Don't send a thankyou note, don't Digg/Mixx/Stumble or Twitter it, don't post a link from the news area on your website, don't do anything. Their efforts at appealing to bloggers are awkward at best, counterproductive at worst. Want bloggers to write nice things about your product, service or company? Second, here are 6 practices to avoid. MORE >>

SEOptimise on BBC Oxford Twitter Friday: Teens Don’t Tweet – So What? SEOptimise on BBC Oxford Twitter Friday: Teens Don’t Tweet – So What? Do you remember the term link bait or link baiting? Has link baiting vanished? Not at all. Link baiting is daily business right now, it’s the norm. Biggest fish!!! MORE >>

After interviewing nearly 40 experts and working with Charlene Li and a bit of help from myself, she’s found six distinct use cases (see compass below) on how companies are measuring using these new toolsets. Why are social analytics so important? This is a new medium, and proof over re allocation of investment is key. Wowza! Wowza! Wowza! MORE >>

Posted by: Steaprok | May 10, 2008 3:48 PM filtering, importation, aggregation check. link] Posted by: neurokinetikz | May 10, 2008 3:53 PM This definitely goes hand in hand with the trend we have been seeing of new vertical social networks popping up all over the place. Posted by: Wayne Smallman | May 13, 2008 5:13 AM nice post. MORE >>

With the rise of Twitter, Posterous, Tumblr and other forms of micromedia, many believed that the glass was half empty. Today, 100 million Tweets flew across Twitter. Their longevity far outlasts the short-term memory of Twitter or any other micro network. In fact, with Twitter, we are simply competing for the moment. MORE >>