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Tips for Gaming Front Page Traffic on Delicious

March 24, 2011 By 3 Comments
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One of my personal favorite social bookmarking networks is Delicious. The process of signup is very simple. If you’ve already got a Yahoo account then you don’t even need to change anything! Since Yahoo! purchased the company in 2005 it’s seen a dramatic increase from the number of users. It’s important to understand just how Delicious works. Trending bookmarks are prominently displayed on the front page of the site. These are links which have gained a large amount of saves in the … [Read more...]

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Twitterrific Rocks the iPhone App Market with Dynamic RT Functionality

July 23, 2010 By 6 Comments
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As Twitter is growing in popularity each and every month, more people are looking to the mobile web for entertainment. Whether it be waiting online at the bank or supermarket, or even relaxing at a relatives house with some time to kill, mobile phones are making it easier for us to connect with the entire web. With iPhone sales launching through the roof, we can only see how mobile Twitter clients will become more and more useful. As Twitter has officially purchased Tweetie to be their … [Read more...]

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Twitter Media Launches with Resources for Tweet Ads

May 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Announced early during April 2010, Twitter has planned to roll out Twitter Sponsored Ads. This means users can pay to have their tweets sent in as many Twitter streams as they are willing to pay for. It's an interesting business model and revenue stream for the network, but how will it stick? The news has been everywhere (all over Mashable) and has spread far and wide, throughout the web. I haven't heard of any companies utilizing the ads yet or what sort of CTR there is, but Twitter has … [Read more...]

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Craze.cc – New and Innovative Social News/Discussion Community

April 11, 2010 By 2 Comments
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I love social media, I'll get that off my chest right now. There are so many new and innovative websites popping up each and every day which take the idea of social networking and spin it around with some new features and a new look, then present it to you in a clean and elegant way. Well Craze.cc is certainly one of those sites, and the idea is spreading fast. Built off the Pligg CMS, Craze.cc is a new social networking application which I can only describe as a combination of a small forum … [Read more...]

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Twitter Releases Sleek, Clean Homepage Redesign

March 29, 2010 By 1 Comment
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Although this has been covered by many media blogs, Twitter has indeed released a new home page! I have to say, I'm a big fan of the new design and it definitely allows for a better user experience when first arriving at the site. Shifting the page design from a small centralized block to utilizng the entire page was a smart move in Twitter's part, which allows for a scrolling Ajax-styled news feed directly in the center of the page. Scrolling through top Twitter users latest tweets, this is … [Read more...]

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Plurk Rivals Twitter as the Next Popular Microblogging Platform

January 16, 2010 By 15 Comments
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Twitter - you either love it or hate it. The application has exploded onto the web, where not only everybody seems to need one, but even larger corporations have set up Twitter accounts. Tweeting is the next big thing! tons of people are getting into this new trend, while naysayers stand behind and wave their fingers in disgust. Though Twitter may have it's downfalls (and there's plenty to pick at), there is hope beyond the horizon! For those of you who haven't heard of Plurk, you should … [Read more...]

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Interview with New Twitter app Taweet: The Future of Twitter

January 6, 2010 By 6 Comments
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As Twitter has blown through other social media sites, it's become one of the most trafficked websites of the present day. Everybody and their grandma is using Twitter, and there's no shortage of helpful applications and Twitter resources for them all! Ranging from Twitter wallpaper creators to free icons or avatars, the internet hosts them all. I recently ran into such an app at http://taweet.com/. It's a beautiful application, and it lets you share and store dates of future events through … [Read more...]

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