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		<title>What is SOPA?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Custons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetSOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act bill. If the bill is passed, the US government will be able to go after any foreign site hosting unauthorized copyrighted material. This could include asking ISP (internet service providers), credit card companies and online advertisers to cut all ties with the sites. The bill would cause problems [...]


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<li><a href='http://blog.social-media.co.uk/news/google-voices-concern-over-microsoft-deal-42' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Google voices concern over Microsoft deal'>Google voices concern over Microsoft deal</a></li>
<li><a href='http://blog.social-media.co.uk/news/stumbleupon-shoots-past-the-1-billion-mark-259' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: StumbleUpon shoots past the 1 billion mark!'>StumbleUpon shoots past the 1 billion mark!</a></li>
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		<title>Google Buzz Obituary</title>
		<link>http://blog.social-media.co.uk/news/google-buzz-obituary-418</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Custons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetGoogle Buzz, the awkward offspring of Google inc. was put to rest on October 14th at 10:03am EST. The site was an attempt at combining social media interaction with emails yet it never caught the public’s full attention. Throughout its short lived life Buzz was criticised for being too open and it always lived in [...]


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<li><a href='http://blog.social-media.co.uk/news/google-news-teams-up-with-news-agencies-29' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Google News teams up with news agencies'>Google News teams up with news agencies</a></li>
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		<title>StumbleUpon shoots past the 1 billion mark!</title>
		<link>http://blog.social-media.co.uk/news/stumbleupon-shoots-past-the-1-billion-mark-259</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Custons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetStumbleUpon is one of the internet’s most used bookmarking services and according to their latest figures it has become even more popular. Users can bookmark their favourite pages using the websites toolbar and then click the stumble button and find other similar pages that they may like. It is a great tool that allows users [...]


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<li><a href='http://blog.social-media.co.uk/news/social-media-on-twitter-91' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Social Media Ltd on Twitter'>Social Media Ltd on Twitter</a></li>
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		<title>And the lucky Charity is&#8230;..</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Custons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetSocial Media Ltd wanted to give back and so we decided to use our expertise in digital marketing to help one lucky charity. We will choose a company from our entries and will offer the charity a marketing service that suits them. Our winning organisation will receive 1 year of our service for free, which [...]


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<li><a href='http://blog.social-media.co.uk/news/facebook-widget-designers-on-drugs-27' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Facebook widget designers on drugs?'>Facebook widget designers on drugs?</a></li>
<li><a href='http://blog.social-media.co.uk/news/social-media-more-popular-than-email-76' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Social media more popular than email'>Social media more popular than email</a></li>
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		<title>Social Media Ltd featured in October&#8217;s GQ mag</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.social-media.co.uk/news/gq-october-issue-features-social-media-ltd-236#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>social media</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetGQ Magazine (Gentleman’s Quarterly) is one of Britain’s oldest and most famous men’s magazines. The multinational publication was established in 1988 and currently has a total UK circulation of 240,000 copies per annum. Social Media LTD were kindly asked by GQ to give our expert thoughts on how politicians are interacting through social media. The [...]


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		<title>Social Media Ltd on Twitter</title>
		<link>http://blog.social-media.co.uk/news/social-media-on-twitter-91</link>
		<comments>http://blog.social-media.co.uk/news/social-media-on-twitter-91#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>social media</dc:creator>
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		<title>Social media more popular than email</title>
		<link>http://blog.social-media.co.uk/news/social-media-more-popular-than-email-76</link>
		<comments>http://blog.social-media.co.uk/news/social-media-more-popular-than-email-76#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>social media</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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		<title>Marketing crunch &#8211; back to the basics</title>
		<link>http://blog.social-media.co.uk/news/marketing-crunch-back-to-the-basics-56</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>social media</dc:creator>
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		<title>Google Adwords Dutch it again</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Google voices concern over Microsoft deal</title>
		<link>http://blog.social-media.co.uk/news/google-voices-concern-over-microsoft-deal-42</link>
		<comments>http://blog.social-media.co.uk/news/google-voices-concern-over-microsoft-deal-42#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>social media</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetMicrosoft&#8217;s past has shown the creation of monopolies in the software market and Google is now afraid, Bill Gates and company will try to do the same online. Senior Google vice-president David Drummond has reminded the world of Microsoft&#8217;s illegal attempts to monopolise trade and using it&#8217;s affluence now to infect other markets. Valid argument [...]


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