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How to Build a Simple Community News Section with Delicious and FeedBurnerA growing number of blogs are now including community news sections, including DesignM.ag. My experience with the news section is that it’s a great way to encourage readers to get involved by submitting items, and it can also reward them with a link and some traffic, not to mention that it gives readers the latest blog posts that might interest them without needing to search through tons of blogs to find them.The community news is especially popular on design and development blogs, but not as much outside of this niche. I also have a blog, Traffikd, where I write about topics...
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OMG Boobies: Victoria’s Secret on Your Mobile Lingerie connoisseurs will be happy to know that CBS has launched a multi-media, multi-platform Victoria’s Secret assault on all senses. That’s right: no longer will you have to search through the Internet’s wastelands to get your Victoria’s Secret fix; it’s all there on the official website and on your mobile. Social Features The new website will feature behind the scenes videos, interviews with models, photo galleries, model bios, and other original content. The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show will be broadcast on December 3, and if you’re the chatting type, check out www.cbs.com/socialviewing during the show, as you’ll be able...
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1st Productive Magazine Launched!I’m happy to announce that we’ve just released the first issue of the Productive Magazine! 33 Pages, 17 articles, 3 MB FREE PDF download that looks like this: Productive Magazine #1 Before you download… watch the video of me introducing you to the magazine (only 6 minutes): To download, just click here! What’s in the magazine: Interview with the David Allen himself – the best-selling author of the Getting Things Done book 17 great articles by the most active productivity bloggers in the blogoshpere, make sure to check these out! Thanks to all the contributors and to everyone who helped...
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Russian Era Vodoleya Clarifies Their Position on Suing Google: In Fact, They Want More Than $3 BillionWe have recently reported on a Russian company Era Vodoleya that expressed its intentions to sue Google for a huge amount of $3 billion (which is 15% of Google’s revenues) because of Google allegedly infringing a patent with its contextual advertising technology - the one that turned Google into a multi-billion company. In the post I thought that the entire situation looked more like the company was trying to attract some publicity to itself instead of actually having the resources required to sue the internet giant - patent or no patent. After the post was published, the issue was widely...
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Image via CrunchBase There has been much discussion lately about how easy Twitter is and FriendFeed is harder to get into. I completely understand this, but I have also noticed that people mentioned they want to know how “power users” use FriendFeed. First, let me state that FriendFeed is a tool, and you can use it however you want. I wrote recently that the early adopters should be guides for when the mainstream starts to use these tools. Daniel Pritchett wrote about some “secrets” of FriendFeed power users with the idea of helping people tap into the power of...
Good advice there! - Heather Mina
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Twitter Followers vs. RSS SubscribersDaniel’s note: This is a guest post by Nathan Rice. My personal opinions are slightly different than his when it comes to Twitter followers vs. RSS subscribers (because I think the latter are more important for a blogger or web publisher), but I am always open to different perspectives and points of view. I am also curious to know which one you guys value more, so make sure to drop a comment after you read the article. You may be aware that Twitter is the newest phenomenon in the blogoshpere. Big name bloggers have been jumping on the Twitter bandwagon...
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Before you read this post, you might want to know a little bit more about subscribing and rss so that you can keep things in context! Got it? Great. Feedburner is a tool that many bloggers (including myself) use to: a) Provide blog readers with an rss feed of their posts b) Track their rss subscription statistics (ie: how many people are subscribed to their blog) Without a doubt it’s a decent tool, but here’s the problem: it’s not terribly reliable. Just check out a screenshot of my supposed subscription stats over the last couple of weeks: Feedburner Stats These...
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ProjectingBoehlert: Writes Michael Hirsh: For the last few days, the blogosphere has been ablaze with speculation about the kind of damage Hillary Clinton could do to the Obama presidency if she becomes secretary of state. Of course, for the last few days there's been comparatively little speculation within the blogosphere about what kind of "damage" Hillary Clinton could to the Obama presidency. It's been the mainstream media that's played up the "damage" angle and been childishly obsessed with pushing the "soap opera" angle of the story. For the most part, lib bloggers have been treating the story seriously, like adults....
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Iran has blocked access to more than five million Internet sites, including Facebook and YouTube as part of a crackdown on content perceived to be immoral and anti-social. Abdolsamad Khoram Abadi, an advisor to Iran’s prosecutor general told the media that “The enemies seek to assault our religious identity by exploiting the Internet.” The Internet “inflicts social, political, economic and moral damage, which is worrying….social vice caused by the Internet is more than that by the satellite network.” Iran has around 21 million internet users from a population of 70 million people. Persian bloggers are frequent participants on online...
