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Essential reading for journalists who want to work with mobile, social and multimedia platforms
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Effective use of Storify as a news reporting tool: An experiment in my digital journalism class

For effective use of Storify as a news reporting tool, some basic journalistic and web-writing guidelines should be employed.
Andy Bull's insight:

Good approach to Storify, bringing journalistc structure to using it for storytelling

Ellie K's comment, January 15, 2:33 AM
Storify is an excellent tool for news reporting, among other things. I hope Twitter doesn't cut them off. Storify is one of the best Twitter feeder services that I can think of.
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Using Google+ Is The Best Way To Boost Your Website's Search Ranking With Social

Using Google+ Is The Best Way To Boost Your Website's Search Ranking With Social | Multimedia Journalism | Scoop.it

Since Google introduced "Search Plus Your World," most Google Search users have seen results that add more emphasis to sites shared on Google+.


One search engine marketing firm, TastyPlacement  - http://bit.ly/KBn2qJ, took it upon themselves to conduct an unscientific-ish study to determine just how much of an effect Google+ promotion has on search ranking.

 

It turns out having Google+ followers boosts the ranking the most, while a "+1" still does way more for your search ranking than Facebook or Twitter.

 

Twitter actually ranks the lowest — which, given the bickering between Google and Twitter, isn't all that surprising either.

 

Read more: http://read.bi/KBnIwo ;


Via Steven Healey, John van den Brink, janlgordon, Andy Bull
John van den Brink's comment, May 1, 2012 3:49 PM
Jan, thank you for the re-scoop!
janlgordon's comment, May 1, 2012 3:49 PM
This is a great one Steven!!
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10 Productive Tasks You Should Be Doing On Google+ Right Now

10 Productive Tasks You Should Be Doing On Google+ Right Now | Multimedia Journalism | Scoop.it
This guest post is by Neil Patel of KISSmetrics. Google+ had a hot start, but has since cooled down. For ...


Lots of good suggestions - here's the takeaway:


Whether Google+ takes off or not, you can still use it to accomplish many productive and profitable things for your business. Besides, in the long run I believe that Google+ will play a large part in Google’s search algorithm, and when it does you’ll be ahead of the game!


What productive ways are you using Google+ to promote your business, your blog, and yourself?


Selected by Jan Gordon covering "Google+ Watch"


Read full article here: [http://bit.ly/s0upHV]


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