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		<title>The True Value of Social Media</title>
		<link>http://www.webtribution.com/2009/01/02/the-true-value-of-social-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kieran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The true value of Social Media properties like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and millions of other websites &#38; services dedicated to connecting people has been a question lingering out there since the term &#8220;Social Media&#8221; was created. Yes some of these websites drive millions upon million of visitors on a daily basis, but very few actually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yahoo Buzz launches to the general public</title>
		<link>http://www.webtribution.com/2008/08/19/yahoo-buzz-launches-to-public/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kieran Hawe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in February Yahoo launched their social voting / bookmarking with only a handful of hand-picked publishers. Well finally Yahoo Buzz is now open to the public&#8230;let the spamming and widget adding begin. Yahoo Buzz basically operates like Digg, or similar sites, where users vote for the stories that interest them. The more times a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delicious Rebrands and Relaunches</title>
		<link>http://www.webtribution.com/2008/07/31/delicious-rebrands-and-relaunches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kieran Hawe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social bookmarking web service Del.icio.us has just launched their much anticipated version 2.0 and has officially rebranded themselves as Delicious (sans dots). The relaunch of the best social bookmarking site out there brings a slicker user-interface, enhanced performance and upgraded search capabilities. The team over at Delicious describes the changes as&#8230;&#8221;just like the old del.icio.us, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter Finally Buys Summize Search Engine</title>
		<link>http://www.webtribution.com/2008/07/15/twitter-finally-buys-summize-search-engine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webtribution.com/2008/07/15/twitter-finally-buys-summize-search-engine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kieran Hawe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Breaking News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Micro-Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SMO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what was no shock to anyone, Twitter officially announced their purchase of search engine Summize for roughly a few million in cash and Twitter stock (hearing different numbers from different sources). Rumors of the purchase have been floating around the internet for over a week now and most people were just waiting for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Twitter Will Always Be King Of Micro-Blogging</title>
		<link>http://www.webtribution.com/2008/07/08/why-twitter-will-always-be-king-of-micro-blogging/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webtribution.com/2008/07/08/why-twitter-will-always-be-king-of-micro-blogging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kieran Hawe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Micro-Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SMO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FriendFeed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Identi.ca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pownce]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://webtribution.com/?p=200</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is there a day that goes by where some new micro-blogging &#8220;Twitter Killer&#8221; isn&#8217;t launched? Jaiku, Pownce, Plurk, FriendFeed&#8230;the list goes on and on. Each comes out the gate promising to be the next big thing and outside of a few earlier adopters they usually fizzle into social media purgatory &#8211; some good user numbers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Digg to Launch Recommendation Engine (Video)</title>
		<link>http://www.webtribution.com/2008/07/01/digg-to-launch-recommendation-engine-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kieran Hawe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The social media world has been buzzing the past 24 hours about Digg&#8217;s plans for launching their much needed recommendation engine this week. The engine will be launched in limited beta mode and will only be seen (at first) by a limited group of registered Digg users. The videos below explain in great detail the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Social Networking growth heading in the wrong direction?</title>
		<link>http://www.webtribution.com/2008/06/08/is-social-networking-growth-heading-in-the-wrong-direction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webtribution.com/2008/06/08/is-social-networking-growth-heading-in-the-wrong-direction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kieran Hawe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SMO]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The way the media portrays Social Networking websites it would seem like they were taking over the world. Facebook has a valuation in the billions, AOL bought Bebo for $850 million and of course you have the News Corp. monster that is MySpace. Even though the media loves to talk about Social Networking websites, has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hulu adds search to embeddable video player, almost gets it right</title>
		<link>http://www.webtribution.com/2008/06/06/hulu-adds-search-to-embeddable-video-player-almost-gets-it-right/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webtribution.com/2008/06/06/hulu-adds-search-to-embeddable-video-player-almost-gets-it-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kieran Hawe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital Marketing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Online Video]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video Search Engines]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Video SEO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://webtribution.com/?p=166</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since Hulu launched in private beta not so long ago I always felt their video search engine product was a step above everyone else&#8217;s. Hulu&#8217;s video player and user experience was one of the best within the online video space, which is crowded with amateurish efforts. Yesterday Hulu took another step towards creating a true [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter: Damned if you do, Damned if you don&#8217;t</title>
		<link>http://www.webtribution.com/2008/05/31/twitter-damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-dont/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webtribution.com/2008/05/31/twitter-damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-dont/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 21:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kieran Hawe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Micro-Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SMO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jaiku]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[khawe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pownce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media Optimization]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://webtribution.com/?p=163</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Twitter is awesome. Wait, let me rephrase that&#8230;Twitter is awesome, when it works. I have been a fan of Twitter since it was in private Beta and am anxiously awaiting the time when the down time and over capacity issues are behind us. So what is so awesome about it? Twitter and &#8220;micro-blogging&#8221; services in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MySpace Planning to Launch Game Section</title>
		<link>http://www.webtribution.com/2007/10/23/myspace-planning-to-launch-game-section/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webtribution.com/2007/10/23/myspace-planning-to-launch-game-section/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kieran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Breaking News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SMO]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[MySpace, the leading online social network, will soon be announcing their plans to launch a games section sometime in Janauary 2008. The new MySpace Games will be powered by online game distributer Oberon and feature hundreds of free, easy to play, casual games. &#8220;This was a very clear area for us that answered a need [...]]]></description>
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