. onto their main site. onto their main site. Sites will become a hub to aggregate and explain activity on social networks, and add long-form value.

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5 Ways that Social Media Impacts SEO

Adam Sherk

Beyond personalized search results the engines are also looking at social activity in aggregate to help evaluate the popularity or relative importance of content and the authority of both sites and authors. A link from a quality, trusted site has considerably greater weight than a like, tweet or +1. Highlighting Authors.

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What Is Newsjacking?

Keyhole.co

Every day, there is new content coming your way. The term newsjacking was first used by David Meerman Scott in 2011. Simply put, newsjacking is when your business content connects to or references significant news and popular narratives, resulting in publicity and further brand awareness. What are the benefits of newsjacking?

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Best Demonoid Alternatives

SocialFish

By December 2010, Demonoid had climbed the ranks and featured at number 502 on Alexa’s list of the most popular sites in the world. At that time, the site had over 260,000 torrents indexed and an estimated 3.5 The site has gone offline severally due to attacks from governments from around the world. million peers.

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8 Social Media Questions Publishers Should Be Asking Themselves

Adam Sherk

It comes down to effective selection, placement and formatting of social buttons on all key templates, and customizing those elements for different types of content. One interesting takeaway was the user base and types of content that do well in Social Reader can be quite different from the main site.