Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 19, 2009

When email is unavailable, there’s almost always SMS. A social media user might want to call people’s attention to a recent stumble, blog post, or website. This was particularly prevalent during the South by Southwest conference several months ago, which helped fuel Twitter’s growth. I also did so during SMX.

Twitter 131

Twitter Microblogging MySpace Yahoo 131

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.

Social Media 100

Social Media News Paid Search Microblogging 100

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. What are the most popular sites in these age groups?

Marketing 144

Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144