Stumbleupon now allows you to change your stumble blog from a list to a grid. It takes a screen cap if the pages you have stumbled and makes a very cool grid. Here is a screen cap of my own blog which you can find here.
A lot of changes to websites such as SU can turn out to be mere frippery. Time will tell, but I think this option is going to be useful.
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So I previously made fun of Twitter, but there was something about it which kept my attention. One thing which kept me connected was the fact that my peers were spending time there and a conversation existed. Not knowing what the conversation was about became painful, so I had to keep dipping in.
And, there are bits and bobs and nuggets of gold in there, sure you get the, “I’m on the bus”, type twitter, but what you also get is an insight into “the conversation”. I use it professionally, so all the people I follow have something to do with my business and being able to know what is the “thing of the moment” can be very useful. Read More →
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In December 2005 I wrote a blog post for Darren Rowse on Problogger.net , that’s over two years ago. It’s not a bad little article, although I no longer agree with a couple of things. Keep your posts down to 250 words! No chance, a post should be as long as it needs to be. It’s the information people are interested in not the format. Restricting a post to a short length means you do not have the ability to explore the subject adequately, it places a restriction that is basically meaningless. If people want to know what you have written they will read it, it’s up to you to get people excited about what you write. Read More →
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This started out as a comment about the post, this month in seo, which is an excellent post with a mediocre headline.
As I was writing my thoughts I realised it would be better as a post and to give Van Gogh a link for his effort.
Lets leave whether or not this post is linkbait or not, as the label of “linkbait” is becoming irrelevant and meaningless as a descriptive label when compared to the constituent elements which make up a quality post which attracts links. A label can stop thought because it makes understanding too easy, it misses the point.
The point being, what is it that makes a quality blog post which attracts links? I want to use this post as an example of a worthy piece of content which will grab links and social bookmarking votes. Read More →
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My latest twitter is ” I still think Twitter is as useful as trying to water roses with an over salivating dog.”
I find it as banal as left wing performance artist on the streets of Grantham on a wet Thursday afternoon.
But, and this is the important bit. It carries conversations of people in my industry, and thus, although I would rather rub my own eyeball with high grade sandpaper; I don’t want to be left out of the conversation, however banal. I can count on the fingers of one hand when I actually found it useful, other people may find it more useful than me. Particularly those of a burning need to announce that they are sat in an airport lounge. Read More →
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How much time do you spend working on your Web 2.0-cross voting network? Don’t get me wrong, a network is vital, the right network can propel you into social media marketing heaven. But, there comes a point where watching your story rise on digg and constantly plundering your IM contacts becomes notworking, not networking.
You become so desperate you ping the weird stalker you hoped would go away, but you are so desperate to squeeze those extra votes out of the tube you are willing to dance with the devil.
The law of diminishing return kicks in at some point, where you would get more out of working on your content than doing the ping-tango with your IM crowd. Read More →
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In my comments from digg is Not Social Media Marketing someone asked me, what is a linkerati?
In my arrogance and blinkered vision I expected everyone to know who the linkerati are. But not everyone spends most of their waking day immersed in the murky world of getting eyeballs to websites. Obviously I have to as I am a blogger whose goal is to teach and coach my readers to social media marketing nirvana.
But not everyone knows the jargon and as this is a pretty new industry there are a lot of fresh new faces. So lets get down to basics. Read More →
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A recent IM chat session went like this,
“btw, digg is broken. i didnt get front with like 215 diggs, 107 comments”
It’s a shame isn’t it. is the party really over?
But what’s that I hear?
Music?
You mean the party is still going?
Digg used to be so easy to get to the front page, easy in the sense of after studying it for a year and spending more time devoted to it than trying to figure out what “Lost” is all about.
But it looks like those easy days by the pool are over. Read More →
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OK, something has been bothering me.
When a piece of web content, be it a blog post, a picture, a pdf, gets called linkbait simply because it gets a bunch of links.
Is the term “linkbait” overused?
Yes.
But why is it important, I mean, who cares? Read More →
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When should you not have a digg button on your blog?
Definitely when you are an seo blog of top UK seo company, as witnessed here. Actually I have heard a lot of good things about Fresh Egg, but they write a painfully boring blog. If you ever find you can’t sleep at night, head over there and you will be stacking zeds in no time.
OK, so after ruining my chances of working with them or ever getting a link from them, back to the point. Read More →
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