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		<title>Up to 30% of Twitter followers from official band accounts are fake</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 10:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SMO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As some will know I also have Side-Line Magazine under my wings. One of the writers there suggested we should make an article on the number of followers some of the so-called cult bands have. The reason is simple, earlier this week I tweeted this out: Surprising how little followers some of these so called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s what a $3000 tweet from Paris Hilton to 6.5 million followers brings you</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SMO]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; TNW aka The Next Web did a rather interesting &#8211; yet costy &#8211; experiment by buying a sponsored tweets by celebrity Paris Hilton for their Amsterdam (Holland) conference. Note that a non-paid tweet by Charlie Sheen a few months ago got them 23,000 page views. But as it seems La Hilton is a lot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile ads drain your smartphone battery life</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[android]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Whereas many blogs have been laying the focus on Free Apps that would be draining your smartphone battery life, the real culprit are the ads. Recent tests have shown that those the ads in those free apps spend more energy than actually running the app itself. Which is a major problem, not for the app [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When social sharing goes wrong with a 290.000 EURO budget</title>
		<link>http://www.muztec.com/social-media-optimization/social-sharing-wrong-290-000-euro-budget.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.muztec.com/social-media-optimization/social-sharing-wrong-290-000-euro-budget.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SMO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Launched now is the website Close to Van Eyck which with a budget of 290.000 EURO makes it possible to discover the Ghent Altarpiece in all its details. Alas, the 290.000 EURO didn&#8217;t prevent the makers of the website to mess up everything possible when it comes to sharing the website, even the embedded sharing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You shouldn&#8217;t bother with creating a storefront on Facebook</title>
		<link>http://www.muztec.com/social-media-optimization/bother-creating-storefront-facebook.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.muztec.com/social-media-optimization/bother-creating-storefront-facebook.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SMO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.muztec.com/?p=973</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Four major retailers have closed their storefronts on Facebook over the past year: Gap, J.C. Penny, Nordstrom and Gamestop. The reason? Fans have bought close to nothing. Strange? Not really. Like I commented on this Simply Zesty blogpost, Facebook is a social thing. When you are in a pub talking, you are not in a shopping mood either. Facebook will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter to open up self-service ad platform &#8211; why not use Skimlinks?</title>
		<link>http://www.muztec.com/social-media-optimization/twitter-open-self-service-ad-platform-skimlinks.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.muztec.com/social-media-optimization/twitter-open-self-service-ad-platform-skimlinks.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SMO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMEX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foursquare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skimlinks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Twitter is rolling out its self-service ad platform next month through a partnership with American Express to get access to over 10,000 small and medium sized businesses. It&#8217;s not the first time that American Express is reaching out to social media. Earlier last year American Express launched a deal with Foursquare so that card members [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social media managers earn the most in SMO</title>
		<link>http://www.muztec.com/social-media-optimization/social-media-managers-earn-smo.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.muztec.com/social-media-optimization/social-media-managers-earn-smo.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SMO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Internet marketing staffing company Onward Search (cool name as far as SEO is concerned) has published an infographic showcasing the cities with the highest volume of social media jobs and the salaries in the US. As you can see the highest volume (30%) is taken by the content writers followed by marketing managers (27%). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foursquare uploads your contacts as well &#8211; so what ?</title>
		<link>http://www.muztec.com/social-media-optimization/foursquare-uploads-contacts.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.muztec.com/social-media-optimization/foursquare-uploads-contacts.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SMO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foursquare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Path]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.muztec.com/?p=958</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While Pathgate is still creating heated emotions here and there, Mike Arrington, whose CrunchFund is an investor in Path, published a post on his personal blog in which he points out that Foursquare is also uploading your contact data when you create a Foursquare account. Again, normal best practice. Arrington however goes overboard &#8211; probably because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alzheimer&#8217;s disease goes viral on Facebook</title>
		<link>http://www.muztec.com/social-media-optimization/alzheimers-disease-viral-facebook.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.muztec.com/social-media-optimization/alzheimers-disease-viral-facebook.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SMO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alzheimer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.muztec.com/?p=946</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If there is a prize to be given to a campaign that raises awareness for a disease on social media, than this Alzheimer&#8217;s disease Facebook campaign surely will win. The app called &#8220;Sort Me Out&#8221; is steadily reaching more and more people on Facebook and this after first being launched in December last year on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You can now (again) ban people on your Facebook page</title>
		<link>http://www.muztec.com/social-media-optimization/again-ban-people-facebook-page.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.muztec.com/social-media-optimization/again-ban-people-facebook-page.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SMO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook recently changed the way you can moderate your Facebook page by adding a major improvement, or rather re-instating a feature: the option to ban people. For those who have one or more internet trolls having a go on their pages, this is more than welcome. Previously this option was only available if you actually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internet trolls, here&#8217;s how they look like</title>
