Social Media Examiner | Dave Doolin | Activity http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/doolin/activity/feed Dave Doolin - Activity Feed Fri, 24 May 2013 08:38:36 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5 en http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/can-you-use-flickr-as-a-source-of-images-for-your-blog-posts/#post-28224Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Can you use Flickr as a source of images for your blog posts? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/can-you-use-flickr-as-a-source-of-images-for-your-blog-posts/#post-28224 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:24:48 +0000 Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Can you use Flickr as a source of images for your blog posts? in the club Blogging Check out http://openclipart.org/ as well.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/blogs-to-follow-why/#post-28223Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic blogs to follow? why? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/blogs-to-follow-why/#post-28223 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:22:36 +0000 Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic blogs to follow? why? in the club Blogging http://kikolani.com/
Kristi is immensely knowledgeable, and has been doing this stuff for *years*, since before it was cool. I suspect she will be one of these "overnight" successes here pretty soon. She also has […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/are-you-using-rss-for-your-blog-or-is-it-dead/#post-21331Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Are you using RSS for your Blog, or is it dead? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/are-you-using-rss-for-your-blog-or-is-it-dead/#post-21331 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 05:51:21 +0000 Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Are you using RSS for your Blog, or is it dead? in the club Blogging @jasonwiser I've found RSS to be critical for implementing a viable commenting strategy. 

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-20463Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-20463 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:56:10 +0000 Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging The opportunity in content curation which I am seeing is along the lines of a longer term play to actually do it right. While all of us here understand the importance of context and interpretation, apparently, […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-have-you-promoted-your-blog/#post-19230Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic How have you promoted your blog? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-have-you-promoted-your-blog/#post-19230 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:36:48 +0000 Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic How have you promoted your blog? in the club Blogging Commenting on sites with either related content or operated by people sympatico to my goals and beliefs.  It doesn't scale super well, but it will get you started.
Your RSS reader is your friend here, helps track […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic//#post-Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Why Do You Subscribe? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic//#post- Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:47:03 +0000 Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Why Do You Subscribe? in the club Blogging I subscribe to:See what people are doing, especially my customers.Keep up with trends in content1. Keep up with trends in marketingPay attention to what competitors, colleagues and clients are up toTrack delivery […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/does-duplicate-content-really-penalize-your-seo-status/#post-19043Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Does duplicate content really penalize your SEO status? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/does-duplicate-content-really-penalize-your-seo-status/#post-19043 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:28:03 +0000 Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Does duplicate content really penalize your SEO status? in the club Blogging @robpeck - I'm agreeing with Erik on this one, because Google has historically been reasonably transparent about when they do specifically penalize sites. 
There is definitely a certain amount of duplicate content […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/does-duplicate-content-really-penalize-your-seo-status/#post-18862Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Does duplicate content really penalize your SEO status? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/does-duplicate-content-really-penalize-your-seo-status/#post-18862 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:58:14 +0000 Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Does duplicate content really penalize your SEO status? in the club Blogging @robpeck - from that same page: 
"Duplicate content on a site is not grounds for action on that site unless it appears that the intent of the duplicate content is to be deceptive and manipulate search engine […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/does-duplicate-content-really-penalize-your-seo-status/#post-18856Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Does duplicate content really penalize your SEO status? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/does-duplicate-content-really-penalize-your-seo-status/#post-18856 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:06:47 +0000 Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Does duplicate content really penalize your SEO status? in the club Blogging @erikdeckers - Yes! So many people talk about "duplicate content penalty" when Google states bluntly on their webmaster help pages that they do NOT penalize for duplicate content.
BTW, do you have a link from […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic//#post-Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Question: How long did it take you to find your W.P. theme? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic//#post- Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:57:56 +0000 Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Question: How long did it take you to find your W.P. theme? in the club Blogging Also, bear in mind that your WordPress site, theme included, is a high technology product. Not unlike, say, your automobile or consumer electronic (*iphone* *cough*) appliance.To wit: you may find it helpful to […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/what-is-a-good-price-to-pay-someone-to-build-a-comprehensive-wordpress-site/#post-18854Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic What is a good price to pay someone to build a comprehensive Wordpress site in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/what-is-a-good-price-to-pay-someone-to-build-a-comprehensive-wordpress-site/#post-18854 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:47:59 +0000 Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic What is a good price to pay someone to build a comprehensive Wordpress site in the club Blogging @arty - Cost is an almost irrelevant metric. A better way to think about it is what kind of value will the website return over what period of time.
