<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><channel><title>Social Media Examiner | To Klout or not to Klout? That is the question. | Topic Replies</title> <atom:link href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/feed/</link> <description>To Klout or not to Klout? That is the question. - Forum Topic in the Group Small Business</description> <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:56:58 +0000</pubDate> <generator>http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5</generator> <language>en</language> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/#post-30985</guid><title><![CDATA[Jason Wiser replied to the forum topic To Klout or not to Klout? That is the question. in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/#post-30985</link> <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 23:36:14 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/" title="Jason Wiser" rel="nofollow">Jason Wiser</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/" rel="nofollow">To Klout or not to Klout? That is the question.</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a><div>A new thread has been opened asking the same question. Go and see the answers here also. Great discussion.</div><div></div><p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question-1/" rel="nofollow">http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question-1/</a></p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/#post-23008</guid><title><![CDATA[Jason Wiser replied to the forum topic To Klout or not to Klout? That is the question. in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/#post-23008</link> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:20:23 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/" title="Jason Wiser" rel="nofollow">Jason Wiser</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/" rel="nofollow">To Klout or not to Klout? That is the question.</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a><div>If it were not for the backlink... For the longest time it said I was&#160;influential&#160;about clothing. Oh my wife had a lot of fun with this. If you saw my wardrobe you would&#160;understand...</div><div></div><p>Here is on of my favorite [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/#post-22799</guid><title><![CDATA[Scott Ayres replied to the forum topic To Klout or not to Klout? That is the question. in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/#post-22799</link> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:21:51 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/scottayres/" title="Scott Ayres" rel="nofollow">Scott Ayres</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/" rel="nofollow">To Klout or not to Klout? That is the question.</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> To me Klout is no different than the BBB. It can be gamed and your rankings can be bought..</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/#post-22772</guid><title><![CDATA[Dan Gershenson replied to the forum topic To Klout or not to Klout? That is the question. in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/#post-22772</link> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:46:00 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/danonbranding/" title="Dan Gershenson" rel="nofollow">Dan Gershenson</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/" rel="nofollow">To Klout or not to Klout? That is the question.</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> The concept of these influence measurement tools is a nice idea, but there's flaws and imperfections at this point. Better than nothing? Sure. But I think there's an unhealthy obsession that some people have [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/#post-22748</guid><title><![CDATA[Kristy C. Cartier replied to the forum topic To Klout or not to Klout? That is the question. in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/#post-22748</link> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:12:20 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kc_kreative/" title="Kristy C. Cartier" rel="nofollow">Kristy C. Cartier</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/" rel="nofollow">To Klout or not to Klout? That is the question.</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow">@jasonwiser</a> I was into Klout for awhile until I found out that they scraped my accounts. I have since disconnected my Facebook account, which was mostly private, and haven't logged in since. I also use My Web [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/#post-22729</guid><title><![CDATA[Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic To Klout or not to Klout? That is the question. in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/#post-22729</link> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:12:12 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/" title="Robin Carlisle" rel="nofollow">Robin Carlisle</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/" rel="nofollow">To Klout or not to Klout? That is the question.</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow">@jasonwiser</a> Definitely just a sidetracking diversionary game not to get hooked on. Just like that Empire building game... now that's a weird piece of work. I signed up for both just to take a peekaboo, but [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/#post-22706</guid><title><![CDATA[Thomas Flügge replied to the forum topic To Klout or not to Klout? That is the question. in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/#post-22706</link> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 06:42:25 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/ecumenix/" title="Thomas Flügge" rel="nofollow">Thomas Flügge</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/" rel="nofollow">To Klout or not to Klout? That is the question.</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow">@jasonwiser</a> I somehow miss the point of Klout. I joined it some while ago, started to follow some best practices, but found myself only looking at the Klout level to rise. At a certain point I realized that it [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/#post-22678</guid><title><![CDATA[Ry Russell replied to the forum topic To Klout or not to Klout? That is the question. in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/#post-22678</link> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:59:10 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/ryrussell/" title="Ry Russell" rel="nofollow">Ry Russell</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/" rel="nofollow">To Klout or not to Klout? That is the question.</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> I will be totally honest, I do not think Klout is very credible. Potential? Yes, absolutely, the idea is great. However, the topics I am&#160;influential&#160;in change daily and almost never represent anything I actually [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/#post-22677</guid><title><![CDATA[Jason Wiser replied to the forum topic To Klout or not to Klout? That is the question. in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/#post-22677</link> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:55:46 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/" title="Jason Wiser" rel="nofollow">Jason Wiser</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/" rel="nofollow">To Klout or not to Klout? That is the question.</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> What if I told you that Klout.com has an Alexa rank of 858 and you can add a link to your profile that is not "no follow"? That is the only reason I use Klout :)<div></div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/#post-22671</guid><title><![CDATA[Abigail Gorton replied to the forum topic To Klout or not to Klout? That is the question. in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/#post-22671</link> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:10:59 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/abigailgorton/" title="Abigail Gorton" rel="nofollow">Abigail Gorton</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/" rel="nofollow">To Klout or not to Klout? That is the question.</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow">@jasonwiser</a> On the lists of things I am paying attention to and putting on my to do list... welll it isn't making it on to any lists for me!</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/#post-22668</guid><title><![CDATA[Dan Gershenson replied to the forum topic To Klout or not to Klout? That is the question. in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/#post-22668</link> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:05:31 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/danonbranding/" title="Dan Gershenson" rel="nofollow">Dan Gershenson</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/to-klout-or-not-to-klout-that-is-the-question/" rel="nofollow">To Klout or not to Klout? That is the question.</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> I don't give much clout to Klout. It's essentially a game at this point. It doesn't factor in all your social media channels in scoring at all. People should definitely not take it seriously. Use it for the [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> </channel> </rss>