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Feb 7, 2009 1:22:20 PM
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I do not know why we did not do this sooner. We have switched our live forums, user blogs and added live chat to our website using a third party easily and for free, very similar to the way that Realtown has been integrated into RISMedia.com.
Why re-invent the wheel? Ning.com is aligned with Google, not going anywhere, and getting really cool. I was able to turn the branded chat I have as a result of the switch into a widget on our MUWordpress blog in a matter of minutes: see Socialmediasystems.com/blog/ - the link is in the upper left under the header.

The only drawback is that ning.com inserts a few Google ads on the right of the forums (their revenue model) but not the chat window - not a big deal for me because we intentionally define our own niche in a ridiculously competitive industry (online marketing services), but it could be problematic for Realtors to use the forums, however they could use the Chat as a stand-alone solution; and use their Realtown Group, or Community for forums.
I think that ning.com should have an alternative paid service instead of having ads. I will attempts to get them to consider it.
If any of you have questions about doing the branding for the ning.com service to match your website and logo and stuff, I just did it yesterday so I would be happy to assist you here, just ask your questions.
This is the very reason why I say that traditional SEO is dead, these very elaborate third party services, ajax drag and drop features, open-social and the like will eventually completely close the technology gap, creating a much more level playing field. Very soon you will realize that Realtown communities will also be part of these developments. Comments, questions?

  1. Edited by Social Media Marketing Guru on Feb 12, 2009 10:48:15 AM
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Feb 7, 2009 1:47:42 PM
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Fixed the typos on the online version, teh spell check does not always work for me for some reason.

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