Mob Rule! How Users Took Over Twitter

Today's article is from Steven Levy over at Wired.  It has some great insight into how people on Twitter have unintentionally caused a hostile takeover of the social networking service and to some extent have prevented the inventors and owners of the site from making any major interface changes.  Twitter is working towards changing that, but for now it is still basically governed by those that use it.

You can read the article here.

 Illustration: Christoph Niemann

The New FTC Rules For Internet Marketers

Today's internet marketing item of interest is episode 58 of the Web Video University podcast.  Apparently the FTC has a new set of rules being enacted December 1st that will hopefully spell the end of "get rich quick" schemes and "Get 10,000 Twitter Followers Fast!" e-books.  This makes my Twitter account's direct message inbox very happy.  You should listen to the episode here.

Fans help rock stars write music

This is cool idea.  It's a website where music fans can submit lyrics and bits of songs that could end up on the final album.  Read the article here for more.

Social Media Blues

This has been a monumental week for the blog.  Updates are being posted regularly, the new Twitter feed is setup, the blog is running on the Networked Blogs for Facebook and my Technorati page is complete.  So to celebrate I've decided today's post is going to be a little more fun.  I give you "Social Media Blues".

Google Doesn’t Use Meta-Tags - It’s Official

Today's article, once again, comes from The Naked Entrepreneurs except this time from Chris "The Brain" Hoyt.  Apparently Google no longer grants any value whatsoever to meta tags.  Check out the article here for more.

3 Small Business Marketing “No Brainer's”

This list comes to us from Todd "The Brawn" Muffley over at The Naked Entrepreneurs.  I don't do much work with the first two as they aren't internet marketing related, but I could pretty much go on all day about Facebook Fan Pages.

You can check out the article here.

IBM Study: The end of advertising as we know it

Here is very interesting study from Social Media Today you should read that shows why advertising is making a natural shift from the traditional model of advertising to a more creative and dynamic one.

You should follow me on Twitter.

Dustin Curtis has posted an amazing study he conducted that you should read here. It talks about how more forceful language and commands leads to better results. That said, you should follow me on Twitter here.

The Top Six Reasons Companies are Still Scared of Social Media

Yes, I know how frightening the people on Digg and Reddit can be, but that's no reason to shun all social media. Check out this great list of why companies are still scared of social media from whatsnextblog.com.

7 Top Twitter Topic Trackers

Here is an excellent list of keyword and topic trackers for Twitter from Read Write Web. I prefer to use Twitterfall myself, but all of the tools on the list are great.

Dumbest Twitter Sales Pitch Yet

This is a hilarious rant/article by Extreme John about just one of the seemingly infinite and ridiculous get rich quick schemes on the web. The "promotional" video for JamesMakesMoney is hysterical. Check it out if you're in need of a laugh.

http://www.extremejohn.com/dumbest-twitter-sales-pitch-yet/

Study Shows Small Businesses That Blog Get 55% More Website Visitors

We all know blogging helps traffic, but it's amazing to see just how much it helps! Check out the article at Hubspot.

http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/5014/Study-Shows-Small-Businesses-That-Blog-Get-55-More-Website-Visitors.aspx

WOW: Google to Launch a New Version of Google Search

Apparently Google is making plans to release a new version of Google search! This is very exciting news. We have yet to see how this upgrade will affect search optimization, but I'm sure it will be for the better. Check out the full article at Mashable. http://mashable.com/2009/08/10/google-new-version/

The 10 Commandments of Social Media

Thou shalt read this article from fastcompany.com for it is good!
The 10 Commandments of Social Media

Link Building A to Z

At long last I get a chance to post an article from my favorite SEO site on the internet, SEOmoz. Enjoy the article. http://www.seomoz.org/blog/link-building-from-a-to-z

Tweeting from the Tractor - 7 Secrets to Successful Social Media Farming

Cornfields and social media marketing, what could these two things possibly have in common? Jason Baer from Convince and Convert explains the analogy in his fantastic article Tweeting From The Tractor - 7 Secrets to Successful Social Media Farming. Read and enjoy!

101 Link Building Tips

I found this great list of 101 link building tips over at SEObook. If there's one thing to learn from the list it's that the best links are from sites with content related to yours. Think about that before submitting a site to every directory and forum you can find.

5 Tips For Avoiding Deceptive SEO Companies

Today's fantastic bit of advice comes to us courtesy of Janet Meiners Thaeler over at Small Business Trends. The article is an excellent run down of the most common things Google penalizes sites for. Google doesn't like spammers.

Twitter

Despite the fact that I have a Twitter account, I find the whole thing to be little more than a multi-million person fad. It's plagued by spammers and marketeers. At this point Twitter is just a spot for me to post links to new articles and little more. This cartoon from Hubspot sums up my feelings on it.

Seth Godin at Google

This is a talk one of my marketing heroes, Seth Godin, gave at Google. This one video alone really helped me to better understand the mentality needed to work in internet marketing.