by muhammad Saleem.

digg has been making a lot of moves lately so i wrote a recap detailing what the moves are and wether it’s progress or merely catch up.

All of the feature additions from Digg are actually a good thing. But let’s be honest, all of them previously existed, were removed (regardless of the reason) and are now being reinstated. These features aren’t new to long time users of Digg and they certainly aren’t revolutionary or radical.

They are, however, features that never should’ve been removed in the first place.

read the full post at venturebeat.

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there have only been three artists ever to be a part of youtube’s 1 billion club. eminem is the third and latest.

eminem is quickly becoming a digital force to be reckoned with. on presidents day, the rapper became only the third artist to reach 1 billion views on youtube.

check out the full article along with eminem’s most popular music videos.

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We all know Twitter is huge, but how big is it really? And what do those numbers mean?

While the site’s growth has certainly been impressive and it has reached the point of non-displacement, there are some interesting hidden truths about Twitter and its users. The following graphic takes a look at Twitter’s path to 10 billion tweets, what we have learned about its users and what they’ve been talking about along the way.

Check out the infographic and don’t forget to digg it!

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Facebook turned 6 earlier this month, but what does that mean in numbers?

Facebook was launched on February 4, 2004 and has come a long way from a Harvard-only networking site in the intervening years. In fact, Facebook has undoubtedly become the world’s largest social network, with over 400 million users worldwide and more than 900 employees. Let’s take a closer look at what kinds of numbers and user activity this growth translates to.

Check out the infographic and don’t forget to digg it!

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Thanks to everyone that voted for me in Invesp’s annual top 100 marketers poll. I was at #94 on their list last year and moved up to #43 this year.

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After the success of last year’s list, Invesp is at it again with their user-voted list of the top 100 online marketers of the year. I was at #94 on their list last year and have been nominated again this year. Voting will end at midnight on December 13th.

To submit your vote, please select the radio button next to the name of the nominee and then click on the vote button. To learn more about each candidate, check out their Twitter page.

Cast your vote here.

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It’s that time of the year again and I’m very excited to be heading off to BlogWorldExpo 2009! If you’re also going to the conference, please get in touch with me because I would love to party with you while I’m in Vegas. All of my contact information is on my contact page.

Here are the panels that I will be on, followed by the sessions I’m looking forward to attending. If you think I missed a good one, please let me know.

My sessions (Friday October 16)

12:45pm – 1:45pm (Room 230) ROI Smackdown: New Media versus Traditional Media

3:00pm – 3.30pm (Room 231) Building a Sustainable Online Community

4:00pm – 5:00pm (Live Podcasting Area) Live with The Drill Down Crew

The sessions I will be attending (please click to enlarge)

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I was invited to speak on a couple of panels and will hopefully be representing on a third at South by Southwest 2010. To make this happen, however, I need your support. SXSW is asking you (the potential attendee) to vote on which panels you would like to see at the conference next year. Please take a look at the following three and vote for them if they interest you (which I hope they do!)

1. How to Influence Tastemakers
2. How to Recover from a Brand Collapse
3. Will Bloggers Save Journalism: The ChicagoNow Experiment

Thanks for taking a look. If all goes well, I hope to see you all at SXSW 2010!

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It took a little over a month to get everything in place but I’m very excited to finally announce that I have just accepted the amazing opportunity to head social media strategy at ChicagoNow! In case you’re wondering what we’re all about, our editorial director Tracy describes it succinctly as “Huffington Post meets Facebook for Chicago”.

We’re blessed with fantastic leadership and a well-rounded team of community managers and bloggers who are passionate about Chicago and everything it has to offer. So please stop by, register on the site, and don’t forget to tell us how we’re doing and how we can improve.

ChicagoNow is a new place for Chicagoans to connect and share their interests with each other.

We think of it as an online town square for the Chicago of right now–the city that gave the world a president and may host the world for an Olympics.

We’ve quickly grown from a handful of blogs to almost 70 blogs and are looking forward to welcoming many more into the ChicagoNow family (if you think you could be one of our future superstars, or would like to partner/collaborate with us, don’t hesitate to get in touch). Finally, we’re less than a week away from taking the beta sticker off the site so please drop by and take a look, we’re confident that you’ll fall in love.

Hey everyone, wanted to announce that Tip’d, our socially driven community for financial news, ideas, and tips has turned 2.0. Please drop by the blog to check out all the changes.

Also, read more coverage: Mashable, Read/WriteWeb, The Huffington Post, Soshable, The Lost Jacket and Tropical SEO.