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BurnUrl: Another Steaming Pile

by GregApril 13, 2009 Google

Now that the heat has been turned up on Digg, scrutiny is also spilling over to all the “up-and-coming” services who have decided to jump on the “justifiable framing bandwagon.”
One of those services is BurnURL. The concept of BurnURL is pretty simple: You input a url and it spits out a shortened version that you [...]

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The Truth About Digg’s DiggBar

Thumbnail image for The Truth About Digg’s DiggBar by GregApril 9, 2009 Blogging

Over the last couple of months, I’ve been getting the urge to get back into blogging a bit. However, when it’s been awhile since you’ve attempted to construct a thought longer than a 140 character tweet, actually doing it is a bit harder than you regular bloggers might imagine. I keep finding myself sitting [...]

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Turn Twitter Pink

by BBSeptember 30, 2008 Rants

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Today is the start of breast cancer awareness month. During the month of October you are likely to see more information about breast cancer than you may have seen all year. The difference is that you can help spread the word by focusing on the topic for at [...]

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Blogs and RSS Buttons

by BBApril 9, 2008 Rants

In my industry  everyone knows what an RSS button is for.  Outside…in the real world…most people don’t have a clue.  In fact, it’s confusing and clicking on it could be a catastrophe to someone that is not computer savvy. My thoughts on this though is too bad. Teach your users what it is and let [...]

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Digg Algo Stirs the Pot Again

by BBJanuary 23, 2008 Rants

If you are a top submitter on Digg have you noticed the need for more Diggs to get your story to the FP.   I know I have.  It was a few months back when they made their change to the shout system that I seem to remember having gone through this, then things settled [...]

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