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Link baiting is a term that is becoming more prevalent in web marketing talks these days, however the concept behind the phrase is one that many are yet to understand.

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Much the same as web developers made (and are making) the move from web development into Search Engine Optimisation and then onto sponsored search management - these days an increasing amount of marketers are making the move into social media marketing.
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I came across an interesting article today that discusses the future of web 2.0 based on two very different views expressed by Forrester Research and The Leading Edge Forum respectively.

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Valleywag has compiled a pie chart of the Hottest Startup companies of today. The chart is compiled based on data gathered from threads running on LinkedIn and VentureBeat and tends to be aimed simply at people’s opinions rather than actual traffic, membership stats or revenue, etc. Still from a social point of view it is interesting to see what “the community” thinks is hot.

Check out the chart here.

Being quite new to blogging I’ve just this evening decided to have a go at posting my first YouTube clip to my blog. As you can see in I was successful. However I had multiple failed attempts at using the links on YouTube to post the clip. When I went hunting for an answer I found quite a few more people who were not getting it to work. The great and informative error message sent to me at YouTube goes something along the lines of (more…)

One of our Search Engine Marketing clients at E-Web has put up a great video on YouTube. He runs a Martial Arts School and as a member I was excited to receive a link to this clip in a recent newsletter. It may not be the most high tech and clean cut production you will see - but it got me pumped up. Heavy metal sound track, action packed sparring and top slow motion effects on some great kicks pulls in the interest - the url at the end of the clip tells you where to go for that action. A good effort in my book.

del.icio.us is a social bookmarking website. It allows you to keep your bookmarks online and share them with others, as well as browse other members bookmarks and find new resources, be it for entertainment, research or to find other members with similar interests to you. (more…)

Digg is a user driven website where users will either Digg or Bury content submitted to the site. The more Diggs an article gets the further it will move up and with enough Diggs it will be displayed on the home page of the site. (more…)

I found a great little article on copyblogger that outlines 5 common mistakes made by authors when writing the headline for their articles, and talks about how to avoid them.  Being a but of a beginner myself to blogging I found the article to be valuable and it had me rethinking the way I’ll write my posts from now on. (more…)

8Hands is a small and friendly desktop application that presents a concise summary of all your online social networking activities (your MySpace & Flickr profiles, your blog, etc.) with useful statistics (the number of friends in each network, activity meter, etc.). With 8hands you can always stay connected to your favorite networks and your network friends without having to check your various profiles on each and every site.
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