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Friday Flubs: Phil Jackson’s First Tweet and its Perfect Video Follow-Up

Every Friday’s post is a collection of typos or grammatical errors I’ve spotted throughout the week. Sometimes they are things I find while out and about and sometimes they are things I find on the Internet. If you are anything like me, these typos drive you crazy, especially when they come from people who should know better.

Retired professional basketball coach and player Phil Jackson tweeted for the very first time this week. Here’s what it looked like: Continue reading “Friday Flubs: Phil Jackson’s First Tweet and its Perfect Video Follow-Up”

Technorati Study Shows Blogs are More Influential than Social Media

Technorati released its 2013 Digital Influence Report and the findings about blogs are very interesting. The importance of blogs when it comes to branding, SEO rankings and communicating with markets has been recognized for a long time. However, some of the new statistics reinforce the importance of blogs used in online marketing campaigns. Continue reading “Technorati Study Shows Blogs are More Influential than Social Media”

Is Google Reader’s Demise a Sign of Something Bigger?

By now you’ve already heard that Google Reader is closing down this summer. As the news spread people aired their frustration on social media and blogs everywhere. If you depend on Reader to get your daily news or just to follow your friends’ blogs, things will likely change for you. But, the bigger question some have been asking is, “Is the era of the RSS feed over?”

Personally, I think this sentiment is an overreaction. Yes, Google is an industry and thought leader, but the loss of one of dozens of feed services doesn’t signal the death of an entire channel of communication.

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