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NowSourcing NowSourcing The official NowSourcing blog - reporting the latest in web 2.0, emerging technologies, SEO, and SMO tips. Also includes product reviews and a good laugh or two. Articles
How do you become a StumbleUpon power user? Ask a 16 year old.
2007-10-02 16:55:00 For those of you that don’t already know her, Anna (Aivsdog) is a power user over at StumbleUpon with over 500 fans and 5,000 pages liked. Hey Aivsdog, it’s a pleasure interviewing you. Thanks for making the time. It is my pleasure to do this for you and to let everyone know how wonderful StumbleUpon is. 1. ... More About: Power , User , Year , Stumbleupon , Bleu
NowSourcing featured in Sphinn user behavior interview
2007-10-01 16:51:00 NowSourcing has been featured in a group interview regarding Sphinn user’s behavior on the SEM Portland blog. For those of you that haven’t already been to Sphinn, it is a wealth of knowledge for SEM specialists and social media experts. It is based on the popular Pligg open source content management system (read: customizable Digg ... More About: Behavior , Interview , User , Featured , Feat
Despite Recent Criticism, Blogrush Means Business
2007-09-26 16:50:00 Unless you’ve been under a rock in a cave on an uninhabited island lately, you’ve surely heard all of the press that Blogrush has been getting. If you’ve installed the Blogrush widget on your blog, you’ve probably seen stats where you have tons of impressions but only a handful of clicks. So by ... More About: Business , Recent , Criticism , Spit , Critic
Breaking: Wordpress New Version Released
2007-09-25 03:20:00 Wordpress version 2.3 has officially been released. Matt Mullenweg, founder of Wordpress, is even going so far as to throw an upgrade party at his apartment. This is a pretty major update for the Wordpress blogging platform. It has added some great new features in group publishing - users can now not only save ... More About: Wordpress , Released , Breaking , Version , Brea
An Ode to StumbleUpon
2007-09-21 16:02:00 (photo by xyzzy) O, StumbleUpon, you’re our only hope left. Digg started shouting at us, and we’re tempted to listen - but to no avail. Reddit changed its looks, and is quite nice, but is a whole new alien. Netscape went up, up, and away to Propeller. Yahoo, you confuse us. You are already are Delicious, ... More About: Stumbleupon , Bleu
I Hated Digg. Now I?m a Believer!
2007-09-20 13:37:00 Digg Just Became the Best Social News Site. If you’ve read my blog for a while, you know that I’m a big Netscape (well ok, Propeller) fan, and I’m usually quick to point out the flaws in Digg. With one major update last night, Digg just became second to none in social news. Seriously, ... More About: Digg
Breaking: Propeller Live, Netscape no Longer Social News
2007-09-19 20:09:00 Breaking news - Propeller.com has officially been ported over from Netscape . Users going to Netscape.com will now be directed to the AOL / Netscape portal that has a similar look and feel as Yahoo: For those wondering how the new Propeller will work differently from the old Netscape social news site, so far it appears ... More About: News , Social , Live , Breaking
Interview with Reddit co-founder, Alexis Ohanian
2007-09-19 15:58:00 We had a chance to catch up with Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit (second from the left). Alexis now works as a Product Manager for Condé Nast, the now parent company of Reddit. This interview comes at an interesting time in the social news world, as Reddit beta changes are going live and Netscape is ... More About: Founder , Interview , Lexi
Reddit Reveals New Features
2007-09-18 23:11:00 It’s official. Reddit has launched some much needed improvements from Beta. From the Reddit blog: You may have noticed we haven’t released anything substantive in a while. Well, so has Conde Nast. In light of this, we made some quick changes that are part of a bigger redesign coming soon. We rearranged the login ... More About: Features , Feat
Netscape Social News: Propeller Update
2007-09-18 01:18:00 Some encouraging news from Netscape social news. When Netscape first put rumors to bed about Netscape shutting down social news, announcing the move to propeller.com, the Propeller domain brought up nothing. Today, going to Propeller.com brings up the familiar Netscape.com. I’m glad to see things moving along, and look forward to ... More About: News , Social , Update
Google AdSense Launches New Features Webinar
2007-09-18 00:25:00 Google AdSense is putting together a very informative Webinar on AdSense features. Anyone interested in monetizing their blog, still learning the ropes, or just not on top of the latest features should attend this Wednesday, 9/19/07. Also, if you’re not a member already, the Google AdSense group, “Inside AdSense”, you might want to join that ... More About: Google , Adsense , Features , Google Adsense
Netscape Announces New Social News Site: Propeller
2007-09-12 05:42:00 I was very pleased to see that Tom Drapeau, Director of Netscape has finally put the rumors to rest with a post earlier today on the Netscape blog: The Netscape social news experience that you are currently using today will be migrated and revealed soon at http://www.propeller.com/. We’re working hard behind the scenes to ensure a ... More About: News , Social , Site , Propeller
Caching 9-11: A Look Back at Search
2007-09-11 18:59:00 Today marks the 6th anniversary of the September 11th attacks - this year being the first time the date falls out on a Tuesday since then. Here is a flashback to 9/11/01 in search: Danny Sullivan was on the scene reporting how all the major search engines tried to assist in keeping the world informed with the ... More About: Search , Caching , Back
SEO Turns to Domaining: An Interview with Todd Mintz
2007-09-10 16:56:00 The NowSourcing blog had a chance to interview SEO turned domainer, Todd Mintz. 1 - How do you see entering the realm of domaining for SEO’s? I?ve read some good background information on how you got started, but do you have recommendations for people getting into this industry? The first step would be to immerse yourself ... More About: Interview , Domaining , To Do
Netscape is closing down social news. Really this time.
