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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

Both Sides of the Table

So Google launched Google AdWord and AdSense based in part on technology it acquired when it bought an LA-based company called Applied Semantics. People mistook the fact that these text advertisements worked in Google to say they would work in social networks. But it turns out that consumers didn’t think it sucked.

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5 SEO Action Steps You Can Take Today

Duct Tape Marketing

Okay, this one’s not technically an SEO play, but it may add to better engagement on social networks, which we’ve already agreed is crucial. Here’s a painless way to embed larger image in blog posts for social networks without doubling up on work on your site. Embed larger images.

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The App is Dead (OK Not Really, But The Browser Is Back)

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social media. social networks. social networking. semantic web. POPULAR TAGS. advertising. developers. foursquare. google plus. augmented reality. mobile web. wikipedia.

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Sales Is a Function of Marketing Pure and Simple

Duct Tape Marketing

Some of this might simply be semantics because the terms are widely fumbled around in various places, but here’s what I find to be true. The trouble with this mindset is that social media and inbound marketing has actually made the distinction even harder to appreciate. Either way, they end up limiting the effectiveness of both.

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Bridging the Gap: How Semantic Web can move into the mainstream through SXSW

Austin Startup

Personally, I believe that the Semantic Web will become mainstream in the next few years (I actually have a bet on this with some college friends). After reading the wonderful blogpost on the BBC’s dynamic semantic publishing system , it reminded me that the Semantic Web has two audiences: the common web user (my mom) and developers.

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Businesses Must Manage the Twitter Conversation

Both Sides of the Table

On Facebook (and nearly all social networks that preceded it) the relationship was always reciprocal – if I accept your invitation to follow me then I have to follow you. Tags: Social Media social networking startup technology Twitter. Facebook.

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Startup Hiring: The 10% Solution

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social media. social networks. social networking. semantic web. POPULAR TAGS. advertising. developers. foursquare. google plus. augmented reality. mobile web. wikipedia.

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