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Facebook Reader a welcome feature

Sherrilynne Starkie

But little by little Twitter and Facebook have taken over the reader duties for me. Today, we are hearing reports that Facebook is going to launch a reader application, and my first thought was, I hope this won’t change Facebook’s current update feeds. Facebook would not confirm the reports at the time.

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The Death of Google Reader: Did Email Kill the RSS Star?

Stay N' Alive

At the same time we see other "social networks" of Google's (Youtube) hitting over a billion active users. Compared to that, Google Reader was minuscule. Many are even screaming that the death of Google Reader is the death of RSS and the beginning (or end?) of the death of "open". Users have spoken.

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I’m Giving My Content To Social Media Informer For Free And Here’s Why It’s A Good Idea

Jason Yormark

Tweet Content is a valuable resource on the web when it’s written well, and contains useful, actionable information. The same reason 40+ other bloggers are doing the same on websites like Social Media Today and in this case Social Media Informer. Social Media Informer gets great content, and I get additional distribution.

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Breaking Google Reader on the wheel of Google +?

The Way of the Web

Google has announced it will make a number of changes to Google Reader ‘in the next week’, and by the looks of it, they’re going to break a great existing product and tool which is used by a lot of professionals to be able to shoehorn some extra interaction into Google+.

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Five Things to Do About Facebook Privacy Other Than Closing Your Account

Socialized

Sure you’re ticked off about Facebook’s abuses of consumer privacy, but does closing your account accomplish anything? Even if one million people closed their accounts, that would represent 1/4 of one percent of Facebook’s 400 million user base. Read Facebook’s own Privacy page. Inform Your Friends.

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5 Tips for the New Facebook Timeline for Personal Profiles

Kikolani

Facebook is beginning to roll out the new timeline design for personal profiles for more users. Promoting Your Facebook Page on Your Personal Profile. Note that you can add your pages to the About tab information and be sure to add your most important pages here. The Future Design of Facebook Pages.

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Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement?

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement? by Adam Sherk on September 17, 2009 Now that the improved Facebook Pages have been around for a while I wanted to check the level of engagement that major news sites are achieving with them.

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