Social Metrics

The five senses of online measurement

For a while now we’ve been telling you that there are two basic types of ways to measure your impact on […]

What the paid content debate means for communications pros

“When you bump into a wall, you tend to go elsewhere,” wrote David Carr in the New York Times this […]

Are blog posts supplanting press releases?

When Google recently announced the upcoming launch of its first operating system, many news organizations found the format of the […]

Those blogs by the wayside

With the availability of free blogging tools like Blogger, WordPress and Typepad, barriers to entry for Web publishing have completely […]

Planting seeds where roots of influence intertwine

In botany, inosculation is when a group of plants begin to fuse together and share water and nutrients. Eventually, they […]

Interview with a pioneer in conversation tracking

For PR professionals, commenting on blogs is a great way to get started with engaging in conversations online. But if […]

Social metrics: which ones matter?

A new effort to define online influence in terms of sharing is taking root In the early days of the […]

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