Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

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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Firebelly

JUNE 11, 2010

Twitter to Change Links and How They Are Displayed By Ben Parr In an effort to bypass the obscurity of shortened links and to prevent malware and phishing attacks, Twitter has begun the rollout of t.co, its official URL shortener, along with some major changes to how the microblogging platform handles links. Have a great weekend everyone!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca It’s why songs like this translate to tweets , remixes , and playoff game invitations. It’s why I laugh every time at this BBC Guy Kewney Goma mix-up (and even posted about it once before). Informational Give a man a fish, feed him for a day.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 25, 2008

and obviously more recently sites such as Digg. Digg: Newsworthy, Informational, and Funny Chris also mentions that he has used Digg as a news source. Twenty-two minutes after it hit the front page, it sat at 2099 Diggs. Seven minutes after that, it had 2661 Diggs. How do you get your news? He was 28.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Is that even professional? Think about redoing your Twitter strategy if all you plan on doing is broadcasting. It can make all the difference in nurturing a positive perception of your company.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Whether it’s Flickr , StumbleUpon , Digg , del.icio.us , Twitter , Facebook , Sphinn , LinkedIn , blogs , blogs , more blogs , and even more blogs , you can find me looking for the most pertinent content that aligns with my interests. BTW – I’ve really been interacting with the Digg community more and more.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

I needed to differentiate Digg from social media because they actually are part of a distinctive community (and as you know, I’m very passionate about Digg so it really did deserve its own category). Digg I blindly accept friend requests and rarely if ever pay attention to “shouts&#.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca I’ve personally taken this concept so far that I now have a pretty new box at the end of most blog posts which highlights other bloggers that I enjoy. You can help your bid to become more transparent online by sharing what you enjoy.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

MrBabyMan , Digg’s top user, was an unknown once. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca &# question a hundred times. Thankfully, now I am.) This is especially true of other social networks, especially ones where you were originally untrusted.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca I contacted the agency handling Justin Nozuka yesterday – fans were spammed for over 15 hrs with the same message both on Facbook and Twitter, with dates for a gig that had already happened and many were so cheesed off like me, that they hid his feed.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Digg is now part of social media and will be explained in the final chart. Digg is by far the largest; as a former “top user&# of the service , I built strong relationships with employees and users of the social news site. A few weeks ago, jwz posted a great piece on how to access Facebook via a feed reader. It’s not.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

People love the prospect of submitting to Digg, for example, and some immediately submit the spammiest articles to the service. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Effective use means more business. Engagement. It’s not enough to broadcast. “Look at this!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

One of the topics was microblogging, and Twitter was discussed. He recently told me that every week they have a mini-presentation on one aspect of social media (past topics included ethics, social networks, and social bookmarking). Since then, the students have formed their own vibrant community on Twitter. Lesson # 8 Learn To Podcast.

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Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 5, 2010

The always insightful Pam Dyer embeds and summarizes a video from John Hayden demonstrating how to create saved searches (for your brand, competitors, industry terms, etc.) in Twitter, track URL mentions, create feeds from searches and more. Seven Habits of Highly Effective Tweets by Smedio. 62 Ways to Use Twitter for Business by GigaOM.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 26, 2010

And if you’re using StumbleUpon to solicit votes on Digg, do you think Digg doesn’t notice? If you want success on your Digg (or other social network) submissions, you better to do it under the radar. For example “hey can you Digg, Reddit, mixx ,Prop and of course stumbles are appreciated.&#

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Although I’m not a big fan of microblogging, I will admit that it has becoming more and more useful as the pace of technology and business becomes faster. I read this article about microblogging [link] , and although it has not made a fan out of me, it has opened my eyes to its wonders. Hope that makes sense.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca The more you engage your community, which could be as simple as asking your followers how they are going to be spending Mother’s Day or sharing a link of interest to your followers, the more visible your page is to your Fan’s friends.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca News is also always released on Turbine’s Twitter feed first before being re-tweeted by any of us on our (also quasi-) personal feeds. Reply Cancel reply Leave a Comment Be sure to wrap all code in <code></code> tags.

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Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2008

Do they feel they’re getting their money’s worth (especially because sites like Digg and MySpace may not be)? Kevin Rose, for example, is not CEO of Digg. Google and Microsoft are going after social networks and some people feel aren’t monetizable. Zuckerberg : Let’s talk about what we do at the company.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Social Media Sites: General The Big Boys of Social Bookmarking: The Top 20 Sites (10e20): Chris Winfield ranks the top 20 social bookmarking sites by their Alexa rankings and gives a short description of what each does — in case you haven’t ventured beyond Digg. This post has been brought to you by SMS Gateway software.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 16, 2010

Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca If your colors are green and white, use those colors all over your social profiles. And that was the UK. Integration Audit Am I integrating my social media profiles? Can you please share your Twitter feeds on LinkedIn? Just not like this.)

