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Social Media Tech Tools: Alltop, A Tool to Help You Search the Web
Posted on November 4th, 2011 By Kevin Kovanich No Comments So Far
I just wanted to start this entry by saying one thing: we get it. We know that one of the reasons many people don’t get involved with social media is because they simply don’t have enough time. And it’s true. With an endless number of blogs, news stories, community-based platforms such as Facebook and other online information on the Web covering every subject under the sun, it is difficult to sort through the “noise” and find what is really of value to you.
But whether you ever submit a post on Facebook or Twitter or not, there is a wealth of information online that could be of interest to you and add value to your day – if you can find it. Fortunately, there are tools that can help solve the problem of information overload by providing an efficient and user-friendly way to search out, organize, and read online content.
Alltop, a free content aggregator site, is designed to help you do just that. Alltop allows a reader to build a custom page of online content sources they want to follow. Alltop clearly organizes a wide-range of top blogs and news sites by topic and displays the most recent headlines from these sources. Subjects covered include virtually anything a reader could be interested in – from general topics like politics and business news, to more specific subjects such as franchising, golf or the iPad. Content is organized in an intuitive framework that makes it easy to find and review. All the reader has to do is select the content sources they want to follow and it is displayed on their personal page. The personal page is then automatically updated when the selected sources post new content. In essence, Alltop gives you a personalized online magazine rack.
Alltop is just one of the tools available to Web surfers looking for more efficient ways to filter information. Along with Google Reader, social bookmarking sites, and micro-blogging services like Twitter, websites like Alltop offer Web surfers a convenient way to find and view the information they want.
Tags: Alltop, Blog, Facebook, Google Reader, Guy Kawasaki, Online Communities, Online magazine, twitter
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