I hope they haven't blocked FriendFeed as well, Although I don't always understand what is being said (naturally), there's some great Iranian/ Persian members on FriendFeed, and it will be sad to lose them. - Duncan Riley
wonder how long that will last .. not long i would bet - gregory lent
Very true Duncan. :-/ *do not like* - JMS
the third largest language group on the nets i think, after chinese and english - gregory lent
Gregory, not sure, I don't fully grasp the political picture on the ground there, but I do grasp it enough to know that western media doesn't always give a fair and accurate picture - Duncan Riley
iran is an amazingly sophisticated country .. there is a huge global awareness there, many travel abroad, have relatives abroad, do business in the gulf ... there are ski resorts, a great education system, and, if my iranian friends in india are any guide, they are loving and fun as can be ... like america, burdened with a bad government ... that will change soon enough ... - gregory lent
yeah, their pics are awesome! - genieyclo
I wonder if this (new blocking of Facebook and other sites) has any direct connection to "Hoder"... see FREE HODER Room http://friendfeed.com/rooms/free-hoder (via - V for Veselka) - David HC Soul
Duncan: Please stop sharing this site's image. This site includes silly stories about terrorism. Please my friend. - Erhan Erdogan
....and also this may help you for a new image. http://www.flickr.com/photos/12783299@N07/1476421523/ I really hurt when I saw this blog's link. - Erhan Erdogan
Erhan, sincere apologies, I just typed Iran censorship into Google Images, and that was in the results. I promise not to do it again, I never actually looked at their content, it was just the image I was interested in. - Duncan Riley
Duncan: I understand. But I really want you to delete this link from your blog. Please understand me, this is a bad feeling for your all Turkish followers too. - Erhan Erdogan
Ahh... now I see what Erhan is all hot about... - Tad Donaghe
Duncan: I'm waiting for your attention and with patience - for now. - Erhan Erdogan
Erhan, link gone. If it shows up now its only due to the cache, but it has gone from the post itself and at worse should reflect this in 10-15min max - Duncan Riley
Duncan: Thank you for your kindness, we have(had, are having) pains about terrorism like US, Spain, UK or any others. Also I'm against all kinds of terrorism. Thanks friend, sorry for my urgency. - Erhan Erdogan
Ehran, no problems at all. My apologies for not checking the source site out when I linked. Been a big day both traffic and news wise so I didn't look, but likewise that's not an excuse either. I can only endeavor not to make the same mistake again. - Duncan Riley
Duncan: You are great at your job. This is so normal for a blogger - but I'm jumped - this is my blame to wait a quickness. You are all really good friends. Sorry to all for my comments and discussion time. - Erhan Erdogan
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What Blogs Should You Be Reading?by Mack Collier Whenever I speak to small businesses that are considering launching their own blog, there are always a few people that want to know which blogs I think they should be reading to stay up to date on the ever-changing world of social media.  If you are just getting started exploring blogs, here are some of my favorite ones that should help you quickly get up to speed on blogging and social media.Here's my list of must-reads, and if you click on the person's name, that will take you to their Twitter account.  If you are on Twitter,...
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TypePad giving blogs to down-and-out journalists Turn that frownie upside downie.  (Thanks Flickr user suanie) Six Apart, the company behind major commercial blogging platforms TypePad and Movable Type, has launched the Journalist Bailout Program, offering to provide free blogs to out-of-work media types. If you thought blogs were already free, you're mostly right -- sites like Blogger.com, LiveJournal and WordPress have long offered instant, cookie-cutter blogs to anyone with a ... well, to anyone.  But the "Pro"-level membership Six Apart is giving out usually costs $150 a year, and comes with enough features and customer support to allay most technical worries -- allowing the unemployed...
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How to go about finding a Blogging Buddy: The Power Of Collaboration In Blogging Part 2Yesterday we heard from Eric Hamm from Up-And-Coming-Blogger and “Motivate Thyself” and Sean Platt from Writer Dad who wrote about the power of finding a blogging buddy to work collaborate with in your blogging. Finding that special blogging buddy (or buddies) isn’t anything you can place on Craig’s List. Like any relationship worth developing, only the proper combination of time and place will lead to conception. It is important to understand that part of the challenge lies in the patience it takes to wait for the right blogger to enter our lives. Of course, while being patient, it wouldn’t hurt...