		<link>http://www.muztec.com/social-media-optimization/internet-trolls.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.muztec.com/social-media-optimization/internet-trolls.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SMO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Troll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YouTube]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.muztec.com/?p=921</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every site, every forum has its fair share of trolls. People &#8211; usually not all that smart &#8211; who simply have nothing else to do but being as obnoxious as possible online. A few BBC journalists decided to track down one of those and confront him. Whereas he first tries to avoid the discussion he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Groupon the Cat &#8211; an example for B2B (and B2C) communication</title>
		<link>http://www.muztec.com/public-relations/groupon-cat-b2b-and-b2c-communication.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.muztec.com/public-relations/groupon-cat-b2b-and-b2c-communication.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SMO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Groupon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.muztec.com/?p=912</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have a fast growing company like Groupon, communication is king. Not only to your clients but also to possible future shareholders. Enters the snarky Groupon the Cat. The company introduced its alter ego last year in June, not to answer questions from customers but to answer (or rather comment on) the negative reporting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Plus (G+) is a waste of SEO-time &#8211; heading for the deadpool ?</title>
		<link>http://www.muztec.com/search-engine-optimization/google-g-waste-seo-time-heading-deadpool.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.muztec.com/search-engine-optimization/google-g-waste-seo-time-heading-deadpool.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SMO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Plus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YouTube]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.muztec.com/?p=907</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First this though, as far as SEO goes, the Google Plus profile pages no longer have PR and Google Plus has turned off the dofollow links from their comments (just like it did on YouTube). Why Google exactly changed it&#8217;s policy, we&#8217;ll never know. My guess is that Google Plus was using this very dodgy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Techblogs go berzerk on &#8216;privacy leak&#8217; in Path &#8211; here&#8217;s why you shouldn&#8217;t bother</title>
		<link>http://www.muztec.com/public-relations/techblogs-berzerk-privacy-leak-path-bother.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.muztec.com/public-relations/techblogs-berzerk-privacy-leak-path-bother.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SMO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Path]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.muztec.com/?p=893</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday Techcrunch&#8217; writer Chris Velazco tried to make a big scandal out of the fact that the API of the &#8220;personal life-sharing service Path&#8221; (mind the &#8216;life-sharing&#8217; adjectif Techrunch uses) calls to Path&#8217;s service to send a user&#8217;s entire address book (including full names, emails and phone numbers) as a plist. What is exactly the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Site against &#8216;money grabbing&#8217; Facebook makes money on back of Facebook</title>
		<link>http://www.muztec.com/social-media-optimization/site-money-grabbing-facebook-making-money-facebook.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.muztec.com/social-media-optimization/site-money-grabbing-facebook-making-money-facebook.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SMO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.muztec.com/?p=885</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As it seems, there are Facebook users who are jealous of the money-stream that Mark Zuckerberg&#8217;s company Facebook has been able generating in the past few months and years. The fact that nothing comes for free never came up in those people&#8217;s head. But this aside. The people who left Facebook for Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sudden increase in female Twitter followers ? Expect some spam soon.</title>
		<link>http://www.muztec.com/social-media-optimization/sudden-increase-female-twitter-followers-expect-spam-soon.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.muztec.com/social-media-optimization/sudden-increase-female-twitter-followers-expect-spam-soon.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SMO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.muztec.com/?p=868</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Who hasn&#8217;t seen it happen in his (yes, male Twitter users) Twitter account: a sudden surge of female followers. Good for the male (hetero) ego perhaps, but there is more happening than just that. In fact it&#8217;s very possible that every single female profile that started following you is actually a spambot, a sophisticated one, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook set to launch mobile advertising in the next weeks &#8211; but with a bad app</title>
		<link>http://www.muztec.com/social-media-optimization/facebook-set-launch-mobile-advertising-weeks-bad-app.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.muztec.com/social-media-optimization/facebook-set-launch-mobile-advertising-weeks-bad-app.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SMO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.muztec.com/?p=853</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While Facebook is being hyped for their upcoming IPO, another hype is in the pipeline: the introduction of mobile advertisements on Facebook. Cool, but isn&#8217;t advertising all about offering a good experience? And that is exactly what the mobile apps of Facebook surely are not. Both the Android and iOS versions show a pretty low [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t push your readers into &#8216;liking&#8217; you this way</title>
		<link>http://www.muztec.com/social-media-optimization/push-readers-liking.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.muztec.com/social-media-optimization/push-readers-liking.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SMO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.muztec.com/?p=847</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some websites do whatever they can to make you like them on Facebook. Even if it means destroying the readability of the website itself. Here&#8217;s an example which I found on the Canadian website, immigrer.com. When you visit the website you get a Facebook like pop up in an overlayer which you cannot click out. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does a Google sandbox exist for new sites? If your SEO-guy is an amateur yes</title>
		<link>http://www.muztec.com/search-engine-optimization/google-sandbox-exist-sites-seo-guy-amateur.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.muztec.com/search-engine-optimization/google-sandbox-exist-sites-seo-guy-amateur.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yahoo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.muztec.com/?p=835</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past 10 years, I have have talked to many SEO companies, checking out if they had any new insights. Most of the times, if not all always, they talked about the Google Sandbox when it came to launching new websites. That sandbox would make it impossible for your site to be indexed quickly. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why you should disable trackbacks on your WordPress blog</title>
		<link>http://www.muztec.com/search-engine-optimization/disable-trackbacks-wordpress-blog.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.muztec.com/search-engine-optimization/disable-trackbacks-wordpress-blog.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
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