Web 2.0 - explained

Web 2.0 was coined in 1999 to describe web sites that use technology beyond the static pages of earlier web sites. A Web 2.0 site may allow users to interact and collaborate with each other in a social media dialogue as creators of user-generated content in a virtual community, in contrast to websites where people are limited to the passive viewing of content.

Examples of Web 2.0 include social networking sites, blogs, wikis, video sharing sites, hosted services, web applications, and...

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From: JargoTerms

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Beth Kanter - Using Social Media for Good Causes

http://geeks.pirillo.com - http://live.pirillo.com - Beth Kanter is a trainer, blogger, and consultant to nonprofits and individuals in effective use of social media. Her expertise is how to use new web tools (blogging, tagging, wikis, photo sharing, video blogging, screencasting, social networking sites, and virtual worlds, etc) to support nonprofit. She has worked on projects that include: training, curriculum development, research, and evaluation. She is an experienced coach to "digital...

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From: Chris Pirillo

Related topics : using social media / social networking sites blog / use of social network sites / new social media tools / social media network sites

Which retail brands on which social networks?

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Which retail brands do you follow on social networks and why?

That's this week's street survey question.

Among the world's biggest brands, Google, IBM and Coca Cola consistently rank in the top 5 most followed on social network sites, according to

Shoppers spoke almost exclusively about clothing and fashion, and they mentioned Pinterest and Instagram as sites they use to follow their favourite brands.

Check out the eConsultancy report for more details about most-followed...

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From: summituk

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How can social media help my business?

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There are many benefits of social media and they include:

Improved social signals (which are a factor in the search ranking algorithm).

Company branding

Improved brand awareness

Word-of-mouth advertising

Increased customer loyalty and trust

Improved audience reach and influence

73% of online adults use social networking sites.

Facebook gets 1.2 billion monthly active users

Twitter gets 130 million monthly active users

So as you can tell there is lot of potential for new...

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From: SEO Wizard

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Social marketing tools for business

Social marketing tools for business, Manage social networks, publish status updates, bookmarks, blog posts, videos and more

Easy Backlinks is a fast, secure automation tool to submit content to the top Social Media Networks like Facebook,

Twitter and Google+.

Use Easy Backlinks to save time, automate your website's content and engage your followers.

Whether you are an individual blogger, marketing manager or social media professional,

Easy Backlinks makes it easy to auto-submit your...

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From: Gorg Tagg

Related topics : social media marketing tool / social media networking sites business / social network publishing tools / social media management tools / social media content

Social media dashboard for business

Social media dashboard for business, Manage social networks, publish status updates, bookmarks, blog posts, videos and more

Easy Backlinks is a fast, secure automation tool to submit content to the top Social Media Networks like Facebook,

Twitter and Google+.

Use Easy Backlinks to save time, automate your website's content and engage your followers.

Whether you are an individual blogger, marketing manager or social media professional,

Easy Backlinks makes it easy to auto-submit your...

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From: David Brown

Related topics : social media networking sites business / social media tools for business professionals / business using social media / social media dashboard / social media management tools

Building big social network search system using Lucene

Presented by Aleksey Shevchuk, Lead developer, odnoklassniki.ru

We will explain how search systems of social network Odnoklassniki work. Each day 40mln people use Odnoklassniki to communicate and entertain themselves. These activities are hard to imagine without proper search system. A dozen big index's and thousands of small indexes are responding to more than 4000 searches per second at peak times. Users can search within specific site sections of the site or the whole site. Search system...

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From: LuceneSolrRevolution

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How to Make Money With Increase Your Portion. The Best Social Networking Site on the Net!!!!!!!!!

http://www.increaseyourportion.com/aff/id.php?uid=christophe_1_tlid_8

Increase Your Portion (IYP) is a social networking site like MySpace and Facebook only better. You get paid for referring others to the network through a 2x8 forced matrix system. It is really fun to use. You get free video games, chat, blogs and a whole bunch more!!! It costs $25 per month to join but you will make that back very quickly with just a few referrals. Check it out at...

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From: SpiderwebAtHisBest

Related topics : make a free social networking site / how to make a social network site / social networking sites blog

MySpace & Facebook Phenomena: Youth Engage (1 of 2), 200

Anthropologist of the online community Danah Boyd discusses ways young people use social network sites to connect with their friends and present themselves online.

Hosted by the Aspen Institute, The 2008 Aspen Ideas Festival will engage its participants in a variety of programs, tutorials, seminars and discussion events which together are guaranteed to charge the atmosphere with vibrant intellectual exchange. Think of it as a week-long summer university for the mind -- remarkable lectures...

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From: The Aspen Institute

Related topics : how many people use social networking sites / danah boyd social network sites

The World of Social Media in 2011 - All The Statistics, Facts and Figures.wmv

Social network marketing has become quite the trend amongst network marketers looking to promote their businesses online. Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube have made it easy for eager entrepreneurs to hop on the internet and network with people from around the world. Terms like tweeting, sharing, and voting have created quite the buzz amongst those who want to hop aboard the viral marketing trend.

There's a tremendous amount of opportunity for those that truly capitalize...

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From: digimattsol

Related topics : social media network marketing / social media networking sites business / social media online marketing / social media sites for business promotion / creating social networking sites