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Digg is Dying. Who are the Players Now?

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Digg, the once beloved link-sharing site that power users were able to game has been dying a slow death over the past couple of years. Since January of 2011 Digg’s unique web visits have declined by more than 50% and gone from 9.4M Sites like Reddit.com have clearly benefitted from Digg’s demise.

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What I learned about Social Search on Yi-Tan and How It Applies to NpTech Tag Discussion.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My notes in no particular order: The call started with a definition and some tools. Digg Swarm - visualization of what is going through Digg. I also mentioned the desire to have some collaborative filtering - like digg, perhaps using pligg as Allan Benamer and Marshall had suggested. So, this is a little bit raw.

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What's Your Social Media Baseline?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've definitely added that link to my social media metrics personal learning space ) She recently pointed to a blog post called " Ten Ways To Measure Social Media Success " by Chris Lake. number of Facebook fans, Twitter followers, Digg links, Delicious bookmarks, and referrals from social media sites, plus existing website traffic).

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Collabulary, Not Folksonomy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He has, however, expressed concern in the recent past about the way the term has been mis-applied and his definition, taken from a recent blog posting, attempted to clarify some of the issues: Folksonomy is the result of personal free tagging of information and objects (anything with a URL) for one's own retrival [sic]. keyword to use.

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Guest Post by Gaurav Mishra: The 4Cs Social Media Framework

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The second reason is a clear definition of what social media is, even within the social media community. However, very few people use these terms precisely and almost nobody agrees on the exact definition of these terms. Mastering each tool individually seems like a lot of work and a lot of people give up even before they begin.

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Reflection and Analysis: Gnomedex Real-Time Social Fundraising Experiment

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, ran a google analytics reports on visitors and there was definitely a rise on the day I gave the presentation. Several days later, Jonathan Colman set up a digg and announced it in the NpTech Friend Feed Room. It got 189 diggs. But What About Traffic? Opps forgot to look at that! Here's the report.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Highlights from the NpDev and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's a few sessions notes in the wiki: NpTech Tag , definition of Open API For-Profit/Nonprofit Software Collaborations and where are the biggest tool gaps ? Integration is the hot button topic, as noted by Holly Ross in her " Integration is King " post. There's lots more to digest and lots more to come. Deadline is March 2n.

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