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As president of Geben Communication, Heather Whaling provides public relations and social media services to small- and mid-size businesses. She's also a public relations blogger, speaker and co-moderator of #pr20chat on Twitter. Quora — the community-driven Q&A repository — is certainly getting a lot of buzz right now. Even though it's known as a “social network for knowledge,” Quora isn't just for the tech elite. In fact, businesses and non-profits can glean a wealth of information from Quora. 1. Monitor mentions of your company on Quora. Companies can deliver customer service via Quora by responding to complaints and criticisms. 2. A quick search on Quora can help you keep tabs on the competition: what they’re up to and what others are saying about them. 3. Want Mashable or other news sites to cover your company? 4. Networks like Twitter and Facebook have conditioned us to communicate in short bursts of information. 5. 6. 7. But it’s not all tech, all the time. 8. 9.
Open Source Social Platforms: 10 of the Best
As social sites grow in popularity, so does the desire for smaller niche-based networks that cater to smaller groups of people. Just look at the rise of social networks for chess players and wine. What's more, with the latest open source software, smaller sites can be built in a matter of days or weeks. If there's one site people love to emulate with their own niche versions, it's Digg. Pligg It seems that every hour, a new Pligg-based site is born. NewsCloud NewsCloud is another content management system that has a story ranking feature. Drupal with Vote up/down module Most know Drupal as one of the more popular open source content management systems available. Dolphin Dolphin, from Boonex, is a popular free community-building application that is being used for a number of dating sites. PHPizabi PHPizabi is another social networking script that charges a fee to remove their branding. Elgg Elgg was developed with the educational industry in mind, but can be customized for any use. Mugshot
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Seesmic has been acquired by HootSuite and as of March 2013, the Seesmic website is no longer supported. But HootSuite welcomes all Seesmic users into our nest! Here’s how you can start using HootSuite today. Making the transition to HootSuite: Getting started is easy. What this means to Seesmic users: Like Seesmic, HootSuite offers a suite of social media management tools for business, with even more options for SMB and enterprise customers. To get a clearer picture of what this means to users, we have prepared a comparison chart that will help you choose the right solution for you.
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Tuto Scrapebox - Soft SEO Black Hat | Papilouve
12 déc 2010 by Papilouvein seo, tuto, vidéo Tags: black hat, référencement, Scrapebox, seo, tutoriel, vidéo Aujourd’hui c’est tuto outil SEO Black hat chez Papilouve (enfin…chez moi ) et on va parler de SCRAPEBOX. - Edit 13 déc : Merci à @frenchtouchseo qui vient de m’envoyer un lien avec une version de Scrapebox à non pas 80, ni 70 mais bien 57$ ! ) ce qui le met aujourd’hui à 43,19 € !! Scrapebox version BHW à 57 $ Depuis quelques temps, j’utilise ce soft SEO qui sert à scraper les serp’s (via Google, Yahoo, Bing etc) pour obtenir des urls, vérifier le PR, le dofollow ou nofollow, etc, mais aussi pinger et commenter automatiquement, bref, un outil Black Hat très complet. Le truc avec les outils Black hat, c’est qu’ils sont toujours en anglais…et que les tutos et les explications, et ben c’est pareil, et c’est pas toujours glop ! Bref, j’en reviens au tuto, le process est simple, on ouvre Scrapebox et on y va : 2. 3. Et puisque vous avez (enfin j’espère ) ou remarques .
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Online applications (also known as web applications or webware) are getting more popular, particularly when broadband Internet access has become more common and readily available to more users. With online applications and services, you do not need to download and install them into your computer for using them—you just need to open up a browser and access them online. Not only that you can save harddisk space as they do not need to be installed, but also you can work with files that are saved online from any computer anywhere, without the need to carry a storage device even a USB stick around with you. Besides, you don't have to worry about different operating systems as these applications and services are cross-platform, running in your browser as a client. Neither do you need to keep updating your software versions, as you will get any new software updates and bug fixes automatically whenever you access them. Like to use them? This is a multi-page article. Page Index: Back to Page Index
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E-Commerce Copywriting: The Guide to Selling More - Smashing Magazine
Advertisement Quality product descriptions can transform e-commerce conversion rates — it’s common to see increases of 30-100%. As well as converting more visitors, search traffic increases drastically when unique copy is written for each product. Most online retailers use manufacturers’ copy or rely solely on images to sell products. Essentially, your copy must achieve two goals: Establish trust andConvince visitors that your product is right for them. Potential customers cannot see or touch the product since it’s not physically there in front of them. You must establish the right tone, a mix between informative and engaging, while showcasing your product’s usability, practicality and benefits. Formatting E-commerce websites should usually opt for a combination of bullets and paragraph form. Running Warehouse uses both bullet points and a short paragraph to describe the product. Basics of Good E-Commerce Copywriting Avoid long sentences Avoid jargon and clichés Achieve clarity. Speak simply
HTML5 from a Mobile Perspective « Cloud Four
I’ve read with interest the controversy following the W3C’s decision to not renew the XHTML 2 Working Group charter. For those unfamiliar with the jargon of standards organizations, this means that XHTML 2 is effectively dead. In its place as the future of web development stands HTML5. The comments about HTML5, and the potential for its future have been surprising. At the risk of being accused of wearing mobile-tinted glasses, HTML5 is going to big a deal and it will be relevant much sooner than people think. Lack of Extensibility The main complaint against HTML5 is the lack of extensibility. The need for this meaning is what created microformats which describe standard ways of presenting information like addresses in markup so that they can be understood programmatically. The best description of this extensibility problem can be found in John Allsop’s article from A List Apart. This is not simply a theoretical problem. Documents versus Applications HTML5 for Mobile When Can We Use HTML5?
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SVG is a widely-deployed royalty-free graphics format developed and maintained by the W3C SVG Working Group. This is a public group, which works on an open mailing list and which welcomes your feedback. Upcoming Events The Graphical Web 2014 – Winchester, England, August 27–30, 2014 The Graphical Web will showcase SVG, as well as related technologies like Canvas, WebGL, CSS, Javascript, and HTML5 video and audio. News CSS-SVG Effects Task Force Started The CSS and SVG Working groups have started a joint task force to discuss and develop mutual features such as gradients, transforms, filters, and animation.