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Yahoo! Unloads Delicious

Small Business Mavericks

Unloads Delicious Yesterday, the Internet’s largest has been – Yahoo! Delicious is one of the early forerunners of social bookmarking. And it might have had it not been purchased by Yahoo! 2 Responses to “Yahoo! – sold Delicious. Do the names Chad Hurley and Steve Chen mean anything?

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Rumor: Yahoo Sells Delicious | Small Business Mavericks

Small Business Mavericks

The latest is around the social bookmarking site Delicious. Yahoo had originally said it was going to fold the site, but then the groans started. Nevertheless, if it’s true, it could be a big boon to Yahoo. If it’s anyone with half the clout that Yahoo! That surely must be good news.

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This Week in Social Media – 5/22/2013

Social Media Marketing

Each week, I compose a newsletter that includes a series of links about current events and trends in the worlds of technology, social media, mobile, communications and marketing in order to keep our wider team up to date on changes, newsworthy items and content that might be useful in their jobs. These are those links.

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The Last Temptation Of Social Media

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There's a growing lesson for big brands in Social Media. Unless you own the platform (like a Blog, Podcast or your own, personal, online social network), ensure that everything else is a channel for you to connect and not the entire platform. The Last Temptation of Social Media. business book. social crm.

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Twitter’s Biz Stone speaks at CIRA’s AGM

Sherrilynne Starkie

He told the crowd made up of Internet geeks, social media enthusiasts and business professionals about how Twitter was born in 2006. Using social media for research: Social Capital 2012. Twitter’s co-founder Biz Stone to pen book. This week CIRA*, the organization behind the.ca Related articles.

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Is Social Media Too Good To Be True?

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Andrew Keen made this argument in his book, Cult Of The Amateur - How The Internet Is Killing Our Culture ( Bantam Dell Publishing Group , June 2007). The book, which has been published in seventeen different languages, took a very opposing view of the Internet and the power of social media. Martin's Press ).

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The Future of Digital Marketing According to the Giants

Webbiquity SMM

Google, Yahoo! What seemed to be objects of science-fiction books and shows are now being developed in the real world, and may be used for marketing. The giants are taking a page out of science fiction books to develop technology that will heighten and improve user experience. Guest post by Clayton Wood.

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