Barack Obama Hacked on Twitter

Yesterday it was phishing attacks and an iPhone affiliate offer that were flooding Twitter.

Today… Twitter’s top accounts are being hacked. Some are posting tweets meant to insult or ruin the reputation of the hacked individual.

In the case of the largest account on Twitter, belonging to President Barack Obama, the hackers placed another affiliate link.

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January 5, 2009 | Filed Under Social Media, Tips, Twitter, Viral Marketing | 2 Comments 

Urls to Improve Your Reddit Experience

If you listen to me speak or read my blog often enough, then you know that I am a huge supporter of Reddit, one of the largest social news sites on the web.

I have regularly reviewed new features, and had the chance to test and provide feedback before they go live on the site.

Yet even after knowing the guys for a while now and getting a little better look at the inner workings of the site than most, I still learn something new about Reddit on a regular basis.

For instance… you would be amazed at how many various url structures will show you different and interesting ways to view content within Reddit.

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January 5, 2009 | Filed Under Reddit, Social Media, Tips | 2 Comments 

Twitter Overrun with Phishing DMs & iPhone Offers

If you have been active on Twitter today, then you are likely to have noticed or heard about the mass numbers of DMs, or Direct Messages, that people are receiving.

It all started with a number of DMs going out saying “hey look at this funny blog http://rosalierebyb.blogspo…”.

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January 4, 2009 | Filed Under Social Media, Twitter | 2 Comments 

Yahoo.com… Taking Over the Web, One Site at a Time?

I noticed something rather interesting while checking some backlinks on a recent social media campaign.

The campaign we were working on reached Yahoo’s front page through the Buzz system.

While going through all the backlinks, I started to notice quite a few sites that were showing up as Yahoo.com.

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January 2, 2009 | Filed Under Social Media, Yahoo | 3 Comments 

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