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Twitter Not Planning to Charge for Commercial Use

It’s always a little weird to report non-news, but it’s generally interesting nonetheless. A flurry of recent news reports have said that…

By Nathania Johnson · 11 Feb 2009

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4 Ways That Facebook Can Make Big Money

Facebook celebrated its fifth birthday last week with 150 million of its closest friends. Today, I give my gift to Facebook: four…

By Erik Qualman · 09 Feb 2009

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FriendFeed Updates Search Functionality

FriendFeed has updated its search feature with added functionality. If you’re not familiar, FriendFeed is a social aggregator that enables users to…

By Nathania Johnson · 04 Feb 2009

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Lycos Dropping Lycos Mail, Tripod February 15

Well it looks like one of the last of the old school search companies is closing its email service and website creation…

By Frank Watson · 18 Jan 2009

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7 Social Media Predictions for 2009

It's a new year, which means it's time to raise a virtual glass within your social network and toast your collective social…

By Erik Qualman · 12 Jan 2009

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Will Social Networks Become the New Inbox? Part 2

Many companies still believe they need to get users into their prospecting databases in order to market to them. But businesses capture…

By Erik Qualman · 29 Dec 2008

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Social Media and SEO — Friends with Benefits?

You might be using social networks like Facebook or LinkedIn for the networking opportunities. And, you may use the connections and dialogue…

By Mark Jackson · 23 Dec 2008

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Will Social Networks Become the New Inbox?

E-mail has held on through the years as the King of the Internet. However, the new inbox is shifting toward social media.

By Erik Qualman · 15 Dec 2008

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Alessio Signorini Tapped as Director of Search Technology at OneRiot

Social search engine OneRiot has a new Director of Search Technology and it’s Alessio Signorini, former Director of Technology at Ask.com. While…

By Nathania Johnson · 04 Dec 2008

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Advertising to Cretins Expected To Drop in 2009

While the News Corp founder’s biographer Michael Wolff may think Rupert Murdoch’s MySpace users are “cretins”, the company’s CEO Chris DeWolfe believes…

By Frank Watson · 03 Dec 2008