Emergence Media

I’m still catching up on the long weekend, so it’ll be a few days before a major post. In the mean time, check out the following

• “MySpace Users Grow Unhappy Over Fake Profiles” - Ilya Vedrashko
  A backlash against Social Media Marketing?
• “Social Media Optimization, eh? Let’s See What’s in Our Bag o’ Goodies” - Rand Fishkin
  Rand Fishkin of SEOMoz writes on a more practical angle on applying “Social Media Optimization”
• “Danny Sullivan to Leave SEW & SES” via SEW Forums
  Danny Sullivan, the established leader of Search Marketing, leaves SearchEngineWatch and the Search Engine Strategies confererence. Is this the beginning of the end of the open search marketers culture? See SE Roundtable’s roundup.
• “JupiterResearch Tries to Redefine ‘Social Marketing’” - Rohit Bhargava
  JupiterResearch pushes the phrase “Social Marketing” for “Social Media” oriented marketing, althought oddly “Social Marketing” is already used for social issues oriented marketing.