By: Rebecca Kelley
Web 2.0 Still Unheard of to Some Industries
Social Mediabounty fishing serious, want feedback, want to provide the best experience, use "fishing tournament" as anchor text...
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By: Rebecca Kelley
Social Networking Sites Still Aren't Effectively Being Leveraged
Social Media...at least, not according to a study published by eMarketer. The article, titled "Search Marketers Seed Social Networks," cites a survey conducted by iProspect and JupiterResearch. https://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1004937...
By: tom6a
Guide to Traffic From Digg Comments
Social MediaRand's post on low referral traffic from Digg inspired me to write about a little-known potential traffic goldmine—Digg comments. I noticed some time ago that first post comments on front page stories can drive some remarkable traffic. Here are two recent examples. Last week...
By: Rand Fishkin
Digg is Sending Lowest Referral Traffic in 1.5 Years
Social MediaRunning through SEOmoz's Indextools stats this month, Matt & I noted that Digg has sent considerably less traffic the last two times SEOmoz has been on the site than ever before (starting with our first "Dugg" post back in January 2006). On average, we see between 12-20,000 unique visits from making the Digg home page,...
By: Jane Copland
Web 2.0 Awards 2007
Social MediaToday, we're launching our second annual Web 2.0 Awards. Only a month after we'd intended on launching (SES New York and that pesky "real work" stuff kept getting in the way), we've finally collected, collated and presented just under 300 sites in forty-one categories. Some of the winners and "honorable mentions" are similar to last year; others are completely different.
By: Rebecca Kelley
5 Reasons Not to Put Viral Content on Mini-Sites
Social MediaMy favorite Cameron with an unconventionally spelled last name (other than Cameron Frye in Ferris Bueller's Day Off), Cameron Olthuis, wrote a post on Search Engine Land called "5 Reasons to Put Viral Content on Mini-Sites." Now, obviously Cameron ...
By: Jane Copland
Do The Comments Really Matter?
Social MediaCameron Olthuis over at Link Building Blog has been pondering the importance of positive comments on social media stories. His take is that even good content can be irreparably wounded by a few negative comments appearing first on its comment thread. The classic social media trait of voting for (or voting down) a story befo...
By: Rand Fishkin
Forrester Releases Research on the Linkerati
Social MediaSteve Rubel came back to blog just in time, showcasing this brilliant report from Forrester Research - Social Technographics. The graphic he highlights is incredibly revealing on its own: ...
By: Oatmeal
Myspace's Digg Clone is ... Meh
Social MediaMyspace launched a social news site last week that allows users to vote on stories and democratically determine popularity, much like Digg. I've spent some time getting a feel for how it works and my opinion is that the site, much like everything Myspace produces, is medicore at best. The interface is clunky and has a simple voting system that isn...
By: Scott Willoughby
Social Media Linkbaiting: A Visual Representation
Social MediaIt's Friday, so here's a little noise to keep you all amused. After Rand's presentation on Linkbait in this week's Whiteboard Friday, I got an image in my head that I felt compelled to draw. Here ya go. ...
By: Rand Fishkin
The Unpredictable Science of Predicting Hits
Social MediaSocial media and viral marketing are all about creating "hits" - building content that will resonate with the Linkerati audience in a way that encourages sharing, linking and participation. It's no easy task, and this past Sunday, the New York Times Magazine had a terrific article that paralleled this struggle. From the piece - ...
By: Oatmeal
Top Digg Users?
Social MediaI received an email this morning informing me that my Oatmeal account is the 57th most powerful member on digg. Apparently someone at HarryMaugans.com has done some independent research and created a list of the To...
By: Rand Fishkin
Rules for Adding/Editing Content and Links at Wikipedia
Social MediaSure, Wikipedia's done away with live external links, limiting some of their value to SEOs (and making me a much happier person), but there's still an enormous amount of reputation management and links-for-traffic opportunities. Luckily, I've got the super-secret formula for how to add content and make changes to Wikipedia ethically and legitimately. But, first things first, let's review a few ...
By: Oatmeal
Cross-Post: Social Media Websites in Illustrated Form
Social MediaI don't normally cross-post blog entries, but I figured this one was appropriate for the SEOmoz crowd. About two weeks ago I made a couple funny sketches of what social media websites would look like if they were all sitting around together. Social Media Websites in Illustrated Form. ...