SEO, Social Media and Web Marketing … Clairefied

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Here’s 102 tips, tools and tweets to summarize takeaways from PubCon 2009.  They’re in no particular order, but to make it a little more fun to scan, I’ve added a color code:
Tips – Gray
Tools / Resources – Purple
Tweets – Blue

@DerrickWheeler you know it was a [...]

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Google released Google Dashboard yesterday to connect you more readily to all Google’s products.  Pretty minor development, but could be a step easier to get to all of their products.  Besides gmail, however, the most used ones I access are currently not available:

When I think [...]

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I have discovered some new addictions I want to share with you.  Before I divulge, let’s look at a couple rules in creating a successful social app:

Address a common problem
Encourage interaction
Give users a reason to come back

One of the oft overlooked drivers of success in [...]

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I spent some time this weekend organizing my iPhone apps and started thinking about how many of my most-used apps are really micro or niche search engines. Oftentimes, if I’m looking for a restaurant, I flip to Urbanspoon or Yelp, directions – maps, open houses [...]