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Content is under scrutiny? It’s about time.

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I don’t dispute blog posts like this Why Content Curation Is Here to Stay. I’m using Google search results as the prime example here. For a lot of us Google is part of our everyday lives. We are slaves to the rhythm of search as much as we are to what Google returns to us. Google and search dominate the web.

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17 Tweetchats for Social Media, Marketing and PR folks

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Yesterday I threw out a tweet about 125 twitter chats worth checking out on Google Docs. 4) #Blogchat is a chat on Sunday nights from 8-9pm CT that was started by @ MackCollier to discuss blogs and best practices. Journchat Conversations between journalists, bloggers and public relations folks started by Sarah Evans.

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The Problem with the Social Web

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In the larger picture of the social web though-there is Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, YouTube and blogs. I’m generalizing blogs, but if you insist, I could go with WordPress, Typepad and Blogger. Consider the following statements: “We have a blog, come read it and find out cool stuff about our company&#.

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10 social sites to start your year off with

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Not only does his blog, Convince and Convert bring value to those who read it, but he also stumbles across things that he shares with his readers that make him better and us as well. A Google doc that lists all of the known Twitter chats. 9) Want a really good list of people’s blogs to read and or follow?

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This weeks #SocialMedia Tweetchat Topic: Destruction of the Media Industry: Will We Be Better Off In the Long Run?

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In January, 2000, few people had heard of Google. No one had heard of blogs. million blog entries every day. Q3: Can armies of bloggers and citizen journalists fill the void left by the loss of media institutions? Online advertising was banners and e-mails. Big media brands dominated the Web. Fast forward to 2009.

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