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	MSN is now partnering with WetPaint, the simple website building platform, to power new entertainmen

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4-29-2009 12:14 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/bf271027-cc53-4924-97e5-d3db75ecf847/2A16DAFB-4A18-4142-AF73-105B6793460E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/29/msn-picks-wetpaint-to-add-a-fresh-coat-to-its-entertainment-pages/" href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/29/msn-picks-wetpaint-to-add-a-fresh-coat-to-its-entertainment-pages/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.techcrunch.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/29/msn-picks-wetpaint-to-add-a-fresh-coat-to-its-entertainment-pages/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.techcrunch.com/img/4FD7ED13-ED4A-453D-AD33-50D4D00B93C9" alt="picture-711" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/29/msn-picks-wetpaint-to-add-a-fresh-coat-to-its-entertainment-pages/">These sites will specifically be powered by <A href="http://www.wetpaint.com/page/injected">WetPaint Injected<IMG src="http://i.ixnp.com/images/v3.78/t.gif" class="snap_preview_icon" id="snap_com_shot_link_icon" /></A>, its service which allows any site owner to place user generated content onto their sites.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/29/msn-picks-wetpaint-to-add-a-fresh-coat-to-its-entertainment-pages/">And what’s really nice about these WetPaint Injected-powered site is that they play nicely with search engines</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/29/msn-picks-wetpaint-to-add-a-fresh-coat-to-its-entertainment-pages/">WetPaint is SEO-friendly, and that has led to large increases in traffic from searchable terms that fans include on pages.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/29/msn-picks-wetpaint-to-add-a-fresh-coat-to-its-entertainment-pages/">MSN taking a lead in making its sites more socially friendly, when other large portals are strugling with that. And as a number of big names in entertainment and brands start to move to use fan pages on Facebook, he also notes that WetPaint-powered fan pages perform well when compared to Facebook fan pages. Generally, the WetPaint variety see 100 times the usage from fans when it comes to contributions and comments</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/29/msn-picks-wetpaint-to-add-a-fresh-coat-to-its-entertainment-pages/">Why pay someone to do work that fans will do for free? 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