Social Media, Facebook, Digg and WordPress
Monday, February 25th, 2008SEO Shenanigans Pose Clear & Present Danger to Social Media
Steve Rubel: “I have recently witnessed a disturbing trend. Some respected experts are advocating launching social media marketing programs solely for the purpose of influencing search engines, rather than with the intent of fostering collaboration. This represents a clear and present danger to the fabric of the community.
Facebook Offers $85 Million To Acquire Chinese Social Networking Site Zhanz
Facebook is said to have offered $85 million to acquire Zhanzuo.com, a Chinese social networking site with seven million users.
Was Digg the best social site of 2007?
In 2007, the world’s favorite social network, MySpace, quickly gave ground to Facebook and companies like the ill-fated Netscape tried to take on Digg. But which of these sites was the best of 2007?
The Next Social Network: WordPress
Could open-source blogging platform WordPress serve as your next social networking profile? Chris Messina, co-founder of Citizen Agency, thinks so. He’s started a project called DiSo, for distributed social networking, that aims to “build a social network with its skin inside out.” DiSo will first look to WordPress as its foundation.
Inside The Social Networking Craze
If you’re not already a part of the social networking craze, it can be difficult to understand what’s so great about sites like MySpace and Facebook. But nonetheless, millions of people flock to them and lead secondary lives on them.
