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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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Top 10 Public Relations Blunders of 2009

Bill Hartzer

Related posts: AMA Handbook of Public Relations Published Before the invasion of YouTube, Facebook, and bloggers, the Internet. Related posts: AMA Handbook of Public Relations Published Before the invasion of YouTube, Facebook, and bloggers, the Internet. comScore December 2009 Search Engine Rankings comScore, Inc.

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Analysis of Five Top Blogs and What You Can Learn from Them

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

However, comScore, the leading internet marketing research firm recently did a study on Kontera In-Text ads and found among other things, that we’re actually one of the least disruptive ad formats. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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