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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