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Content Aggregation: The Future of (B2B and Consumer) Media?

Webbiquity SMM

Instead, successful media will become aggregators and editors of content, rather than creators. Online content aggregation is as old as the Internet itself, beginning with AOL. Examples range from Google News and Yahoo! Browse My Stuff is fee-based for sponsors, free for bloggers and offers more professional publishing power.

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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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3 Reasons Why Pinterest May Succeed Where Google+ Has Failed

SocMed Sean

The results are uniquely crowd-sourced aggregations and classifications of content from across the Web. And what about Google+? Google’s entry into the social space started with a big bang and, just as rapidly, fizzed. So what does Pinterest have that Google+ doesn’t? So Why Now? Easy-peasy-rice-and-cheesy.

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4 Ways to Make Sure You Always Have Something to Say Online

yMarketingMatters

It’s probably the most common problem faced by bloggers and social media users. Tools like Google Alerts and Yahoo Alerts monitor the web for you and alert you, by email or through RSS news feeds (see below), every time a new piece of information relating to your keywords is posted to the web. What am I going to say?

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Thank you Google, for the Antithesis of a More Social Network

Waxing UnLyrical

[Ed: I know we've had a LOT of posts on Google+ here recently. But I wanted to give my bloggers a voice. The first reaction to all the talk around Google+ and it’s Facebook-killing armor was, “Oh God, not another one.&#. A viral (forgive the cliche) spin out was evident with Google+. One more time. Ubiquity.

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A Startup’s Struggles and Successes in Influencer Outreach: How to Set Up Your First Blogger Campaigns

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Every PR or marketing person who is focused on journalists or bloggers should read this. Without further ado, this is a great story: Working with bloggers can be a somewhat daunting task if you’ve never done it before. Each participating blogger would host a giveaway on their blog, and this always did wonders for us!

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The Ultimate Social Media Information Destination: Social Media Informer Launches

Webbiquity SMM

Want to stay up-to-date on the latest social media news and thought-leadership commentary without visiting a gazillion different sites, relying on an RSS feed (or someone else’s filter) that inevitably misses important news, or following aggregation sites that regurgitate the same over-exposed content from a handful of popular sites?