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CypherBox.net – Great Pligg-based PR4 Social Bookmarking Site

February 11, 2010 By 4 Comments
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I just want to say, I absolutely love Pligg. It's an amazing PHP script, free to download which allows you to set up your own social news site similar to Digg. Many micro-niche sites have popped up running on Pligg's backend, and CypherBox is my latest find. CypherBox is a Google PageRank 4, which is huge for social bookmarking sites. Not only that, but every link on the page is DoFollow - this means Google passes on PR4 juice to each link you submit! This can greatly impact a new website or … [Read more...]

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Rumors of Yahoo! Taking Down MyBlogLog could be False

February 10, 2010 By 7 Comments
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Starting around December I had seen a lot of blogs posting about Yahoo! considering closing the doors on MyBlogLog. I was sad to hear this news, as I have been a huge fan of MyBlogLog since it first launched in 2005. It was a simple community of bloggers with a simple goal of uniting the best writers and bloggers on the web. In 2007 Yahoo! bought out the company for a cool $10 million, a swift deal if I do say so myself. MyBlogLog has only grown in popularity since then, closing in on hitting … [Read more...]

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Why Digg.com is heading for a Major Pitfall

February 8, 2010 By 27 Comments
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I remember a time when Digg used to roam wild in the Social News kingdom. It was the force to be reckoned with when it came to internet marketing - everybody needed to hit the front page to gain some traffic to their site. I'm sure tons of blogs have built their popularity off of Digg's massive traffic influx, but there are many signs pointing towards this site closing the lid. Digg used to be a very popular website - I would frequent the site constantly to check out the greatest news, what … [Read more...]

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Interview with Yahoo! Answers Q&A Competitor Blurtit

February 4, 2010 By 45 Comments
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Yahoo! Answers has to be the most well-known and popular Question & Community on the web. However there is always room for improvement on apps like these, and Blurtit takes the cake. Building more of a community around the idea of the "Ask Any Question" niche, Blurtit allows users to connect like never before, searching for the most popular questions and sharing knowledge between everyone. Chris Lee is the co-founder of Blurtit, and he's been nice enough to take some time and answer a few … [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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Organize your Schedule Online with Plan.fm

January 5, 2010 By 1 Comment
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So I found another cool app the other day. plan.fm, simple name with a simple purpose of uniting all of your plans in one place. You can draw in feeds from social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter and merge your plans all into one calendar. I've found this particularly useful to remember when I have to do things. I am very forgetful - people's birthdays, graduation parties, whatever it may be I'll probably forget it. Plan.fm is a brand-spankin' new app just released this year, so … [Read more...]

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