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		<title>By: newjerseys</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/03/google-social-media/#comment-539504</link>
		<dc:creator>newjerseys</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>rrrr Writers and broadcasters from around the country have made picks for their teams, and after 24 selections, a QB many experts have going in the top 10 is still hanging around.&lt;br&gt;Terry Bradshaw spoke out about Ben Roethlisberger, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.warmfromyourfeettoyouheart.blogspot.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;nfl jerseys&lt;/a&gt; saying the current Steelers QB needs to figure out how to stay out of trouble. Go Around the Web for more details on Bradshaw&#039;s tongue-lashing</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>rrrr Writers and broadcasters from around the country have made picks for their teams, and after 24 selections, a QB many experts have going in the top 10 is still hanging around.<br />Terry Bradshaw spoke out about Ben Roethlisberger, <a href="http://www.warmfromyourfeettoyouheart.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">nfl jerseys</a> saying the current Steelers QB needs to figure out how to stay out of trouble. Go Around the Web for more details on Bradshaw&#39;s tongue-lashing</p>
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		<title>By: Lucy</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/03/google-social-media/#comment-539457</link>
		<dc:creator>Lucy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>it is useful for me to read it and so thanks again&lt;br&gt;The ending to this game was odd. The Sabres needed to win in regulation to earn the No 2 seed, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.new-jerseys.com&quot; title=&quot;NFL jerseys&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;NFL jerseys&lt;/a&gt; so they pulled goalie Patrick Lalime with about 10 seconds remaining, the score tied and the Devils on a power play. The plan was to press for a goal, but it got off to a strange start when Lalime collided with referee Steve Kozari &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.new-jerseys.com&quot; title=&quot;soccer jerseys&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;soccer jerseys&lt;/a&gt; while heading to the Buffalo bench and both fell &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.new-jerseys.com&quot; title=&quot;football jerseys&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;football jerseys&lt;/a&gt; to the ice.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In the opening round of the playoffs, New Jersey Devils will meet the seventh-seeded Philadelphia Flyers, which beat the Devils in five of six games this season.&lt;a href=&quot;http://new-jerseys.com/world-cup-jerseys-c-9.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;World Cup Jerseys&lt;/a&gt; But it seems that all the members of the Devils just felt quite easy &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.new-jerseys.com&quot; title=&quot;football shirts&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;football shirts&lt;/a&gt; and relaxed. They have found the way they can play and they will stick to it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>it is useful for me to read it and so thanks again<br />The ending to this game was odd. The Sabres needed to win in regulation to earn the No 2 seed, <a href="http://www.new-jerseys.com" title="NFL jerseys" rel="nofollow">NFL jerseys</a> so they pulled goalie Patrick Lalime with about 10 seconds remaining, the score tied and the Devils on a power play. The plan was to press for a goal, but it got off to a strange start when Lalime collided with referee Steve Kozari <a href="http://www.new-jerseys.com" title="soccer jerseys" rel="nofollow">soccer jerseys</a> while heading to the Buffalo bench and both fell <a href="http://www.new-jerseys.com" title="football jerseys" rel="nofollow">football jerseys</a> to the ice.</p>
<p>In the opening round of the playoffs, New Jersey Devils will meet the seventh-seeded Philadelphia Flyers, which beat the Devils in five of six games this season.<a href="http://new-jerseys.com/world-cup-jerseys-c-9.html" rel="nofollow">World Cup Jerseys</a> But it seems that all the members of the Devils just felt quite easy <a href="http://www.new-jerseys.com" title="football shirts" rel="nofollow">football shirts</a> and relaxed. They have found the way they can play and they will stick to it.</p>
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		<title>By: Chris&#38;Susan Beesley</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/03/google-social-media/#comment-539283</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris&#38;Susan Beesley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the great information and tips - every little helps as they say!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the great information and tips &#8211; every little helps as they say!</p>
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		<title>By: Chris&#38;Susan Beesley</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/03/google-social-media/#comment-539186</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris&#38;Susan Beesley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the great information and tips - every little helps as they say!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the great information and tips &#8211; every little helps as they say!</p>
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		<title>By: Marc Pickren</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/03/google-social-media/#comment-539136</link>
		<dc:creator>Marc Pickren</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the post. I never really thought of Google as a social marketing tool like Facebook and Twitter. I think Google is trying to keep up with the social marketing game, but it&#039;s continuously falling short of Facebook and Twitter. I&#039;ll bet Google will still stay in elite group of online search engines with all it&#039;s capabilities, but sorry Google, you should leave the social media marketing to the pros. Stick to what you&#039;re good at, SEO. It&#039;s not always a good thing to follow the trend.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the post. I never really thought of Google as a social marketing tool like Facebook and Twitter. I think Google is trying to keep up with the social marketing game, but it&#8217;s continuously falling short of Facebook and Twitter. I&#8217;ll bet Google will still stay in elite group of online search engines with all it&#8217;s capabilities, but sorry Google, you should leave the social media marketing to the pros. Stick to what you&#8217;re good at, SEO. It&#8217;s not always a good thing to follow the trend.</p>