Try thinking of it this way: "Given my current cash holdings, my […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/misspelling-bad-grammar-more-in-blogs/#post-15267Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Misspelling, Bad Grammar & More in Blogs in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/misspelling-bad-grammar-more-in-blogs/#post-15267 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:27:17 +0000 Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Misspelling, Bad Grammar & More in Blogs in the club Blogging For blogging, no, I don't worry about it. Typically, I find no matter how much effort I put into proofreading, I can return a month later and find 2-3 typos, misspellings, or other instances of substandard […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/any-value-in-having-a-tumblr/#post-15266Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Any value in having a Tumblr? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/any-value-in-having-a-tumblr/#post-15266 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:22:25 +0000 Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Any value in having a Tumblr? in the club Blogging When I write a blog post which has an original infographic, or an original image of some sort, I will often cross post that image to Tumblr and support the blog post with a link back.
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/are-you-using-analytics-to-create-content/#post-15262Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Are you using analytics to create content? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/are-you-using-analytics-to-create-content/#post-15262 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:19:21 +0000 Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Are you using analytics to create content? in the club Blogging I have used analytics and search results as writing prompts in the past. It works. I'm not doing it right now, but I should do more of it.
Sadly, my highest traffic articles are on topics I'm no longer interested […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-do-you-deal-with-trolling/#post-14568Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic How Do You Deal with Trolling? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-do-you-deal-with-trolling/#post-14568 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:43:58 +0000 Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic How Do You Deal with Trolling? in the club Blogging I"m with Stanford, I delete with extreme prejudice. What are they going to do, complain?

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/google-merges-search-and-google-into-social-media/#post-10165Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Google Merges Search and Google + Into Social Media in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/google-merges-search-and-google-into-social-media/#post-10165 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:15:14 +0000 Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Google Merges Search and Google + Into Social Media in the club Blogging @atlantarobin - haha! I did some due diligence on a fashion startup recently, and work with a salon owner. But, really, I'm *not* a Kerastase customer, beautiful, bold, brilliant banners notwithstanding.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/google-merges-search-and-google-into-social-media/#post-10059Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Google Merges Search and Google + Into Social Media in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/google-merges-search-and-google-into-social-media/#post-10059 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:48:00 +0000 Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Google Merges Search and Google + Into Social Media in the club Blogging @demorden - I have really mixed feelings about it. I've already had the experience of finding "friend" results which were highly ranked and not helpful, with the real pearls buried 5-10+ pages deep in the SERPs […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/are-you-linking-google-to-your-page-or-personal-profile/#post-9971Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Are you linking Google+ to your page or personal profile? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/are-you-linking-google-to-your-page-or-personal-profile/#post-9971 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:05:23 +0000 Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Are you linking Google+ to your page or personal profile? in the club Blogging @dextereugenio - I'm currently +1 my articles after they are published, but I don't know that this is optimal. I haven't heard one way or another.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/using-scoop-it-for-your-blog/#post-9970Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic using scoop.it for your blog? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/using-scoop-it-for-your-blog/#post-9970 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:01:56 +0000 Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic using scoop.it for your blog? in the club Blogging @deairby - in a surprising twist of irony, the inventor of the Twitter #hashtag now works at Google: http://infodocket.com/2011/06/13/meet-the-inventor-of-twitter-hashtags-chris-messina-a-googler/
Worth reading up […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/search-what-do-you-think/#post-9968Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Search+ - What do you think? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/search-what-do-you-think/#post-9968 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:56:25 +0000 Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Search+ - What do you think? in the club Blogging Yes. 
And no.
Once people get the perception that Google's search results are unfairly biased, it will open the field to competitors ranging from Bing to startups.
We'll probably see PQ (popularity quotient) […]
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