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		<title>Google turns whole web into social network</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google turns whole web into social network
By: Vincent Maher

It was just a matter of time before Google started to leverage the massive base of Google accounts to connect everyone together. As usual, this new Google project is ambitious &#8211; instead of creating a new social network as a destination site, the new Friend Connect service [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=socialmediacharity.wordpress.com&blog=5514479&post=82&subd=socialmediacharity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://socialmediacharity.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/google-turns-whole-web-into-social-network/</link>
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		<title>Friendster Receives Patent on Compatibility Scoring of Online Social Network Users</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec 09, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ &#8212; Friendster, Inc., a top 20 global website based on traffic and the #1 social network in Asia, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the social networking pioneer a new U.S. Patent, titled &#8220;Compatibility Scoring of Users in a Social Network&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=socialmediacharity.wordpress.com&blog=5514479&post=81&subd=socialmediacharity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://socialmediacharity.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/friendster-receives-patent-on-compatibility-scoring-of-online-social-network-users/</link>
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		<title>Social Networking for Charity</title>
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Young donors and volunteers, snubbing traditional appeals such as direct mail and phone calls, are satisfying their philanthropic urges on the Internet. They&#8217;re increasingly turning to blogs and social-networking Web sites, such as MySpace and Facebook, to spread the word about &#8212; and raise funds for &#8212; their favorite nonprofits and causes. They&#8217;re sending Web-based [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=socialmediacharity.wordpress.com&blog=5514479&post=80&subd=socialmediacharity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://socialmediacharity.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/social-networking-for-charity/</link>
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		<title>Social Media ad Spending decline, demands inproved results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160;The global financial crisis and drastically lower consumer spending, as indicated by Friday&#8217;s Commerce Department report of a 2.8% drop in October retail sales, has forced marketers to slash budgets and seek better performing alternatives.

            The consumer spending recession is quickly &#8220;trickling-down&#8221; to cause [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=socialmediacharity.wordpress.com&blog=5514479&post=79&subd=socialmediacharity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://socialmediacharity.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/social-media-ad-spending-decline-demands-inproved-results/</link>
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		<title>Greenwood High School is a web 2.0 innovator&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; A high school as an innovator. It has happened. GHS or Greenwood highschool has taken myspace into their own hands, by rolling out their own schools&#8217; social network. This in my opinion is an innovation that every school, religous orginization and charity in the country should follow. With the small cost (under $100 usd) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=socialmediacharity.wordpress.com&blog=5514479&post=78&subd=socialmediacharity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://socialmediacharity.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/greenwood-high-school-is-a-web-20-innovator/</link>
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		<title>Social Networking/Charity Mashups</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Cause-Related Marketing in the Newest Social Media

In the last quarter three charity/social networking mashups have crossed my desk, each with their own distinctive tang. All three are in beta, that is, they’re works in progress. All are for-profit endeavors. All could benefit from a little ‘network effect’ love.
The network effect aka Metcalf’s Law postulates [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=socialmediacharity.wordpress.com&blog=5514479&post=77&subd=socialmediacharity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://socialmediacharity.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/social-networkingcharity-mashups/</link>
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		<title>Memelabs, the user-generated video contest platform company,</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Memelabs, the user-generated video contest platform company, today announces the release of a custom version of memelabs to help non-profit organizations and charities easily create and manage User Generated Video (UGV) campaigns online. The company is rolling out a pilot version of the new platform for Apathy is Boring, a Canadian non-partisan project that uses [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=socialmediacharity.wordpress.com&blog=5514479&post=76&subd=socialmediacharity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://socialmediacharity.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/memelabs-the-user-generated-video-contest-platform-company/</link>
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		<title>Social Networks Emerging as New Charity Fundraising Platforms</title>
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     &#8220;We&#8217;ve seen social media can be used to bring people together for all sorts of reasons; I really hope [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=socialmediacharity.wordpress.com&blog=5514479&post=75&subd=socialmediacharity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://socialmediacharity.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/social-networks-emerging-as-new-charity-fundraising-platforms/</link>
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		<title>Charity Badge: Using the Power of Social Networking for Good</title>
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Yahoo has come up with a way to mix social networking with charities and non-profits. Called Yahoo! For Good, it has partnered with &#8216;charity aggregator&#8217; Network for Good and launched a personalized Charity Badge &#8211; for people to put on their websites, social networks or email. To promote the initiative, Yahoo! will match the amount [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=socialmediacharity.wordpress.com&blog=5514479&post=74&subd=socialmediacharity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://socialmediacharity.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/charity-badge-using-the-power-of-social-networking-for-good/</link>
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		<title>Power to the people: The new era of social network marketing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The world of social networks is a daunting one for marketers. At last count, MySpace.com had over 300 million users, Facebook boasted over 62 million active accounts and business networks such as Plaxo and LinkedIn featured over 15 million profiles each. 
Social networks hold huge opportunities for brands. The personal, interactive nature of social networks [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=socialmediacharity.wordpress.com&blog=5514479&post=73&subd=socialmediacharity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://socialmediacharity.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/power-to-the-people-the-new-era-of-social-network-marketing/</link>
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