Terminology

The Five Types of Blog Commenters

Blogs
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There are five types of commenters that leave messages on blogs. Which category do you fall into?

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An Introduction to Search Engine Optimization for Corporate Blogs

Public Relations

When a company is ready to launch a corporate blog, there’s typically a checklist of sorts that the communications team goes through prior, during and following the launch. I bet SEO isn’t on there.

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Best Posts of the Week

Blogs

Thought I’d share a couple of interesting and useful posts I’ve read this week!

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Social Media Word of the Day: Astroturfing

Public Relations

Definition: an orchestrated public relations campaign that seeks to create the impression of being spontaneous, grassroots behavior. Hence the reference to the artificial grass AstroTurf. (Wikipedia)

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Social Media Word of the Day: Liveblogging

Terminology

Definition: Taking notes during a conference and publishing them for others to read in real-time. Examples: Time Magazine liveblogs the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, A participants liveblogs IBM CEO Sam Palmisano’s keynote at BPLC, and Venturebeat liveblogs from the Web 2.0 Expo. Analysis: Liveblogging is a valuable resource, both for people who are not able [...]

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Social Media Word of the Day: Viral

Terminology

Definition: web, video or image content which gains widespread popularity through the process of Internet sharing, typically through email or IM messages, blogs and other media sharing websites. (Wikipedia)

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