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Questions Social Media How To Postrank 277

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Yes, Twitter and Facebook and Digg and other niche sites cost nothing to join, making social media a relatively free marketing option. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca There are no barriers for entry and everyone can participate. It’s an inflation of numbers, nothing more.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2008

Gabrielle then (claiming someone helped her) set up a ChipIn account, which was promoted on Digg and StumbleUpon by Lilly’s very close friend, DaveJazzHound. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

In the social media sphere, these are the guys who spam sites like Digg and other niche social bookmarking sites with totally off-topic spam. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca There are those of us that dive into Social Media (and SEO to a degree) as a hobby – that is, for FUN.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca (cobbler’s children syndrome) what you say about credibility, passion, provoking thought and attention to detail really moves me. you practice what you preach while maintaining a very personal touch when you write.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Be sure this is something that describes yourself and your brand, and that you think others will be searching for. It should also, at the same time, be something familiar to other Facebook users, as this is what they will see in their News feeds as their friends become fans or you post updates. I’m going to be busy this a.m.

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Facebook How To Applications URL 279

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

He also notes that once-hot Digg has devolved into “the MySpace of social sharing sites.” The always insightful Shelly Kramer comments on recent research showing that more CEOs are starting to embrace social media. More specifically, “Twenty-eight percent of CEOs under the age of 40 maintain a work-related blog daily.

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Statistics Research Social Media B2B 190

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca After all, that’s why Techipedia continues to provide really great informational content almost weekly. It’s why I respond to every comment on my posts. It’s why I reply to every email often within minutes.

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Products Consultant Price Social Media 267

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 24, 2008

An emergency Drill Down episode was held where numerous Digg users, including regular hosts Andy ( MrBabyman ), Reg ( zaibatsu ), and Muhammad ( msaleem ) spoke with other Digg users, including David Cohn ( DigiDave ), Karim ( supernova17 ), JD Rucker ( oboy ), and Jay Fowler ( SilentJay74 ). This was not addressed in the chat.)

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Social News (Digg, Sphinn, Mixx, Reddit, Tip’d, and a whole load of related sites) Submitting only your own articles and posts to social media sites. Once upon a time, I stumbled upon a Digg submission of a Sphinn submission of a blog post. Was it something you said? Streaming only your blog’s RSS feed on Twitter. (If

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Handbook Social Media Web 2.0 StumbleUpon 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca My specific highlight here was that most of it was automated during this time, and more specifically, the items that were *NOT* automated were mentions of “happy birthday&# and then some. Regarding the spam issue, yes, I totally understand.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 1, 2008

You can no longer behave one way on digg and another way in StumbleUpon. Digg’s quite good in that respect – burying posts will not be revealed publicly. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Content Privacy StumbleUpon Digg 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

7 Social Media Websites and their Impact on SEO explores Mixx, Sphinn, Twitter, Digg, delicious, StumbleUpon, and Reddit and shows the positive and negative impact of using each. 10 of the Best Alternative Social Media Sites because not everything social media is Digg, Mixx, and Reddit. I’d argue “rarely&# nowadays.)

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 2, 2010

Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Face it (no pun intended), Facebook is the ultimate stalker tool. While the preceding video might be disturbing, single young men apparently have it very easy with Facebook.) In my case, I have particularly taken a liking to the News Feed.

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Facebook Web 2.0 MySpace API 111

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 7, 2010

Who was he, I wondered, and was he credible? So I hopped on Twitter for a sneak into his daily activities. Despite the fact that he had over 50,000 Twitter followers, his entire feed was a broadcast. There was no engagement and his ratio of followers to following was close to one-to-one. Will you even pay attention to your home feed?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

I selected influencers in all different “walks of life&# and areas of influence, from the blogosphere to the power users of Digg to founders of successful startups and authors of bestselling books. Andrew Sorcini Andrew Sorcini is also known as Mr. Baby Man and is Digg’s #1 User. Make noise, but backed up by fact!

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Influencer How To Press Release Blogger 278

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 23, 2010

Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca I guess I’ll let this comment spam slide. Reply Ken Jones June 25, 2010 at 8:50 am Here here Tamar. Reply Cancel reply Leave a Comment Be sure to wrap all code in <code></code> tags.

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