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The Death of Google Reader: Did Email Kill the RSS Star?

Stay N' Alive

At the same time we see other "social networks" of Google's (Youtube) hitting over a billion active users. Compared to that, Google Reader was minuscule. Many are even screaming that the death of Google Reader is the death of RSS and the beginning (or end?) of the death of "open". Users have spoken.

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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. But little by little Twitter and Facebook have taken over the reader duties for me. I like that my online communities help surface the content that is most relevant to me and it seems to keep me up to date with news and events. Related articles.

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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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5 Sure Fire Social Media Tactics To Jump Start Your Job Search

Jason Yormark

I was competing with thousands of other job applicants with my traditional cover letter and resume, and regardless of my qualifications, was often buried in an inbox of competition. Take the time to contribute to these conversations, share your content, and establish yourself.

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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. Tools for Sharing Content: Amplify. Use HootSuite to publish content to multiple social media accounts and/or platforms including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Ping.fm (which pushes to many other platforms) and now they’ve just added WordPress functionality.

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My Love Affair With Pocket

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Where do you save and read your online content? You would think that with all of this technology and content that we''re constantly creating, publishing and reading, that it would be a whole lot simpler to save, share and consume it. Most of that technology was driven by the nascent days of tagging content. It''s a mess.

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The Secret To Getting Attention

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In the online world everyone and anyone is a publisher of content as well. This fragmentation has led to a fairly fragmented and niche audience for all publishers of content. It adds a whole new way of looking at your content to see which Blog posts are getting some semblance of heat. google reader. Don't Suck.

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