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A shortfall of some web analytics programs at news sites is they don’t always report the metrics producers need - a key measure being referrers .
Why you should pay attention to referrers (people who link […]
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You’ve heard about it, and sometimes feel somewhat scandalous when using the word - TWITTER !
This microblogging service is all the rage on the social mediascape and you can dig into it’s awesome power to promote your newspaper’s online content in fewer than 20 minutes! (I know I said […]
Some of my media buddies have asked me why I use Mahalo Share so much. So I thought I’d put together a screencast explaining how to use it and what it does.
Mahalo Share is a Firefox add-on that allows users to share links with the Mahalo search engine and a number of other social networking […]
Zac Echola of Forum Communications drew up a great tutorial on how to create a photo blog with maps using Google’s MyMaps and MapChannels.
His tutorial is very easy to follow and uses free tools. He used this method to help create the in view photo blog.
Have you tried this method or others to create a […]
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