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910 Blog Comments You Wrote Here

Ari Herzog

Search engines prove this statement true, evident by people such as Marc Pitman discovering old content to answer new questions. Old content is especially helpful when one sees lots of comments, tweets, and other social sharing metrics reflecting the value of whatever is written. Why Do You Subscribe to Blog Comments?

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Content vs Content: A November Wish

Ari Herzog

It is a lot of content and it makes us feel content. Look at that word content. Mass media (and social media particularly) force-feeds us the first instance of content every day. When we read stories about couples who split as the result of Facebook , we blame the content and never feel content.

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Why Facebook Pages Should Be Deleted

Ari Herzog

Laurent works for an email marketing company and has her own Facebook page to promote training events and ask her fans what they think about the evolution of social media. She is self-employed and uses Facebook to share industry articles. EJ Smooth plays saxophone and his Facebook page promotes his gigs. Corissa St.

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Facebook Followers: Profiles vs Pages

Ari Herzog

With over 39,000 fans today, Jon Loomer struggled to create a Facebook page. Facebook explains following : “When you follow someone, you see their posts in your news feed. ” “Plus, having a page means you can take advantage of Facebook ads for promotions. And I may already be reaching that point.”

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Why a Municipal Website Moved to Facebook

Ari Herzog

Mayor Keisuke Hiwatashi of Takeo, Japan, a city located in Saga Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, frowns when people leave comments on municipal websites (especially those with blogs or other interactive content) with anonymous names and handles. Related articles you may enjoy: Do Your Website and Facebook Data Match?

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Why Facebook Button Counts are Wrong

Ari Herzog

Using yesterday’s blog article as an example of the type of Facebook buttons you see on many websites and blogs enabling you to click and like or click and share content with your friends, you can see 12 people clicked the Facebook Share button (in the bottom right of the accompanying screen shot).

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Yikes! 10 Years on Facebook…!

Ari Herzog

I created my Facebook account as a graduate student when the site was only available to people with.edu email addresses. I will do nothing with my wall and only comment on friends’ updates. I will share everything I do online to Facebook, turning it into a firehose similar to how FriendFeed operated. Facebook bores me.