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Adventures in Social Networking with Mom and Dad | Almost Savvy

Almost Savvy

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed ! ORM and the Dark Side: Astroturfing, Flogging and the Viral Marketing Campaign that never was Reply Irene Koehler says: September 18, 2009 at 3:32 pm You’re absolutely right. Do any of these examples sound familiar? Is SocialShield the Answer?

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Ethics in Social Media: A Glossary | Bare Feet Blog

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See “Astroturfing&# above for more. Due to the magic of RSS, any creep with a little programming skill can buy hundreds of web domains, put up a quick free blog, and populate them with legitimate content from others (via RSS) then fill them with Google ads and hope people land there and click. The term plant is also used.