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How to Identify Your Own Top Trends of 2009

Adam Sherk

What generated the most “likes” and comments on your Facebook Page? What types of stories gained traction (or were buried) on social news sites like Digg and Reddit? 7 comments… read them below or add one } David Mathison December 22, 2009 at 1:46 pm Great points Adam, thanks for sharing! Happy New Year.

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The Most Buried News Sites on Digg

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Buried News Sites on Digg by Adam Sherk on July 23, 2009 It’s no secret that mainstream news sites are experiencing increased exposure on social news sites like Digg. By contrast Telegraph.co.uk

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Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

It isn’t uncommon to see people sharing articles on FriendFeed, including all the images from the post, and then copying the entirety of the text into the comments section. I have earlier written about comment fragmentation and why it matters from an article author’s perspective. FriendFeed specifically is troubling.

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Is Social Media Worth it for You?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

4: Online Driven Companies – Social media can be used to drive traffic to online websites. Communities, social news sites, and online sharing can be leveraged to build a site following. Low Return Industries These types of businesses tend to take a long time to create return in social media. Could I add one to your list?

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How friendfeed Can Teach You About Your Friends

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Founded by four ex-Googlers, FriendFeed allows you to subscribe to your friends’ updates across 35 social networks and to stay up to date with the content they’re discovering and sharing across the web. Beyond learning about your users, FriendFeed allows users to comment on content within the site itself.

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I Invented Facebook » Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

And these three social networks, which were based on very similar concepts, predated the Facebook that we know and love today. As I commented on the VentureBeat blog post, I knew about the concept of a Facebook before it even caught on. Reply Cancel reply Leave a Comment Be sure to wrap all code in <code></code> tags.

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Social Media Visitors More Loyal But Still a Very Small Percentage.

Adam Sherk

But I wouldn’t have expected Digg to be a strong second, since the social news site is known for sending large spikes of visitors that quickly scan the page and then move on. It’s also important to note that while search engine visitors may be less loyal their volume is much greater, especially visitors from Google.

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