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JapanSoc Update - 100 Users and Upcoming Downtime

March 7th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

JapanSoc hits 100 users! 
Edward Chmura put out a good word for JapanSoc on Japundit this week, helping to push the number of registered users over the 100 mark. Let me thank Ed, who is also responsible for the excellent Japan Talk podcast, and let me welcome any new JapanSoc users to my blog, the place [...]

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JapanSoc Video Tutorial - Social Bookmarking Button

February 23rd, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

Over on the Daily J, our friend Tori is working hard to bring Japan’s community of bloggers together. As well as projects such as Nipponster and Japanopedia, he is regularly giving exposure to blogs and community-driven websites such as JapanSoc.
To my surprise, he has started on a series of video tutorials for each of the [...]

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See Spam on JapanSoc? Bury It!

February 21st, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

Imagine you own a business. You need a website, so you hire a programmer to build one for you. You need content, so you hire someone to write articles for you. Now you have this great website, but you don’t have any visitors. The next step would be to hire an SEO (Search Engine Optimization) [...]

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New JapanSoc Banners and Buttons

February 15th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

For JapanSoc to be successful, it needs the support of the Japan blogging community. So, to assist my fellow bloggers in exposing new readers to the social bookmarking site, I’ve put together a selection of banners and buttons which you can add to your own blog or website.

Phew! They were hard work to make, but [...]

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JapanSoc Web Widget

February 14th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

submit_url = ‘http://www.longcountdown.com/2008/02/14/japansoc-web-widget/’;I really wanted to make some kind of gizmo to display the JapanSoc RSS feed anywhere online, and was thrilled to find a website that made this process extremely easy. So easy in fact, even Michael McKinlay has done it! Thanks to WidgetBox.com, anyone with an RSS feed can make a “Blidget” [...]

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JapanSoc Poll - 3 Socs to Hit Front Page?

February 13th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

submit_url = ‘http://www.longcountdown.com/2008/02/13/japansoc-poll-3-socs-to-hit-front-page/’;JapanSoc continues to grow. There have been 398 Japan-related articles submitted to the site since it started last November. On those articles, there have been 348 comments and 1159 votes. That means that each article has been soc’ed an average 2.9 times.
Hitting the JapanSoc front page
Currently, when an article is submitted to JapanSoc, [...]

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JapanSoc Toolbox

February 9th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

submit_url = ‘http://www.longcountdown.com/2008/02/09/japansoc-toolbox/’;Welcome to the JapanSoc Toolbox, a page full of resources to help you get the most out of Japan’s fastest growing social bookmarking site for the foreign community. I’ve listed them in order of release, with new additions added as they become available.
The JapanSoc Bookmarklet - Submit while you surf

The bookmarklet is added [...]

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Ramsay Ramblings 1/30/2008

January 30th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

Today’s ramblings cover Japan’s desire for foreign workers, a Japanese alternative to Adsense, the latest on JapanSoc, and an unexpected present.
Japanese businesses gearing up for foreign workers
I’ve just been watching my wife’s favorite TV show - no, not Aura no Izumi! - actually, she turns on the telly every night to watch World Business Satellite [...]

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JapanSoc Voting Button for Blogs

January 13th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

submit_url = ‘http://www.longcountdown.com/2008/01/13/japansoc-voting-button-for-blogs/’;By now you’ll know that I’ve started a social bookmarking site for everything Japan-related. If you’ve registered for JapanSoc and write about Japan on your own blog, then you’ll probably want this Digg-style voting button on your site.
What does the button do?
It allows your readers to easily submit your blog posts to JapanSoc, [...]

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Japan Exposed Through Opinion Poll Translations

January 12th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

Foreign perception of Japan is often tarnished by sweeping generalizations made by people who lack the language skills and tools necessary to understand the real thoughts and actions of Japan’s general public.
What Japan Thinks
Introducing Ken Y-N, a legend among Japan bloggers and the face behind What Japan Thinks, a blog full of English translations [...]

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Questions for JapanSoc Users #1

January 11th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

submit_url = ‘http://www.longcountdown.com/2008/01/11/questions-for-japansoc-users-1/’;If you haven’t yet registered for the Japan-related social bookmarking website, JapanSoc, please sign up! This is a new community which is growing quite rapidly thanks to some wonderful support from my fellow “Japan” bloggers.
A few questions for JapanSoc users
Since I’m at the helm, I’d like to get some feedback from current [...]

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Using JapanSoc to Boost Blog Traffic

January 7th, 2008 by Nick Ramsay

submit_url = ‘http://www.longcountdown.com/2008/01/07/using-japansoc-to-boost-blog-traffic/’;From time to time, I’ll be posting about my new project, JapanSoc, so if you’re not sure what it is, please read the article JapanSoc Brings Social Bookmarking to Japan so that you understand these posts!
Over on the Daily J, Chris B posted a comment about JapanSoc’s voting system, suggesting that people could [...]

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JapanSoc Brings Social Bookmarking to Japan

November 11th, 2007 by Nick Ramsay

Social bookmarking is a means of saving links to your favorite pages online and sharing them with other people. Just like you can add your favorite sites to your browser’s Favorites or Bookmarks, you can add them to a social bookmarking website which you and your friends can access anytime, anywhere, even from a different [...]

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