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New features for 'share this story' function

Fans of the "Share this story" function featured on every story page of roanoke.com now have three new social networks to use: Google Bookmarks, Facebook and Reddit. Each Web site offers unique ways to share content published on our site with friends, family and complete strangers.

We've also reworked the functionality for sharing stories with some of the existing social networking sites. Users should now have to fill in less fields than before with some services, Digg being one.

If you haven't explored the use of the "Share this story" function, I encourage you to give it a try. All of the social networking sites are free to use, and all offer value for staying informed -- Digg, Newsvine, Reddit, Technorati -- while others can improve productivity -- del.icio.us, Ma.gnolia, Google Bookmarks and My Yahoo! Facebook is, well, just for fun.

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[November 29, 2006 11:21 PM]

Ed Garrison : →http://www.absillinois.com

What about ClickTribe.com?

While they're not (yet) anywhere near as big as digg & reddit, they have the advantage that they let users form their own communities or "ClickTribes."

Items posted there will get more attention from people really interested in them because they are specifically earmarked as important to one or more of the communities--and community members are more loyal to the site and come back more often than the casual readers of digg & reddit.

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