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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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Confessions and Reflections of a [Former] Digg Addict

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In the past few weeks, however, even Digg’s other top users are seeing that Digg is becoming more difficult of a social news site to enjoy, and after stepping away from Digg for awhile, I have some thoughts and reflections on how it was and possibly how it should be. The community had to react. Completely.

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Free Tools for Monitoring Hot Search Trends

Adam Sherk

You can also use keyword and reputation monitoring tools, real-time search tools and popular/meme lists for articles, tweets, social media submissions, etc. I’ve primarily stuck to aggregated trend/topic lists to keep the list manageable. Here are some free resources for identifying hot topics and search trends.

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Best Social Media Monitoring Tools

Bill Hartzer

Some of the great things about this social media monitoring site is that it has tools that companies can use to automate their online reputation tracking system. Brands Eye – When it comes to protecting your reputation online, few sites can top Brands Eye. Tags: Reputation Management Social Media. Post this on Diigo.

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Thumbplay Chooses Attivio Enterprise Search

Bill Hartzer

Attivio’s Active Intelligence EngineTM (AIE) provides a universal index that aggregates the information you need from documents, media and data stores, regardless of the format. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us. Post this on Diigo. Post on Google Buzz. Add this to Mister Wong. Share this on Mixx.

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How friendfeed Can Teach You About Your Friends

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Since FriendFeed aggregates numerous social networks, it can give you a lot more information about its users, especially with regards to how and when they engage with online content. FriendFeed isn’t just an aggregator, though. This way if I go to digg/reddit/SU before Friend Feed, I don’t see duplicates.

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Five Benefits to Using Twitter Â? Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

As an example, I followed two major news aggregators for awhile, but the updates were just too frequent for my needs. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Your mileage may vary. Twitter as a news breaker. This, too, is useful. My personal favorite is CNN Breaking News.

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