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Publisher Survey: Reddit Traffic Way Up, Digg Way Down

Adam Sherk

The rise of Reddit and the steady decline of Digg have been well documented. Has this translated into a significant change in social news referrals for publishers? Anecdotally we’ve all seen Reddit gain in prominence at a time when Digg has struggled to maintain its relevancy. .” million visits in 2009 to 22.7

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Every Social Network is Different: Here's What You Need to Know

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

How do you get your news? In the past I have variously read newspapers, watched TV news bulletins, read news.bbc.co.uk and obviously more recently sites such as Digg. Now it seems I get most of my news from Twitter. As Chris Garrett explains in his post, if you follow numerous feed bots, you can get the news all the time.

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The Unfortunate Investment of Social Media (and its Consequences)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Here’s a screenshot of a story that became popular with a whopping 235 Diggs. It was taken the night of January 28, 2008 (approximately 11PM EST): While Digg typically allowed stories to hit the front page within 80-120 votes (the latter being more rare than normal), it’s now requiring almost double the number.

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What’s the Best Social Media Monitoring Tool? It Depends

Webbiquity SMM

For those short on time and seeking a shorter list of tools to evaluate, below are nine tools at various price levels that may or may not be the best but are certainly among the most popular and capable social media monitoring tools currently available. Budget: $0 (I have no budget, I need something free!). Alterian SM2 Freemium.

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Choice of Form: Two Legal Seminars As Social Media

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The professors’ styles feel like a comparison of LinkedIn and Facebook. Myrna December 5, 2008 at 3:10 pm You draw a great comparison. As social media moves into the common marketing vernacular, more people will start drawing these comparisons. I’ll let you know about the plugin.

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The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

As such, it has been selected as the generic social network of choice. Niche network: Sphinn : In the red corner we have Sphinn – a social news network dedicated purely to online marketing news and discussion. Subsequently, Sphinn is perhaps the most relevant niche social network on the web.

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6 Things Parenthood Taught Me About Social Media Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

This is especially true of other social networks, especially ones where you were originally untrusted. MrBabyMan , Digg’s top user, was an unknown once. Love the comparison… it is SO true Reply Tamar Weinberg June 4, 2010 at 8:47 am Woohoo! Today, he has an incredibly huge following. Thanks for commenting, Heather!