Remove Aggregator Remove Feeds Remove Ratio Remove Search
article thumbnail

Content Curation: The Art and Science of Spotting Awesome

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

News discovery tools select and aggregate content based on keyword searches, but give a higher signal to noise ratio than general keywords searches or general news sites. Searches: When you spot the awesome, spend time looking for more content and context to add to it. Take Crowdtangle as an example.

Content 119
article thumbnail

What are News Discovery Tools? Why Use Them?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of the points he made during our planning call is that in order to curate, you need two sets of tools – news discovery and curation tools. News discovery tools select and aggregate content based on keyword searches, but give a higher signal to noise ratio than general keywords searches or general news sites.

News 94
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

NpTech Tag Cross Blog Discussion: What do those guidelines look like?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The semantic web and the continued evolution of search, data design, and user interface design will help. "nptech" = "nonprofit tech")and potentially aggregate them into buckets or paths that make them more browsable. Do you subscribe to the feed to find resources? " What do those guidelines look like?

article thumbnail

Measuring the Value of Your Blog: Reflections Over the Last Year

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Unique Visitors & Feed Subscribers). " That's a hard question for me to answer because as Kaushik notes and all of us bloggers know all too well -- many analytics programs do not track RSS feeds. I want people who find me via a google search to want to stick around and join the conversation, not click away. Authority???