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StumbleUpon Traffic to Magazine and Content Sites Down 27%

Adam Sherk

The news of layoffs at StumbleUpon reminded me that in compiling some year-end social media referral data I’d noticed that a number of sites had experienced declines in StumbleUpon traffic. Declines in StumbleUpon Traffic: 2012 vs. 2011. StumbleUpon Traffic Declines: Three-Year Trend. What Next for StumbleUpon?

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StumbleUpon Channels: Which Media Brands Are Doing Well?

Adam Sherk

It has been a couple months since StumbleUpon rolled out its Channel pages for all members so I thought I’d check in and see how media brands are doing. I was going to compile a leaderboard similar to what I did in News Organizations on Google+: Which Pages Get the Most Engagement? Lifestyle Content. Breaking News.

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Google Targets ‘Scraped’ Content and ‘Content Farms’

Idaconcpts

In a move “to encourage a healthy web ecosystem,” Google recently announced a major change to its search algorithm – a move to devalue so-called “content farms” that primarily copy content from other websites, and sites that offer little or no value-added content for users. Share it on StumbleUpon. Tweet This!

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3 Reasons Why Pinterest May Succeed Where Google+ Has Failed

SocMed Sean

The results are uniquely crowd-sourced aggregations and classifications of content from across the Web. And what about Google+? Google’s entry into the social space started with a big bang and, just as rapidly, fizzed. So what does Pinterest have that Google+ doesn’t? So Why Now? Easy-peasy-rice-and-cheesy.

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3 Ways To Get New Content Ideas For Your Facebook Page

Small Business Mavericks

If you have a Facebook page and you are looking for ways to get new content ideas for your page, then I have three ways to get fresh new ideas. By Reach, Engagement, and Virality, pick your hottest topics and think of new ways to approach those topics with new content ideas. Use Facebook Insights – Start with Facebook Insights.

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Google Chrome: The Ideal Browser for Bloggers and Content Authors?

Idaconcpts

For all bloggers and content authors there’s nothing more annoying than a browser’s crash just before you were about to hit the ‘submit’ or ‘publish’ button into a blogging or CMS system. Losing a piece of unique content of 1000+ words is something that shouldn’t happen under any circumstances. Google Chrome Protection.

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So What’s The Big Deal About Google + Your World? Will It Kill Facebook And Twitter?

SocMed Sean

Here we go again…Google treading in areas that it just doesn’t seem to “get” Don’t get me wrong. I am a HUGE Google fan, owning Android phones, using GMail as my email client, and Chrome as my primary browser. And, of course, I use Google as my search engine of choice. Not yet Google!

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