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Re: Hey Toronto, Want To Reduce Traffic? Invest In Telecommuting

shey — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:36:23 -0000

Thanks Shevone, do you have a link to that article?

Re: 10 Crucial Social Media Widgets To Improve Content Traffic And Awareness

Corvida — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:39:04 -0000

Thanks for the tip Mark. I added into the post.

Re: Bye-Bye, Amazon: Why I Won’t Write Reviews For You Again

PurpleCar — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:06:56 -0000

Peter, thanks for your thoughtful response.

Amazon does, in fact, sell your reviews. This is a different system than affiliate selling.

Amazon charges sites to access their catalog. Along with the catalog, they include some reviews. I'm not privvy to the formula (or what coders call "algorithms") that choose which reviews get packaged along with the catalog, but be assured that the user reviews are offered as a part of that catalog. Amazon would sell less catalog rentals if people stopped writing free reviews for them. The reviews are what set them apart from other ISBN/product code catalogs.

This really comes down to how one views the internet and how to use it. Reviews are work. Getting the "freebies" of which you speak is now a forbidden practice, as per new FTC "guidelines."

I'm not in it for free books. I can get my books from the library or buy them myself. The amount of "freebies" of stuff I don't even want or have space for doesn't compensate me for the work of reviews. You obviously don't have the same opinion about that, and that's cool. Lots of people enjoy seeing their name in the Amazon review areas, even if their reviews end up on the back pages. The thrill of that for me faded a long time ago.

-PC

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Re: Adam Slaney Facebook Warning: Real or DoS attack?

PurpleCar — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:27:41 -0000

MIke: I KNOW! Back in 2008! Isn't that a shame that this Adam Slaney hoax on Facebook is still making the rounds?

I don't watch my blog stats, but whenever I pass my Wordpress Dashboard, this post is always at the top. It's gotten, literally, thousands of views. I keep adding the new names that get put on the spam email, so people can just search on the name and find out it's hoax. Snopes is wonderful, but they can't keep adding every new name that comes down the pike. If you see any new names in the hoax, please come back to purplecar.net and let me know, or find me on facebook as facebook.com/christinecavalier/

And don't worry too much about your friends. Everyone is in a learning stage right now. It's only been 10 years or so of widespread internet access, and it's a scary place. There is very little regulation, protection or education about it. Try to have some patience with the end users. (Of course, I say this, but I rip my hair out over their inane behaviors on a weekly basis.)

Thanks for checking in!

Peace!
-PurpleCar
http://www.purplecar.net/

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Re: 5 Tips To Avoid Being Filtered From Twitter Search

Corvida — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:49:25 -0000

Mapper,

You might want to check out Chad's comment above or reach out to Chad for more specific details.

Re: 5 Tips To Avoid Being Filtered From Twitter Search

Corvida — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:48:16 -0000

Persistence seemed to pay off very nicely for you Chad. Thanks for sharing some of the steps you took for those who have had questions on how to get back in once you're out.

Re: Share Your Latest and Favorite Twitter Lists!

Corvida — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:47:21 -0000

Do you care about them now? Have you started creating your own?

Re: Share Your Latest and Favorite Twitter Lists!

Corvida — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:47:06 -0000

You have some great lists Antonella. I wish I had time to follow them all

Re: Share Your Latest and Favorite Twitter Lists!

Corvida — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:46:46 -0000

Thank you! Glad I could be of help

Re: Sorry FriendFeed, But I Agree With Robert Scoble

shey — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:16:35 -0000

Definitely a concern as well. I think interaction has decreased since the Facebook announcement, but it's been downhill since before then.

Re: Sorry FriendFeed, But I Agree With Robert Scoble

shey — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:12:25 -0000

You're absolutely right Shevonne, I think the lack of diversity is a contributor, not necessarily the root of the problem.

Scoble and I use the site for different purposes and objectives, so we expect different things out of it.

Thanks :)

Re: Sorry FriendFeed, But I Agree With Robert Scoble

shey — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:06:50 -0000

Scoble has a lot to answer for in his own behaviour. I'm not agreeing with his behaviour, just his sentiment about chatroom/forum problem

Re: The first day of NaNoWriMo

tojosan — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:06:09 -0000

Definitely I'll not overdue it. Likely I'll under do my capacity today as I'm feeling the yawns striking. Ha.
Best wishes on your novel as well.

Re: The first day of NaNoWriMo

tojosan — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:04:11 -0000

Go go go Anne. I'm moving slower today than at midnight. but it might be that I was up till the wee hours. Ha.
Best of luck. I'm tojosan on Nanowrimo. Be sure to buddy up!

Re: 5 Effective Ways To Use Lists On Twitter

Corvida — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:03:05 -0000

Oh Doctah have your twitter lists been activated yet?

Re: 5 Effective Ways To Use Lists On Twitter

Corvida — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:02:42 -0000

Do you use Twitter list for doing any sort of outreach or networking?

Re: 5 Tips To Avoid Being Filtered From Twitter Search

Corvida — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:48:40 -0000

No problem Jeff. Thanks for the update on that spacing twist.

Re: 5 Tips To Avoid Being Filtered From Twitter Search

Corvida — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:48:08 -0000

Contact Twitter.

Re: Seize The Opportunity To Multiply Your Connections

Corvida — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:23:07 -0000

Hey Trina, I'm glad you could make it out to Blogalicious09 and thrilled to hear that our panel was inspiring for you. What's your site? Would love to see what you've done.

A Trackback or Pingback is a way for you to know when someone has linked to one of your articles. It will provide a link back to the site that linked to your content, and sometimes includes a summary of what the article had to say and where your link was mentioned in the article. You can head to Technorati.com to claim your blog and also keep track of pingbacks. If you're using Wordpress there are a host of plugins and social commenting systems like Disqus to keep track of these things for you all. Let me know if you need anymore help on this Trina.

Re: Why It’s Easier To Control Your Brand, Not The Conversation

Corvida — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:09:25 -0000

People will only see such negatives if they don't know you and the first thing they see is your brand's name (which they've been previously discussing). You have to get that connection to them without the need for your brand's name to be mentioned.

Stimulating the conversation is also different from jumping in with "cold feet." Stimulated conversations have a sense of credibility, trust, respect, and a deeper need for a better understanding about the topic at hand from people that you can trust.

It's beyond saying the right things at the right times, which can make people nervous when they don't know what to say.

Talk to folks without your brand's name being mentioned. Share your opinions as a person and not just an employee.

Re: Your Story Is Just As Important As The Stories of Dell And Zappos

Corvida — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:04:53 -0000

Well said Michael!

Re: Bing, Facebook, And Twitter: The Impact Of Social Media On Search

Corvida — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:03:40 -0000

Good questions Chris.

I'm hoping the inclusion of social media in search will help us move towards more natural language processing for both search and also SEO. I think overall it could make managing SEO a lot easier.

Re: Don’t Just Filter The Noise, Cut It Out!

Corvida — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:41:20 -0000

Same here. I haven't been back to it since I received my invite. It's doing too much and doesn't solve a thing for me.

Re: Dungeons and Dragons comes to Facebook

tojosan — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:50:39 -0000

Yes. D&D, it is about time! Seems like these folks would have been early adopters.
No doubt determining the best way to capture the experience was a tough call.
Hopefully this is the beginning of a new set of apps.

Re: Quick Review: The Fattening of America by Finklestein & Zuckerman

PurpleCar — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:36:34 -0000

OH! and I've seen SuperSizeMe. Awesome.

Peace!
-PurpleCar
http://www.purplecar.net/

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