Recently, I’ve been writing a lot about sites like digg and plurk. They’ve been titled Social Media, except that’s a little misleading.

Truth is that Plurk and Twitter’s main purpose isn’t sharing media, but more building connections and sharing ideas, along with media. To be more true to what they’re meant to do, I consider them Social Sharing sites.

To clear up all the confusion, I’ll outline, define, and give examples of the three Social site type.

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By the time Social Media was recognized to be a viable marketing technique, digg was already king of the hill. But as Social Media grows, so does the time required to be effective. Is it worth it? Or can your time be better spent elsewhere?

Social Media

The general technique with digg is to submit stories that will reach the front page, over time your user name and profile image become a “recognizable brand”.

Those who’s ultimate goal is becoming a Social Media Consultant, might revel in this advantage. For the rest of us, being considered a top digg user, is just another title to add to our ego.

I’ve already written multiple times on the branding benefits of social media, and social networking. But what about Internet Marketers looking for a bump in Search Engine Results. I’ve put together a guide explaining how each Social Media site can be used for Search Engine Optimization.

Disclaimer:
Mixing Search Engine Optimization and Social Media is a very dangerous technique. Your outcome is based on the emphasis you place on either branding or SEO.

Marketer’s that recognize Social Media’s main function is branding, leaving SEO to be a secondary effect, will find success in their campaigns. However, marketer’s, or better yet spammers, that use Social Media as a link building resource, can expect their brand to be muddied to a point of disrepair.

For those that understand Social Media but do not know what secondary effects are possible, I’ve outlined what each network offers.

It’s sad that the news tends to give the Internet a bum rap. Just look at how many shows are dedicated to how shitty things are, and how dangerous the Internet is.

Want an example? Check out “To Catch a Predator“. The show is dedicated to finding online predators. They do this by getting a girl to pretend she’s a 14 year old girl in a chat room, and then inviting the guy over to have sex.

First of all, I want to know how the producer’s know which chat rooms to go to, but more importantly it seems that the girls are really the ones leading the men to the idea of sex. In fact a number of cases had to be dropped since the men had been illegally arrested.

All is not lost though, because I know truthfully, that a majority of Internet users are good people. The media works hard to fear monger, while bloggers continually fight to show truth.

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