Platforms like WordPress and Movable Type democratized the process of self-publishing. With these tools, everyone could be a publisher and it didn’t require advanced technical expertise to do so. Now, the next revolution for publishing is to bring that same ease of creation to the process of building social networks.
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“How do I increase the chances of getting a blog post to the front page of Digg?” I’ve had questions about getting to the front page of Digg many times in the last few weeks so thought I’d put together a guide with a process for doing it. By no means is this something that will guarantee you success on Digg - but from my experience it’ll increase your chances to follow some of this advice.
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Most bloggers show their FeedBurner feed count proudly. Readers tend to subscribe to blogs with higher readers and adevrtiser are dying to buy ad slots on them!
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Scour is a search engine that pays you for doing search. It’s not a new search engine, rather it displays the results of three major search engines; Google, MSN and Yahoo.
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Twitter apps are cropping up everywhere and they seem to cater to your every Twitter related need, even if you weren’t even aware of it. Twiffid, a newcomer to the bunch based out of the Netherlands, detects your Twitter friends’ feeds which they have listed in their profiles.
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I’m happy to announce that version 2.6 of WordPress.org is now available, almost a month ahead schedule. Version 2.6 “Tyner,” named for jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, contains a number of new features that make WordPress a more powerful CMS.
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When traveling to a new city, what do you usually do first to find cool places to go to? Usually, you ask your friends. Mobissimo, a travel search engine, launches their social network MobiFriends today as an on-site widget. Mobissimo searches 180 travel sites in over 30 countries, to offer users the lowest fare possible. Through MobiFriends, Mobissimo hopes to offer users a comprehensive travel network where users can connect and maximize on their travel experience.
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Well, this sucks for Second Life. Google is launching a new service today called Lively, a browser based virtual world add-on that lets users create and customize avatars and worlds, interact with other users, and generally have a richer social interaction than is offered by GTalk today.
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QuickAds allows you to add a fully optimized banner ad to your blog without adding a single line of code. Here are more reasons to try out QuickAds:
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After months of promises (and third party tools), Digg finally announced this week that their recommendation engine is to be released. Today, Digg has delivered the goods to private beta testers. Here are the first screenshots of the new digg recommendation engine features, along with a video guide.
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