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Does PR spam do more harm than good?Email blasts from public relations people have become the norm — everyday is a new battle for managing my inbox, and trying to sort the crap from the valuable information. But at this point, how can we even tell what’s valuable and relevant to us, when almost every blast looks and sounds the same? I asked this question to the Twitterverse this morning: “This is an honest question, not intended to be snarky: Do people read PR blast emails? Or just delete on sight? Depend on the product?” The response was huge, and overwhelmingly leaning toward “delete on sight.” There...
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Six Apart Gives Journalists Free BlogsSan Francisco-based blogging startup Six Apart has announced they will be giving away free accounts on their TypePad blogging system for professional bloggers and journalists who recently lost their jobs as well as those who fear the axe is coming. Cleverly dubbed the "Journalist Bailout Program," the service includes one free blog, a place in the Six Apart Media advertising program, promotion on Blogs.com, a as well as other tools and advice on driving traffic to your site, all courtesy of Six Apart. Sponsor The TypePad Journalist Bailout Program The program launched over the weekend through via this lighthearted post...
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Link Building and Blog Pitching EuphemismsToday with blog pitching for link building and awareness you just can’t say straight what you are actually up to: a link back to your site. Even if you are approaching bloggers with an awesome unique resource that is most likely to appeal to them and that clearly deserves a link back, you should carefully mind your language. Bloggers and webmasters are so often pitched with link request that unless you pick up words carefully, you risk to trigger an immediate reaction: as soon as a blogger sees a “familiar” phrase (”review this site“), he deletes the message; as soon...
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One thing that bugs me about Twitter is that the term followers, the people who elect to see your microblogging updates, sounds like a cross between a group of zombies and a collection of cultish fanatics that you might want to keep at arm’s length. We use other terms like friend, contact, colleague, and buddy to refer to these different kinds of people who pay attention to what you do and say. Image by toprankonlinemarketing A lot of people (including both you and me?) like the idea of building up these follower numbers for several reasons. It can come across...
How to deserve an audience: One thing that bugs me about Twitter is that the term followers, the people wh.. http://bit.ly/J51G - Kenichi Matsumoto
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China's Top Web 2.0 Companies      [China's Top Web 2.0 companies, the categories & potential Western rivals. Photo by Shel] Georg Godula, founder & managing director of Web2Asia, an incubator for Western Interactive Media companies in Asia, served as our very over-qualified tour guide on our China 2.0 tour. His group co-produced this first-ever event with The China Business Network and my sense is that Georg had the contacts that gave us access to so many high quality entrepreneurs. When he was not striking poses that reminded me of John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever, in often frustrating attempts to gather an unruly...
Interesting, I notice that none of the top companies in China are also global leaders. I wonder if the issues are cultural, language, or "regulatory". - Dion Hinchcliffe
Dion: cultural and language. Also, the market is so new in China and so big that they struggle to deal with the scale of just that market. I predict that in next five years we'll see a few Chinese brands break out and go global. Plus, they often are cloning sites that already are popular around the world, so they don't have much opportunity outside of China. - Robert Scoble
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Despite hype, many enterprises still ambivalent about social mediaWhile, the “Motrin Moms” debacle thrust the influential power of social media networks like blogs and Twitter into the limelight, it also highlighted the enterprise ambivalence around use of social media. Some experts placed the blame on Motrin’s poor use of social media, when in reality, Motrin didn’t leverage social media for its ad campaign or to quell the uproar over its highly controversial ad, instead it belatedly responded with a standard press release on its site. Despite all the hype and publicity surrounding social media, there are plenty of well-known companies who  are either reluctant and/or clueless, when it comes to social media adoption. Larger companies are risk-averse and typically invest in communication/marketing channels that are mature and thoroughly vetted. Twitter is a...
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Russian Authorities Resort to Censorship to Cope with Financial CrisisWe have already heard voices in the blogosphere that media people (both bloggers and reporters from traditional media outlets) should be cautious about how we cover various economic events in these hard times as we are partly responsible for what our readers will think and how they will behave. And since it is hardly arguable that the financial crisis is partly due to panic and irrational behavior of traders and investors, this issue definitely deserves our attention and consideration from every reporter or blogger. It looks like here in Russia the authorities have already figured out how to cope with...
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Copyright Clearance Center has just launched Ozmo, a new web-based service focused on helping photographers, bloggers, and other content creators license their work for commercial use. Ozmo supports Creative Commons’ CC+ protocol (see the press release about CC+ for more information), meaning that it enables creators to license their work to the public under one set of terms via a Creative Commons license, and offer the ability to obtain a private license via Ozmo’s licensing system — to purchase rights not offered by the CC license a work is under (e.g., commercial use if the work is under a CC NonCommercial...
Ozmo launches with CC+ protocol support - Kenichi Matsumoto
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