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Curation is Not Aggregation

Firebelly

While it’s not as pure and noble as content creation, it’s more than aggregation. Are you a curator or an aggregator? Aggregation is an amassing of content. An aggregator will get books about airplanes. An aggregator will gather Merlots of any kind, or even just “reds.”

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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! Apple could create an aggregation site to pull in blog posts and reviews about the product.

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On The Death Of Google Reader

Waxing UnLyrical

Google recently announced it is killing off several of its services, which it does from time to time. This time though, Google cut services for a tool that isn’t just “popular.” ” Google Reader is the bedrock for how many people collect information on the Internet. He also blogs.

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3 Ways Google Search is impacted by #SocialMedia & #GooglePlus

Laurel Papworth

Should your business bother with social media, Google Plus and SEO/SMO? Does Google Plus make a difference to Google Search? If your customers find you by searching on Google, you might want to consider these three points: Where are the Plumbers WITHOUT a Google Plus Page? Have a look at this image.

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What Are You Going To Do About Google Reader?

Small Business Mavericks

In case you haven’t heard, Google killed Google Reader. What that means is, if you had subscribers to your blog who were using Google Reader, then they either have to find another RSS news aggregrator in order to subscribe to your blog or you just lost a subscriber. It is no more. Effective today.

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Online reputation monitoring: What it is and why it’s important for business

Sprout Social

Monitoring your digital reputation involves a wide variety of channels, including: News and earned media Forums (especially Reddit and Quora) Social comments and discussions Videos (think: YouTube) Third-party review sites and review aggregators How is online reputation monitoring done? The reality? All publicly available data is fair game.

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Google News Not Always So Great at Favoring Original Sources

Adam Sherk

News publishers are all too familiar with the fact that Google News doesn’t always do such a great job of favoring original sources in its story clusters. It is not usual to see a syndicated, aggregated or simply re-covered version of an article gain prominent visibility over the original. Google News Optimization Tips.

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