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Why Reddit Continues to be Relevant

Idaconcpts

Way back in August 2010, the social news website Digg.com updated to version 4 – more or less sealing its doom. Reddit is (was?) So why did these Digg users embrace Reddit as their new social news website home? I’m not saying they’re doing anything wrong; they are businesses and they do need to make money. An Example.

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Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Opinion , Social Media > Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators by Tamar Weinberg on September 23, 2009 Share This is a guest post from Josh Schnell, founder of Macgasm.net and web developer.

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31+ of the Coolest Social Media, Search and Web Tools of 2010

Webbiquity SMM

Economic conditions may have been tough in 2010, but there was no shortage of online innovation. 6 slick news aggregators you should try by iMedia Connection. Josh Rose reviews six “news aggregators (including Popurls , Netvibes and Alltop ) that…are moving beyond the simple RSS reader. Share this on Reddit.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

It wasn’t until a couple of months later, that the #SanDiegoFire hashtag was sparked to aggregate tweets and updates about the California wildfires. Introducing Instagram (2010) On July 16, 2010, one of the first Instagram photos to be published by co-founder Mike Krieger (@mikeyk) was an uncaptioned, heavily filtered shot of a marina.

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3 Reasons Why Pinterest May Succeed Where Google+ Has Failed

SocMed Sean

While not necessarily a new site (it launched in beta in 2010), Pinterest is coming into its own with a female-dominated demographic that has rocketed past Etsy in membership and traffic. The results are uniquely crowd-sourced aggregations and classifications of content from across the Web. So Why Now? What Makes Pinterest Different?

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Social Media Informer Launches

Idaconcpts

On August 25, 2010, Social Media Informer launched. Social Media Infomer is a new hub and aggregator for social media content makes it easier to cut through the noise and find a signal. Share this on Reddit. You can use the site as a daily digest, or search articles based on topics or dates. Buzz Marketing for Technology.

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Free Tools for Monitoring Hot Search Trends

Adam Sherk

I’ve primarily stuck to aggregated trend/topic lists to keep the list manageable. Marquerite Buley January 25, 2010 at 6:40 pm I just started using Twitter not too long ago, since then I’ve begun to love it. Here are some free resources for identifying hot topics and search trends.

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