2007-09-07 21:09:00 Last month, I reported a response to TechCrunch’s uncited source that Netscape social news was going away. When a valid source could not be reported, many of us dismissed it. I was wrong. Digg, you win. Sadly to say, looks like Michael Arrington was right. The official Netscape blog has reported that the current ... More About: News , Social , Time , Scape
How to use Facebook to Promote your Blog
2007-09-06 16:05:00 (source: Facebook .com) Yesterday, I wrote about privacy concerns in which Facebook will be opening up user profiles to search engines such as Google. Many people are choosing to limit their public profiles, and understandably so. However, if you are using Facebook as a marketing tool to promote your blog, I’ve compiled some tips ... More About: Promote , Blog , Romo , Mote
Facebook to Expose your Profile to Google
2007-09-05 19:40:00 Facebook is changing. I’ve been pretty resistant to be active in Facebook (oh no, another network to maintain?), but after all the pokes and invites, I recently gave in and started using Facebook more regularly. There are social networks consisting mainly of people that you know (LinkedIn, Facebook, Friendster) and social networks built upon ... More About: Google , Profile , Facebook , Expose , Googl
The New Wordpress: Superior Group Blogging
2007-09-04 17:50:00 Last week, we discussed the new Wordpress Beta version. Wordpress announced that it will release an updated beta today, along with weekly updates until the September 24th go live date. If you are a beta tester, you should definitely install this update, as several bug fixes are being addressed (you should join the WP-testers ... More About: Blogging , Group , Superior , Peri
Muhammad Saleem Interview - Social Media Expert
2007-09-02 21:19:00 For those of you not familiar with him already, Muhammad Saleem (Mu) is renowned by many as a social media expert, as he is currently the #6 on the Digg top users list, and employed by Netscape as a paid Scout. He also serves as a regular on Pronet Advertising, and also finds ... More About: Social , Media , Interview , Expert
The Secret Features of StumbleUpon
2007-08-30 19:56:00 StumbleUpon, a popular social media site, is a fantastic way to “channel surf” through the web. The StumbleUpon folks were intelligent to set up the system the way that did. Ebay thought so too, having recently purchased them for $75 million. So, what’s the secret feature, you ask? First off, StumbleUpon has ... More About: Features , The Secret , Secret , Stumbleupon , Feat
LinkedIn: Social Networking for All
2007-08-29 15:53:00 Many of us have come across LinkedIn at some point or another. You may have heard about it through a friend of colleague, added a contact or 2, and then let your account lay dormant. If you ever hope to promote yourself and/or your blog, you have to get up and get ... More About: Social , Social Networking , Networking , Workin , Linkedin
Wordpress New Beta Version
2007-08-28 19:39:00 After 3 months of work, the folks at Wordpress have released Wordpress 2.3 to Public Beta . According to Matt Mullenweg, founding developer of Wordpress: (photo source: Wikipedia) Some of the features of 2.3 include plugin and core update notification, built-in tags support, faster javascript, and SEO-friendly URL redirection. However all of the new functionality is still very ... More About: Version
Yahoo Audio Search: Music Samples in Search Results
2007-08-24 21:11:00 In case you missed it, the Yahoo Search blog reported that Yahoo now has an audio search site. Just another search page to visit, you say? Hardly. Yahoo really is working on some interesting things. People just give Yahoo less focus now because of all the Google things going on (well deserved, mind you) ... More About: Music , Audio , Samples , Results
Google Sky Released
2007-08-23 12:21:00 For those of you that are big fans of Googl e Earth, this should be a big treat for you. Google has released a Beta version of Google Sky yesterday, giving users the ability to look around space in the same familiar Google Earth interface. To use Google Sky in Google Earth, click on View -> ... More About: Released
How do you Find the Time to Blog?
2007-08-21 17:24:00 With the life and work demands all around us, the question is how to find the time to blog. Like anything, time management for blogging is a must. Here is my quick list on how I spend my time blogging: research and revise. I’m always working on different posts and have interests all over ... More About: Time , Blog , Find , The Time
Skype: What Really Happened
2007-08-20 18:40:00 Now for the moment that we’ve all been waiting for. Many of us have speculated about the different reasons that Skype went down last week. Some said that it was caused by Russian Hackers, but Skype came out to deny this. Skype needed to answer the world, though. If you read the Heartbeat ... More About: Pene , Ally
Skype Update - all Systems Go?
2007-08-17 16:32:00 I’ve been following Skype ’s progress very closely over the past 24 hours, and according to their blog, Villu Arak reports: We?re on the road to recovery. Skype is stabilizing, but this process may continue throughout the day. An encouraging number of users can now use Skype once again. We know we?re not out of the woods yet, ... More About: Update , Systems , Stem
Skype is Down Around the Globe
2007-08-17 00:10:00 After I mentioned that Skype was down in my previous post, lots of people started commenting in, telling where they were not able to see Skype as well. So, I put together a handy Google Map showing all the people that wrote in. It was really something to see where everyone has been commenting from! ... More About: Globe , The G
Skype Down?
2007-08-16 17:23:00 Many of you may have noticed that Skype is not working. According to the Skype Blog: UPDATED 14:02 GMT: Some of you may be having problems logging into Skype. Our engineering team has determined that it?s a software issue. We expect this to be resolved within 12 to 24 hours. Meanwhile, you can simply ...
How to Promote Your Blog
More articles from this author:2007-08-12 20:28:00 I was surprised to find 84.2 million results for this topic. Nowadays, blog popularity is increasing at a dramatic rate. Technorati claims it is currently tracking 97.3 million blogs. So enough stats. Let’s talk about some ways to promote that blog of yours: 1 - Claim your blog at Technorati. If you already have an account at ... More About: Promote , Blog , Romo , Mote 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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