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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.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

Search Engine Optimization Benefits A third, more subtle, reason to “fix your house” is the impact that social functionality can have on search engine optimization. While not all social functionality will make noticeable impact on your SEO efforts, certain ones like blogging can literally become the centerpiece of a successful SEO strategy.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

Establishing a social media strategy will help you see where potential customers are hanging out. You can search for related groups and Fan Pages through Facebook, start accounts on social bookmarking sites such as Digg or StumbleUpon, and check on who is linking to your site to find out who’s interested. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Delicious Social bookmarking is a great way to share interesting links that could aid in the development of an idea, education, and/or marketing efforts. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Delicious is my favorite one to use for this. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 25, 2008

And that differentiates StumbleUpon from the other social “news&# networks. As I pointed out in a recent Problogger post , Digg is not so much of a “social bookmarking&# site, but StumbleUpon certainly is. Digg is social news; Diigo is social bookmarking (which is lumped in with delicious).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

&# Reply Onibalusi Bamidele August 26, 2010 at 5:52 am Really great post Tamar, The self promotion aspect was what I learned the hard way, after being banned on over 100 forums and some social bookmarking sites. It is similar to the education I hear going on about length of time to get results via organic SEO. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

, I was fortunate to have the help of James Duthie, a serial guest blogger from Online Marketing Banter , a blog on social media, marketing, and more.? A few weeks ago I wrote a post over at SEO Scoop comparing the quality of search engine traffic against social media traffic. page views SEO ROI — 1.2

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