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Every Social Network is Different: Here's What You Need to Know

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Using one or two of these methods may work in getting your news, but I’d say that a healthy combination of blogs and these social networks ends up giving me what I want. Reply sebbastian July 2, 2008 at 12:36 am Social networking is acting like a mirror now , people now feel no need to read newspapers daily or watch T.V.

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I Invented Facebook ยป Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Here’s the real Facebook, long before I joined the social network myself: Truthfully, it doesn’t matter who invented Facebook. And these three social networks, which were based on very similar concepts, predated the Facebook that we know and love today. or to actually give the social network a fair chance.

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Ready for Yet Another Social Platform? Here Comes Google Buzz

Almost Savvy

Here Comes Google Buzz Posted by Irene Koehler in Facebook , Networking , Social Media , Twitter on February 9, 2010 | one response Are you ready for a new social platform? As of now, it will integrate will services including Flickr, Picasa, YouTube, and Google Reader. Facebook is absent from the list.

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Internet Marketers of New York Charity Party: March 18, 2008

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

This is no less true for the world of social networks. Networks like Digg, FriendFeed, and Facebook are seeing huge growths in value, but the little guys, the ones actually providing the meat and potatoes for those operations, rarely see a nickel. For me, FriendFeed is the #2 driver of traffic to my Web site, behind only Google.

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How friendfeed Can Teach You About Your Friends

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Founded by four ex-Googlers, FriendFeed allows you to subscribe to your friends’ updates across 35 social networks and to stay up to date with the content they’re discovering and sharing across the web. In social media spheres, it’s almost unavoidable to not engage online with content in some way.

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First Steps Toward Becoming a 21st Century Educator | always learning

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Here are a few tips and tricks to get started developing your own personal learning network: Join a Social Network. ve all heard of MySpace and Facebook , and while those are great ways to connect with friends and colleagues, an even better place to start is a social network with a focus, like Ning. Once youรข??ve

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