Sphinn is a Dysfunctional Social Network Because Internet Marketers Don’t Understand Social Networking
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Eric Lander has a great blog post about Sphinn. If you have not heard of Sphinn.com, Sphinn is a “News, Discussion Forums & Networking for Search & Internet Marketing Professionals” site. It’s Danny Sullivan’s social networking site for internet marketing professionals. Since Eric has written a great post and has pointed to my activity on Sphinn, I thought that I would respond to his blog post and make some observations about Eric’s post, about Sphinn, and, more importantly, point out that... Read Full Story
Sphinn: A Dysfunctional Social Community?
It’s no secret that Digg, Reddit and other news and media aggregators are a target for search marketers. In my quest to learn more about the intricacies of these social environments, I sought after a community to review and understand a bit more. The trouble I ran into was that with sites like Digg was that there are too many active users and too much going on at any one moment to form hypotheses on. While analyzing the marketing opportunities of a socially active environment may seem... Read Full Story
Agency + Client = Superhero Link Building Team
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Two heads are better than one. How many times have we all heard that in our lives?  When having a brainstorming session, it helps to bounce ideas off of one another to generate the best possible solution. Even when saving the world, is it always important to have a sidekick. Or a team of sidekicks. The same is true of link building teams. It can be considered a general rule of thumb to say “the more, the merrier” when it comes to the size of a team working on link building, social media... Read Full Story
brass tacks - 5.8.08 Voxant Today
So it's come to this, has it? After weeks speculating about how to earn the support of undeclared superdelegates, a Sacramento super has finally laid it all out on the table. The first candidate that gives him $20 million gets his vote. It's that simple. Finally - a Democratic primary vote with a process we can all understand! what's on - pay up, suckers (CBS13-TV Sacramento) - wait, Kevin Garnett and LeBron James still have to earn basketball respect? (NBA) - hello, 911? we've got an idiot... Read Full Story
Britney Spears is on the road to recovery
From:  www.sk-rt.com
www.barkbiteblog.com ― It has been a while since we ve heard of a disastrous Britney Spears outing and that s good news, folks. Read Full Story
Madonna talks Mariah, Malawi and Live Nation with the AP
It looks like the Madonna and the Mariah fans will have to put their beef to rest. Madonna admits in this AP interview that she likes Mariah and is a fan of her song "Touch My Body." This is certainly a 180 from the Madonna who said she would kill herself if she were Mariah. Part of me thinks Madonna's just a lot more PC now and she's feigning admiration for Mariah. But then again, maybe they have a cougar bond. After all, they're both married to much younger men. Cougars unite... Read Full Story
Donnie Klang gives it another shot with "Dr. Love"
Looks like the people at Bad Boy have realized that Donnie's single with Diddy, "Take You There," was never going to catch on. The official Bad Boy channel on YouTube uploaded the full version of Donnie's song "Dr. Love," which was previewed during the past season of MTB4. I like Donnie and he would appear to be a no-brainer for most record labels: He's young, he's white, he sings R&B and he's a heartthrob. But so far, Bad Boy and Diddy seem lost as to what to do with the poor guy. He... Read Full Story
Usher goes to work in the UK
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For a minute there I was getting worried. Usher has been UNUSUALLY quiet and low-key as far as promo goes for his upcoming album, "Here I Stand." Aside from the video for "Love In This Club," we haven't seen a live performance from him, no magazine covers and his interviews have been scant. Ever since Ursher tied the knot with Tameka Foster, it seems like he's been muzzled. I'm not sure if that's his own doing, because he doesn't want to deal with questions about his relationship with his... Read Full Story
Top 10 Reasons for Monitoring Brands in Social Media
[Editor's note: We're excited to share this next guest post from David Alston of Radian6. A fast emerging leader in the field of social media measurement, Radian6 (a TopRank client) provides social media monitoring tools to hundreds of leading PR firms, ad agencies and brand marketers.] David is VP Marketing at Radian6 in New Brunswick, Canada with previous experience at several tech startups in the interactive advertising and the video over IP space. Most recently, he was partner and VP of... Read Full Story
US Goverment Concerns over ICANN Relocation Plans
Is ICANN planning on relocating? That question was asked by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell and ranking member Joe Barton, joined by 14 other colleagues who sent an official letter to Commerce Secretary Gutierrez on Tuedsay. In that letter they started out by praising ICANN's continued oversight of the international entity charged with administering the Internet. The lawmakers asked the Commerce Department to comment on the possibility of an overseas relocation... Read Full Story