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Search & Social Media in the Dutch Elections, Part 1: Twitter

Do Dutch politicians understand Twitter, and are they using it to interact and connect with voters? Part one of a series observing…

By Bas Van Den Beld · 02 Jun 2010

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A Day in the Life of a Trending Topic

Looking to gain insight into real-time trending topics? Here's how you can use a real-time trending feature to track the development of…

By Mark Drummond · 27 May 2010

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What History Tells us About Facebook’s Potential as a Search Engine, Part 2

The search behaviors developing on Facebook suggest it has the potential to become a viable search engine, and possibly even could redefine…

By Eli Goodman · 24 May 2010

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How to be a Social Media Medic

Fixing a broken social media strategy takes a lot of hard work. Here are five tips on how to start repairing the…

By Kevin Gibbons · 19 May 2010

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Can Facebook Drive Great Traffic to Websites?

Data from April suggests maybe sites don't need to be as beholden to the big three search engines as we may think.

By Simon Heseltine · 19 May 2010

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UK Election 2010: Personal Democracy Forum (#pdfge2010) Action Replay

Mark Hanson, Labour’s new media strategist and former associate editor of LabourHome.org, wangled me an invitation to a formal review of how…

By Greg Jarboe · 16 May 2010

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Labour’s View: The Word-of-Mouth Election

Labour chose to use the Web to motivate and mobilise its supporters and activists. Everything Labour did in terms of new media…

By Mark Hanson · 11 May 2010

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Labour’s View: Motivate and Mobilise — the New Media Strategy

The Labour Party harnesses the efforts of its candidates alongside its online activists with the help of Twitter and Facebook.

By Mark Hanson · 06 May 2010

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UK Election 2010: Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats Win the Facebook Election

According to Benjamin Cohen of Channel 4 in the UK, “Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats win the Facebook election.” Film at…

By Greg Jarboe · 05 May 2010

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Lib Dems’ View: How Much of an Internet General Election Has it Been?

Local U.K. online campaigning is more an evolution of existing political campaign than a whole new approach, and it's changing what an…

By Mark Pack · 05 May 2010