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• Social Networking is Not Always a Popularity Contest

  Published: July 29, 2007, 6:47 pm

  Tags: Reputation Management, Social Media, Facebook, Friending, Linkedin, Social Networks, Twitter

  just about every popular social network profile under the sun, I wanted to share an observation: Having a social network is not just a popularity contest. Sure, the younger you are, the more you may want to be liked and show-off your popularity - that’s part of the reason why MySpace has become so popular. Once you get out into the real

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• How to Spam Leverage a Network

  Published: July 27, 2007, 2:05 pm

  Tags: Advice, Social Media, Mybloglog, Smo, Social Networks

  can promote their blogs on social networks like MyBlogLog, too. But you gotta do it the right way if you don’t want to be labeled a “SchMOe.” So, when using any social network to try to appeal to someone to visit, read or link to your content, here’s some good ideas: Figure out if you’re in anyway relevant to

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• Pringo Gets 944 Users Talking

  Published: August 2, 2007, 1:00 pm

  Tags: News, 944 Magazine, Pringo, Social Networks, Technology, Web Sites

  Networks has announced the launch of the new 944 Magazine website that will be filled with Pringo's signature social networking and social media tools. The new site will include user profiles, media sharing and blogging. Nouriel Gino Yazdani stated, After only two weeks, we were able to take the static site and develop a customized,

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• Facebook Loses Advertisers

  Published: August 3, 2007, 2:46 pm

  Tags: News, Facebook, First Direct, Saturation Advertising, Social Networks, Vodafone, Web Sites

  advertising world over the social networking site's ability to have any control over randomized ad placement. This also increases speculation that firms may hesitate to do saturation advertising with such sites that have high traffic volume, but are supporting user-generated material. Both of the companies were put off by the ads appearing in

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• Social Networks and the Increase in Autism

  Published: August 5, 2007, 5:07 am

  Tags: Epidemic, Statistics, Health, Adolescents, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Children, Education, Family, Friends, Health, Networks, Obesity, Parenting, Pdd Nos, Social Networks, Sociology

  of Friends, discusses social networks: Scientists now “believe that social networks not only can spread diseases, like the common cold, but also may influence many types of behavior negative and positive which then affect an individual's health, as well as a community's.” The New York Times article cites the recently

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• Social Networks: The Trend That's Here To Stay

  Published: August 7, 2007, 1:37 pm

  Tags: News, Bebo, Conscore, Facebook, Friendster, Hi5, Myspace, Social Networks, Web Sites

  by comScore has shown that social networking sites have grown exponentially within the past year yielding as much as a 774% increase. The analysis firm looked at popular sites Friendster, MySpace, Hi5, Facebook, Bebo, Orkut and tagged. The numbers of users daily and unique users to the sites were compared to last year’s numbers. MySpace

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• Facebook Caters To Adult Audience

  Published: August 7, 2007, 1:16 pm

  Tags: News, Adult Audience, Demographics, Facebook, Microsoft, Social Networks, Web Sites, Widgets

  than at its inception. The social networking site, which originally hosted only college students, has become a sensation amongst professionals since it let down the barriers and became open to everyone. In June of this year, comScore Media Metrix reported that 11.5 million unique users on Facebook were of the the 35+ demographic. This group now

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• Facebook Gets Stiff-Upper Lip From Brits

  Published: August 9, 2007, 11:39 am

  Tags: News, British Advertising, British Government, Social Networks, User Generated Content, Web Sites

  contracts with popular social network Facebook, due to their ads being placed on pages promoting the British National Party, the British government has decided to follow. They have directed their agency to not place ads on Facebook or any other site that focuses on user-generated content. The buying agency for The Central Office of

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• Hearst Goes Shopping, Buys Kaboodle

  Published: August 9, 2007, 1:11 pm

  Tags: News, E Commerce, Hearst, Kaboodle, Online Shopping, Social Networks, Web Sites

  media site UGO, has acquired social shopping site Kaboodle. This will give Hearst many cross-promotional opportunities for all of their properties as the site has e-commerce features. The details of integrating properties have not been finalized. Hearst Interactive Media president Kenneth Bronfman said, There is a wealth of ideas on what we

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• Sistema de publicidade Facebook

  Published: August 25, 2007, 12:36 pm

  Tags: Cpm, My Space, Facebook, Social Networks, Marketing, Negocios, Google Adwords, Ads, Web 2 0, Internet, Publicidade

  A rede social est a preparar um sistema de publicidade novo que ter por objectivo o uso dos dados dos seus utilizadores. A publicidade e an ncios ser o baseados na informa o de cada perfil do... [[ Isto um sum rio do artigo. Visite o WebSite para ver o resto do artigo, outros artigos e mais assuntos interessantes! ]]

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• Use Gmail? Mark Quechup as spam

  Published: September 1, 2007, 10:26 am

  Tags: Random, Mark, Quechup, Emails, Spam, Gmail, User, Service, Claim, Sweeping, The, Globe, Google, Viral, Social, Networks, Figure, Morning

  this new service Quechup, a social network that they claim is “sweeping the globe.” It takes “viral” to a whole new level, spreading without permission, spamming people’s contact list without warning. If you haven’t gotten any emails from these people, you will soon. CC accidentally had it sent to his whole

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• Yahoo Mash Bursts On The Scene

  Published: September 17, 2007, 4:52 pm

  Tags: News, Social Networks, Web Sites, Yahoo

  officially unveiled its new social network. Instead of buying out another one, the company has produced its own. The site, named Yahoo Mash received a lot of press last week when a Yahoo employee leaked the information to a reporter at The New York Times. The site started in preview on Friday and according to a report in The New York Times, is

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• Quotable: Overheard at the TechCrunch40 presentation ...

  Published: September 18, 2007, 8:25 pm

  Tags: Quotable, Social Networks, Zivity

  Overheard at the TechCrunch40 presentation for adults-only social network Zivity: "Isn't this just crappy user generated soft core porn?" "Yeah, but it's got tags. Everything's better with tags."

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• Founders: Credit where credit's undue

  Published: September 18, 2007, 7:55 pm

  Tags: Brad Greenspan, Facebook, Founders, Myspace, Social Networks

  isn't the only social network over whom people are scrapping for credit as founders. Brad Greenspan, the former CEO of MySpace parent Intermix Media, disputes Brett Brewer's claim to having founded MySpace. What's more amazing is that the founder-status mention appeared offhandedly in a TechCrunch company profile -- but Greenspan

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• Your Privacy Is An Illusion: How MySpace targets its ads

  Published: September 18, 2007, 6:32 pm

  Tags: Myspace, News Corp, Peter Levinsohn, Social Networks, Your Privacy An Illusion

  There's nothing quite like having your online profile mined for fun and profit. MySpace has revealed details of its new targeted advertising ploy to the New York Times. Not only does the system troll for overt clues like occupation, but it also analyzes the kind of music you listen to, the movies you watch, and who you'd most like to meet. From

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