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The Power of Twitter in Information Discovery

Both Sides of the Table

First, A Primer: Portals, RSS, Feed Readers & Delicious - When the web started we needed directories to find information and thus Yahoo! Then came RSS ( Really Simple Syndication ) widely credited to Dave Winer for driving the spec & adoption. And the company that helped websites publish RSS?

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Has Facebook Achieved What AOL Could Have A Generation Ago?

Tech Zulu Event

Facebook opens up Instant Articles to all publishers. If you don’t know, Instant Articles are Facebook’s new way to natively load articles within the app using an adapted RSS feed. Stats… After Gawker properties live on Facebook Instant Articles, US UVs up to 4.7m, from earlier norm of 4m.

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Here are 10 Tips from BuzzFeed to Make Your Content Go Viral

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If you want something to be shared virally on the web it has to be short.&#. In an era of RSS, Twitter, Facebook & new consumption tools like FlipBoard – titles matter. If you keep a blog make sure you have ReTweet buttons prominently placed near your article. Keep it Short – “It’s gotta be short.

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Hacking Hacker News – How Wily Startups Leverage Social News Sites

InfoChachkie

This article previously appeared in Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! I promise I will never tweet lame Hacker News articles or tell you about that killer burrito I just ate. I recently spoke with Michael Bleigh, Co-Founder and CEO of Divshot. Share and Enjoy.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

Both Sides of the Table

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. Social Networking in Web 1.0. By the mid-nineties we had the World Wide Web, which gave us a standard way to publish web pages using HTML. Social Networking in Web 2.0.

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This 28 Year Old Woman Co-Founded One Of The Most Successful YouTube Networks

InfoChachkie

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! In Sarah''s words, "I started reading a lot of articles. During her tenure, "A director came into our offices and pitched us a web-series idea. Share and Enjoy.

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How to Block Unwanted Bots from Your Website with.htaccess

SoCal Delicious

Those bots retrieve a copyof your web page so that they can include relevant terms from that page in their search index. Not all bots are benign however.Some bots go through your website looking for web forms and email addresses to send you spam. Who is this article for? You need to be able to check your sites raw web logs.

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