Collective Thoughts

Social Media Housekeeping for 2009

You may have noticed a few small social changes that we’ve instituted for 2009:

Twitter.  We’ve been quiet on this front for far too long.

While it won’t be all of us running the account, expect some solid updates from @nowsourcing and @thegypsy.  Why follow? Well, we have some interesting things to say and will also be sharing great links collectively.

Google Friend Connect. You might call us Collective Forgetfulness if we didn’t have the latest and greatest blog widget from our friends at Google.  So we’ve added Google Friend Connect.  It’s an interesting concept, and will be fun to see what people make of it beyond the simple “here are the friends that like my site.”

MyBlogLog.  You might say that this is old news, but we updated the MBL widget to the more sleek, iPhone looking UI.  What’s really interesting about MBL is the community/site itself beyond the widget.  Personally, I’ve liked the service for a long time because it allows you to visually see who your recent visitors are – a different crack at the data vs. a more 1’s and 0’s Google Analytics approach.

What about you – what have you done to make your blog more social for 2009?

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Collective Wanderings; drama, weddings and Diggers, Oh my!

It was an interesting week with plenty of drama, humor and even an engagement. We even managed to get nepotistic; who knew we actually read each other’s stuff? There are a few post for the Diggers, SEO types and even some analytics mixxed in for good measure. All in all plenty of good reading for those you you that simply can’t get enough!

Enjoy your weekend!!

Brian’s picks

• Bill and Kimberly get engaged – congrats from the CT gang!
• Flash SEO indexing revisited – Tim Nash
• Summize acquired and integrated by Twitter – Twitter Search

Andy’s pick

• Using KW research to diversify your link profiles – that FireHorse guy

Tim’s picks

• Google Analytics Help: Questions, Answers, Tips, Ideas, Suggestions – Avinash Kuashik
• the Ultimate guide to decoding Digg speak - 10e20

Dave’s picks

• They made us hyper-connected; now what? - Social Times
• Social Media 101; how to get business involved - Mashable
• How to Create Digg-Friendly Content: Cracked.com’s Template – DoshDosh

Mark’s picks

• How Many Veins Have You Tapped Into? – Neil Patel
• World’s oldest blogger dies – Smarter then your average blog
• Comment spamming do-follow blogs 101 – A list SEO

Shana’s picks

• Online SEO Tools – the Ultimate Collection – Search Engine Journal
• Sex, permission marketing and social media – The ultimate Ménage à trois – OnReact

Tad’s picks

• Social media time waster - Chris G
• Real time social browsing - Browzmi
• Google plays with social search again – TechCrunch

…until next week remember;

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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