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Web 2.0 Part IIa: Social Bookmarking

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Part IIa: Social Bookmarking September 24, 2006 After writing my post on tagging , I got sidetracked by Marnie Webb’s mention of ma.gnolia , and then went off to investigate, then decided to write about social bookmarking tools. Ma.gnolia is a new(ish) social bookmarking tool. bookmarks to ma.gnolia.)

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Is Quora Yet Another Social Network (YASN) or Something Different?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Over the holidays, I finally visited Quora , a social learning site focused around asking and answering questions founded by an ex-Facebook employee. Quora has been around for a year and provides an independent question platform from Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn that is similar to Yahoo!

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Using Metrics To Harvest Insights About Your Social Media Strategy

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Reader Bookmarking: This is bookmarked content for later retrieval which is some indication of reader value. . Hard Data Points: You can find out about bookmark saves from PostRank numbers, although the program doesn't make it efficient to grab data over time. What reflective questions do you ask while looking at your data?

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Earned Media: How to Stay Relevant and Track It - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Earned media is comprised of coverage through: Blogs Media outlets both online and offline Podcasts Photo sharing sites like Flickr Tweets on Twitter Links shared on Facebook Tagging on social bookmarking sites like delicious, Digg, etc. Pose thought-provoking questions that will help spur discussions amongst the community.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Chimp Personality, Convio Open API, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The article describes some mock ups and feature under consideration at Yahoo. Ruby shares her 10 Questions video. Here's how you can participate in 10 Questions. Social Bookmarking. A terrific step-by-step guide guide called Social Bookmarking with del.icio.us from Tim Davies and Practical Participation.

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RSS Readers and the Search for Content

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It was way back when you could click through the entire Yahoo directory and web sites had gray backgrounds. I also have some questions about to best organize my collection, but I think this will come as I use it more. I looking at it like my browser bookmark and I like to organize things into folders. Oh, and my point was.

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7 Tips for Measuring the Success of Your Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She recommends that you don't go into your analytics or stats program without composing a specific question first. I've been advocating this approach for a long time and offer you a set of data points and questions. Remember bookmarked items can also positively influence your blog traffic. Are there patterns?

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