Weekly Search & Social News: 03/09/2010

Welcome to another edition of ‘ 7 Days of Search and Social ‘ – so, how are we now? Last week was a pretty busy one out in the trenches, especially considering that SMX was on (generally slows the blogging world).

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Weekly Search & Social News: 03/09/2010

Rube Goldberg, Slow-Motion & Legos – Viral Video Round Up

This has been one of the busier weeks for viral video that I can remember… at least in terms of the sheer volume of buzzed-about vids.  Let’s jump right into our look at three of the best, breaking them down to find their recipe for success. The Super Achievement You may remember the last time the band

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YouTube Enables Auto-Captioning For All Videos – As Expected

YouTube, the leading destination for video sharing online, has announced today that they are rolling out their Auto-Captioning service on all videos.  In a press conference at their San Bruno campus, their Director of Product Management, Hunter Walk, gave a walkthrough of the technology for members of the media. You may remember that YouTube began rolling

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DIY Blog Post Graphics For The Non-Designer

Adding pictures and graphics to your blog posts is an easy way to enhance your message. Using a Creative Commons picture or stock photo is common, but creating a custom graphic is unique

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DIY Blog Post Graphics For The Non-Designer

Weekly Search & Social News: 02/23/2010

Welcome to another edition of ‘ 7 Days of Search and Social ‘ – it was a fairly quiet week out on the trails last week and there reall were no real ‘zinger’ stories that got the search world in a tizzy (who knew?

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Weekly Search & Social News: 02/23/2010

Have Fun Comparing Google Suggest Results with Web Seer

Google suggest can be both helpful and fun . It may save your time and give you an idea what other people are looking for when searching for similar words as you are. Last week I discovered one fun web application that allows to compare Google Suggest results for two search queries: Web Seer The tool allows to enter two search phrases and will display where Google Suggest results overlap for them

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Have Fun Comparing Google Suggest Results with Web Seer

How To Download YouTube Videos & When It Might Be Okay

Is it wrong to download a YouTube video? I guess that depends completely on who you ask.  I’m sure YouTube would tell you that it is.  In fact, they do – their terms of service says the following, in Section 5: “Your Use of Content on the Site”: B.) You may access User Submissions for your information and personal use solely as intended through the provided functionality of the YouTube Website. You shall not copy or download any User Submission unless you see a “download” or similar link displayed by YouTube on the YouTube Website for that User Submission… …E.) You agree to not engage in the use, copying, or distribution of any of the Content other than expressly permitted herein, including any use, copying, or distribution of User Submissions of third parties obtained through the Website for any commercial purposes.” So YouTube is pretty clearly against it.  And we all know that you’ve never broken the Terms of Service agreement for an online service before, right

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How To Download YouTube Videos & When It Might Be Okay

8 Ways Google Can Become a Social Hub Overnight

If you can’t tell from my recent posts, I think Google is quite revolutionary. With the implementation of Gtalk with video chat capabilities, Google Wave with the ability to have real-time collaboration, Google Docs & Calendar making document and schedule sharing between colleagues or friends and simply the ability to social share in search results, Google truly has made their website somewhat of a single source for all things social. With the expected announcement of  Google integrating streaming updates into Gmail , I thought I would throw together a list of how Google could utilize these individual services into one social hub.

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Weekly Search & Social News: 02/09/2010

Welcome to another edition of ‘ 7 Days of Search and Social ‘ – I hope this edition finds you well and 2k10 is rocking so far (busy, but fun over here).

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How to Get Banned on Social Media Networks

You’ve lost your account…it’s gone.

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How to Get Banned on Social Media Networks

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