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Social Linking Via StumbleUpon

Feb 02, 2007 No Comments »

I have neither used linkbaiting nor social media bookmarking websites up till now simply because I’m not writing as regularly and as well as I would like to. I know, I know, I wouldn’t suggest you to have such an attitude, but I’m not in a great hurry to boost my traffic. I want it to increase on its on, gradually. To produce quality content I need some time, and time is something that right now I don’t have.

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Best Blogfights of 2006

Jan 06, 2007 No Comments »

Bloggers easily get into quarrels because blogging is mainly an emotional activity (not always, not always). Since every second kid on the block has jumped on to the “blogging bandwagon” they all have raw emotions and feral attitudes. Nothing wrong in that. Besides, fights invite crowds of onlooker and for blogs it means lots of traffic.

Wired News has compiled a list of the Best Blogfights of 2006. Among these I’m only aware of the Michael Arrington’s travails with his UK editor in December because I’ve just started following the blogsphere (or is it blogosphere?)

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Social Media Optimization vs. Social Media Marketing

Jan 03, 2007 No Comments »

OK, the online world is becoming complex every passing month, week, day, and even hour. Getting decent exposure for your website or blog doesn’t just mean you search engine optimize your website and be happy when the traffic begins to pour in from the search engines. In fact, not basing your online campaign merely on search engines was the theme of my recent post where I wrote that you should focus on getting traffic from other websites and blogs too.

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The Economics of Social Networking

Jan 02, 2007 No Comments »

40% of the Internet traffic is attracted by 10% of online properties according to the numbers present at ReadWriteWeb. I reached this interesting post via a thought-provoking analysis at Rough Type. Nicholas Carr at Rough Type argues that not everybody on the Internet, especially the people who generate content for the social media websites, is interested in earning money on the net, or at least through social networking content. Their outlet is their earning. And people who provide the right tools to facilitate that output are the ones that make money.

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