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A couple of days ago I spotted Steve Rubel posting about how he finds content to blog about – he has created a blog feeder. A new tool from Technorati has increased the potential for such blog feeders.

I’ve always tried to keep an eye on my blog traffic statistics, but a deeper look into the three tools I’ve been using threw up a bit of a surprise.

After a particularly manic week on all fronts, it’s good to take a few minutes out and reflect on what’s behind some of the bizarre goings-on at work.

Sometimes it can be really great to stumble across a blog and learn something new. I did just that this evening when I ended up reading Ian Delaney’s explanation of non-linear search.

Spannerworks has just published a handy new e-book covering the basics of social media.

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Mainstream adoption of RSS took a step forward yesterday when Google launched its Reader product. This is the new version of Google’s RSS reader and includes features like feed discovery and sharing.

So David Brain has had an unexpected opportunity to chat face to face with Colin Farrington, CIPR director-general. And the conversation has thrown up a challenge – what does the UK social media community want CIPR to do to promote these new communications channels?

The discussion around the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) and the thoughts of Director-General Colin Farrington on social media continues.

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