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		<title>By: Theresa Green</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/03/google-social-media/#comment-539114</link>
		<dc:creator>Theresa Green</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I figured that social networks such as Facebook, and Twitter, were great tools for marketing online.  This is the first blog that has exposed google to me as a marketing tool, and from the looks of it, it sounds like a good catch!  Especially this new Google Wave feature allowing real-time communication and video chat could definitely help create a personal type of relationship between a company and its clientele...seeing ones face is definitely more reassuring than an impersonal email.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I figured that social networks such as Facebook, and Twitter, were great tools for marketing online.  This is the first blog that has exposed google to me as a marketing tool, and from the looks of it, it sounds like a good catch!  Especially this new Google Wave feature allowing real-time communication and video chat could definitely help create a personal type of relationship between a company and its clientele&#8230;seeing ones face is definitely more reassuring than an impersonal email.</p>
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		<title>By: Theresa Green</title>
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		<dc:creator>Theresa Green</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I definitely agree that social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google are great tools to use as social marketing strategies.  With the growth of new technology  in the past decade or so, social networks have become a part of people&#039;s daily lives.  I have to admit my Iphone is attached to my hand, and I check my Google and Facebook accounts almost every 5 minutes.  I think that although, as a marketing tool, social networks through the internet can be seen as a bit impersonal, the exposure and range of perspective clients that an advertisement can reach through an online social network can greatly improve clientel.  Google Wave is a network that I have never heard of until now, but from reading the description, seeing that it allows live conversation, it could make up for the impersonal factor.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I definitely agree that social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google are great tools to use as social marketing strategies.  With the growth of new technology  in the past decade or so, social networks have become a part of people&#39;s daily lives.  I have to admit my Iphone is attached to my hand, and I check my Google and Facebook accounts almost every 5 minutes.  I think that although, as a marketing tool, social networks through the internet can be seen as a bit impersonal, the exposure and range of perspective clients that an advertisement can reach through an online social network can greatly improve clientel.  Google Wave is a network that I have never heard of until now, but from reading the description, seeing that it allows live conversation, it could make up for the impersonal factor.</p>
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		<title>By: RoyalHomes</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/03/google-social-media/#comment-539087</link>
		<dc:creator>RoyalHomes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sounds good to me. I got to get to the bottom of this.</description>
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		<title>By: Piece of Tech</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/03/google-social-media/#comment-539083</link>
		<dc:creator>Piece of Tech</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think Google Wave will become a very important tool in our lives soon. I think it requires some improvements and a lot of marketing. Or Google can just go ahead and replace Gmail with it. I also have an article about Wave in my blog: &lt;a href=&quot;http://pieceoftech.blogspot.com/2010/02/email-redefined-google-wave-and-its_1464.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://pieceoftech.blogspot.com/2010/02/email-r...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;By the way, I can send you an invitation for Wave if you want. Let me know.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think Google Wave will become a very important tool in our lives soon. I think it requires some improvements and a lot of marketing. Or Google can just go ahead and replace Gmail with it. I also have an article about Wave in my blog: <a href="http://pieceoftech.blogspot.com/2010/02/email-redefined-google-wave-and-its_1464.html" rel="nofollow">http://pieceoftech.blogspot.com/2010/02/email-r&#8230;</a><br />By the way, I can send you an invitation for Wave if you want. Let me know.</p>
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		<title>By: leeodden</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/03/google-social-media/#comment-539080</link>
		<dc:creator>leeodden</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Steve, Google Wave hasn&#039;t resonated with me either - but it has with many others. Will it ever be a killer app? Maybe not. But it&#039;s one more reason for certain people to use Google services and be exposed to their advertising.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Steve, Google Wave hasn&#39;t resonated with me either &#8211; but it has with many others. Will it ever be a killer app? Maybe not. But it&#39;s one more reason for certain people to use Google services and be exposed to their advertising.</p>
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		<title>By: leeodden</title>
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		<dc:creator>leeodden</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is true Jack, Facebook is copying the successful features of many other services including FriendFeed, Twitter and Google.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is true Jack, Facebook is copying the successful features of many other services including FriendFeed, Twitter and Google.</p>
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		<title>By: Nuttakorn</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/03/google-social-media/#comment-544505</link>
