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POPSProBlogger helps you build a better blog Bryan Person's Social Media Top 10 post drove me to this blog that's about how to get the most out of blogging and how to earn a living off of it. I find the ProBlogger creator, Darren Rowse, to be very intriguing and he does a great job at aggregating everyone's thoughts and experiences on how to blog more strategically. Thanks Bryan, Darren and ProBlogger contributors I am finding the ProBlogger blog to be not only helpful but also inspiring. This is a post-to-blog clip for: clipping the social web, http://www.clipper.typepad.com
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POPSNielsen scraps Page Views as rankings metric Metrics are never one-size fits-all. For sites who caters to getting people off of the site quickly, return visits are most important. Neither page views nor time spent in a session are always the best way to gauge performance.
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POPSWorld Press Trends: Global Newspaper Circulation & Advertising Lots and lots of hard numbers @ source. Click it More stats: The Belgians spend the most time with their newspapers -- 54 minutes a day -- followed by the Chinese, Finns and Brazilians, with 48 minutes each, on average. The Japanese remain the world’s greatest newspaper buyers, with 630.9 daily sales per thousand adults. They are followed by Norway with 601.2 sales per thousand, Colombia with 587.8, Finland with 514.7 and Sweden with 466.2.
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POPSGiveaway of the day. Free software! “We decided to participate in Giveaway of the Day because of the excellent opportunity to promote a product and collect lots of users’ feedback. Actually, in just one day, we’ve heard more opinions about our software than we typically hear from our own website visitors in two weeks! Being happy with GOTD team service and our promo statistics, we decided to get back there soon with our new products”
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POPSMajority of Kids Are Computer Savvy An overwhelming majority (89%) of all kids age 6-11 in the US spend at least some time doing online activities and - though many of their basic social activities haven’t changed much over the years - they have vastly different communication styles and preferences than older age groups, according to a study from Experian Consumer Research.