Over the years, there have been more than a few arguments about whether online news sites are killing newspapers.
March 10, 2010
YouTube Pulls the Trigger on Mobile Ads
Google begins selling display ads on YouTube’s mobile sites in the U.S. and Japan.
Social Media Played Big Role in Driving Oscar Interest
Twitter activity was very strong during this year’s telecast.
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Twitter’s New URL Shortener to Fight Spam
It’s being rolled out to Direct Messages first, where much of the spamming occurs. Click to read the rest of this post…
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Study: 79% of Twitter Accounts Are Not Actively Used
Lots of cool Twitter statistics coming out of Barracuda Networks new study (pdf). Where do I start? 21% of Twitter users are actually using the service–meaning that have at least 10 followers, follow at least 10 people, and have tweeted at least 10 times. 74% of Twitter users have less than 10 followers! However, that number is improving with a 30% increase in the number of users with 10+ followers (since June 2009) 60% of Twitter users follow less than 10 people 34% of Twitter users have more followers than others they are following, showing an 70% increase from 20% in June 2009 73% of users have less than 10 tweets, as compared to 79% in June 2009. 49% of Twitter users joined between November 2008 and April 2009–the period when many celebrities jumped on the Twitter bandwagon Twitter’s growth spiked at 21% in April 2009 Lastly, who tweets the most?

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Twitter Inspects Links To Prevent Spam, Abuse
Clicking on links that different people send can often be a cross-your-fingers experience, considering that there are malicious tricksters, unknowing victims, and hijacked accounts to watch out for.
Instant SEO Tips – Reviews
Internet Marketing’s Dirtiest “ SEO ” Secrets Finally Uncovered! Read on to discover * Why beating Google (and your competition) is even more possible in 2010 despite the hapless gurus lying to you about so-called secrets! …
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Googlers Testing TV Search Android Enabled Devices With Dish Network
Android powered TV search boxes are being tested by Googlers, according to the Wall Street Journal. Google Inc. is testing a new television-programming search service with Dish Network Corp., according to people familiar with the matter, the latest development in…
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11 Free Tools for Social Media Optimization
Plenty of bloggers are talking about the inevitable intersection of social media marketing and search engine optimization. Keyword optimized social content and channels of promotion provide abundant signals to search engines for improved visibility on standard, social and real-time search. The changing nature of social media marketing and optimization create the need for tools whether for research, marketing and promotion or analytics. Here are 11 social media and SEO tools you might find useful: howsociable.com – Social visibility score knowem.com – Profile building tool Social Media for Firefox – Build a powerful social profile on social news & bookmarking sites semrush.com – Find competitor organic search rankings Google Insights – Keyword demand trends Page Inlink Analyzer – Analyze inbound links, their Delicious bookmarks & keyword tags majesticseo.com – Historical back-link tracking trackur.com – Social media monitoring socialmention.com – Real-time social search & scoring, social keyword research bit.ly – Search friendly URL shortening with analytics analytics.postrank.com – Track social engagement with combined Google & social analytics What low cost or free tools have you found to be effective for social media optimization tasks?
Twitter Wants Your Trust
Social media or networking or whatever it is you want to call it continues to grow at exponential rates of speed. With the “announcement” of Facebook getting its own location based service in place the concerns over privacy and safety of information continue to grow as well. Twitter realizes this concern and is working to make Twitter free from malicious users especially in light of recent phishing attacks that have created some concern in the Twitter world. In a Twitter blog post entitled “Trust and Safety” the company says that it is concerned and is working to make the world safer for tweeters of shapes and sizes. Today, we’re launching a new service to protect users that strikes a major blow against phishing and other deceitful attacks.

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