		<dc:creator>Nuttakorn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For Facebook and Twitter growth rate still better than Wave. Google will drive more traffic to social websites, as their index bots are priority of fresh content, I just sign up for one social profile and then another day it comes to first page of search result. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For Facebook and Twitter growth rate still better than Wave. Google will drive more traffic to social websites, as their index bots are priority of fresh content, I just sign up for one social profile and then another day it comes to first page of search result.</p>
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		<title>By: jgriffin1979</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/03/google-social-media/#comment-539078</link>
		<dc:creator>jgriffin1979</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good article and cool stuff.  All have the potential to be huge for both consumers and businesses.  Just make sure that if you are a business owner, you always focus on your brand first, rather than focus on the benefits of the available technology.  More in my blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jasongriffin.net/2010/01/as-media-options-change-keep-your-focus.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.jasongriffin.net/2010/01/as-media-op...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good article and cool stuff.  All have the potential to be huge for both consumers and businesses.  Just make sure that if you are a business owner, you always focus on your brand first, rather than focus on the benefits of the available technology.  More in my blog at <a href="http://www.jasongriffin.net/2010/01/as-media-options-change-keep-your-focus.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.jasongriffin.net/2010/01/as-media-op&#8230;</a></p>
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		<title>By: Poor Student</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/03/google-social-media/#comment-544504</link>
		<dc:creator>Poor Student</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks @AndyBeal (via Twitter) - The Social Media Company http://bt.io/Eha0</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks @AndyBeal (via Twitter) &#8211; The Social Media Company <a href="http://bt.io/Eha0" rel="nofollow">http://bt.io/Eha0</a></p>
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		<title>By: Steven Kryger</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/03/google-social-media/#comment-544503</link>
		<dc:creator>Steven Kryger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>At the same time as reading this, I came across an article in the Guardian - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/mar/19/google-wave-ripple&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&#039;Google Wave is turning out to be more of a ripple&#039;&lt;/a&gt;. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At the same time as reading this, I came across an article in the Guardian &#8211; <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/mar/19/google-wave-ripple" rel="nofollow">&#8216;Google Wave is turning out to be more of a ripple&#8217;</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: Jack</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/03/google-social-media/#comment-544502</link>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Other social media platforms are expanding their features as well.  Google Buzz is trying to capture the Facebook and Twitter community, but Facebook is in the works of having email capability.  

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Other social media platforms are expanding their features as well.  Google Buzz is trying to capture the Facebook and Twitter community, but Facebook is in the works of having email capability.</p>
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		<title>By: Andrew Sansone</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/03/google-social-media/#comment-539076</link>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Sansone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Social Media&#039;s impact on March Madness &lt;a href=&quot;http://bit.ly/bhwLx1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://bit.ly/bhwLx1&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Social Media&#39;s impact on March Madness <a href="http://bit.ly/bhwLx1" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/bhwLx1</a></p>
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		<title>By: leeodden</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/03/google-social-media/#comment-539074</link>
		<dc:creator>leeodden</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wordloo is interesting - meta search</description>
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		<title>By: leeodden</title>
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		<dc:creator>leeodden</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Microsoft makes most of it&#039;s revenue from OS software. Google does the same with AdWords. They both launch numerous test businesses that never reach the same level of success as their primary money maker. How are they so different in this way?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Microsoft makes most of it&#39;s revenue from OS software. Google does the same with AdWords. They both launch numerous test businesses that never reach the same level of success as their primary money maker. How are they so different in this way?</p>
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		<title>By: Garret</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/03/google-social-media/#comment-539071</link>
		<dc:creator>Garret</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great article. Personally, I don&#039;t know how I survived without Google wave. I use Facebook but with the amount of times it gets hacked....sometimes I wanna just scrap it but it is too powerful to ignore. Orkut is a new to me, I will be looking at that in about 2 minutes. With twitter and FB and everything else, it is going to be interesting to see what the net gives birth to next.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great article. Personally, I don&#39;t know how I survived without Google wave. I use Facebook but with the amount of times it gets hacked&#8230;.sometimes I wanna just scrap it but it is too powerful to ignore. Orkut is a new to me, I will be looking at that in about 2 minutes. With twitter and FB and everything else, it is going to be interesting to see what the net gives birth to next.</p>
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