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There has been some great analysis of StumbleUpon top users and of the StumbleUpon algorithm, but there has been little examination of the relationship between StumbleUpon users and their friends. After coming across interesting complex data visualization tools we wanted to visualize the stumblesphere of top users.

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A recent study released by Hitwise shows an increase in UK traffic to newspaper websites. It has been reported that print readership of newspapers dropped by a staggering 5million in 15 years. This equates to nearly a 20% decrease. If readership is falling in print editions, what are newspapers doing online to make up for it? What role does social media play? We analysed the major daily national newspapers in the UK to see how well they had incorporated social media into their online editions.

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So what was the most popular type of content on social news and social bookmark sites this January? You can see last months stats here and this month we have included analysis of another two sites, Mixx and Shoutwire.

We analysed approximately 500 front-page stories for Digg, Reddit, Propeller, StumbleUpon and Del.icio.us and Mixx to see what types of content were the most popular in January 2008 (500 stories for each site, not in total).

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Have you taken the time to create great content, but feel like you’re not getting the recognition you deserve? We’ve listed some of the most common ways to make sure your content fails on social media sites. So, come on, back away from the ledge and let’s take a look at how you can save your great content from dying a slow and painful death.