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Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Opinion , Social Media > Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators by Tamar Weinberg on September 23, 2009 Share This is a guest post from Josh Schnell, founder of Macgasm.net and web developer.

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Facebook Reader a welcome feature

Sherrilynne Starkie

I liked that it had the ability to search through feeds to find specific content. Today, we are hearing reports that Facebook is going to launch a reader application, and my first thought was, I hope this won’t change Facebook’s current update feeds. Goodbye, Google Reader: 5 Alternatives to Get Your RSS Feed Fix.

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The New Dilemma: Social Media Exposes Us to Too Much, Too Often

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The introduction of social feeds by Facebook, Twitter and other social networks changed the way that people discovered content. I will also cover some of the popular ways that power users use useful services and features to better organize and aggregate the constant flow of high quality, popular content.

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Facebook Filed for a Trademark on the Word Meta. You Should See the Description.

Bill Hartzer

I’ve read quite a number of trademark applications over the years, as part of my expert witness work , but also as part of DNProtect , but when I looked at the Meta trademark application from Facebook, my jaw dropped. The screen capture above is only the beginning, it only shows a small part of the Meta trademark. Just think.

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5 Social Sites That Aren’t Facebook

Waxing UnLyrical

The mobile interface is much easier to use than Facebook’s, and was built for a mobile life instead of trying to make a desktop application retroactively fit a phone. Trying to add in filters and prioritize friends and new feeds on Facebook is time consuming and confusing. Cutting through the crap. Networking.

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Social Media Tools, Apps, Resources and Plugins

Harp Interactive

Taweet (beta) is a social calendar and event promotion application for Twitter. Friend Feed. Allows you to build a customized feed of made up of content your friends on other collaborative sites have shared, including news articles, photos and more. Alltop is a blog aggregator which can be searched by subject matter.

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Measuring Facebook Fan Engagement Beyond the Like

Convince & Convert

Engagements range from liking or commenting in the news feed to interacting with content within a promotion application. But a consistent approach to aggregating brand engagements enables you to compare campaigns and track depth of engagement over time. Here’s the data: Of course, not all engagements are created equal.