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File: January 2007

Digg’s blog this feature is currently being exploited by spammers to cloak spam sites in order to escape spam filters and boost pagerank. Below you’ll find a shocking example of a user that’s doing just that. This is possible because there are no adequate checks or even transparency for the process. Anybody cans set up [...]

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Digg’s blog this feature is currently being exploited by spammers to cloak spam sites in order to escape spam filters and boost pagerank. Below you’ll find a shocking example of a user that’s doing just that. This is possible because there are no adequate checks or even transparency for the process. Anybody cans set up [...]

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YouTube is about to explore revenue-sharing with users. On the surface, it looks like user empowerment and increased revenue. Will it be a win-win situation? I think not. Although it’s only natural that YouTube will start exploring more monetization options after the $1.65 billion acquisition, the move could easily backfire and open up the road [...]

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There is just so much good content that never sees the light of day. Are you approaching social media with the right strategy? Wrong moves will do more harm than good. Here are my thoughts on getting the best out of social media. Many look to social media as a gold mine of free publicity [...]

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Ankur really did an amazing job with this plugin. It’s got Digg and every other social bookmarking plugin that matters all bundled into one. It does indeed blow away all third rate plugins. You can put a Digg button on it and links to all the social bookmarking sites that matter. What’s even more amazing [...]

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2007-01-26 :: baron // links
Links for the Day

I’m going to start posting links I just can’t digest or have enough of an opinion to turn into a separate post. Vecosys – a conversation about European startups: A nice article on OpenID and future directions to prevent phishing. GigaGamez » Archive Mainstream Money: Casual Games Double Ad Revenue «: Keep the games short, [...]

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I’ve been registered to Digg for quite a while. Tried my hand at submitting a couple stories but never had any luck. That’s when I had a story to submit! Most of the time I couldn’t make it that far because someone beat me to the scoop. Once I made it past the submission, it [...]

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When I think of S. Korea I used to think about 3G phones, broadband coverage, online games, and cutting edge electronics. Did you know that the government’s proprietary encryption system keeps them shackled to Windows because it relies on ActiveX controls. As a result, 99.9% of South Koreans use Windows. This is a nation bound [...]

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2007-01-25 :: baron // blog
Blog Writing and Regular Writing

I’ve been thinking lately why blog writing is so different from regular writing (especially journalistic writing). It’s no secret that many successful journalists struggle with blogging as a medium. Of course there are many people who are successful. When you write a blog the words have to stand on their own without the weight of [...]

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2007-01-25 :: baron // Uncategorized
Digg Links of the Day

I’m getting way too Digg obsessed so rather than go crazy I’ll post up some links of notable entries. I don’t know if it’s recent but I wonder why there is so many interesting discussions regarding Digg and social media lately? Diggers strive to make the funniest possible comments, it might not contribute anything to [...]

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