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FreshPips – Another Social News site about Forex

admin — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:16:44 +0000

Some days ago I wrote about social news sites related to the trading/investment sphere. Namely FeedTheBull and Tip’d. These pages are great places to find interesting news on anything related to trading, investments, etc. Another site similar to FeedTheBull and Tip’s is FreshPips. As you probably can tell from the name, this site is in family with BabyPips, and ReviewPips which I wrote about just the other day. Actually I didn’t have any idea that FreshPips existed, before I read this post over at TradingMetro. FreshPips is just like FeedTheBull and Tip’s, created with a voting system, which enable members to cast a vote on submitted stories which they enjoy. In the right sidebar, you can see the most popular stories of the day. Everyone can submit a link, you just have to be a member. Signing up is easy and will take you no more than a few minutes. So far I have made two submissions which have been well received. If you have a forex related blog, FreshPips is a great place to make people aware of your stories. If you are looking for the latest analysis this would be a good place to look for it. FreshPips is a great place, with a lot of activity, considering that they are operating within a rather “limited” niche. Check it out.

Frontpage on feed the bull

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:05:24 +0000

I went over to FeedTheBull, just to notice that my Review of Forex Confidant is on the front page. Well I know that this is not exactly like Digg, Reddit, etc. so there have been no huge spikes in traffic to my page like there is when someone hits the front page on one of the big social news sites. Anyway, I just got excited, so I wanted to write about it. You can probably tell this is the first time I have experienced this. However, this might sound better than it actually is. If getting 7 votes is all it takes to get to the front page, it should be possible to get that position a couple of times. Anyway, thanks for the votes, guys.

Social Bookmarking for Traders

admin — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:03:53 +0000

There are lots of great places to get news about, what is hot in the trading sphere. Forums, bogs, newspapers, TV, etc. However, sorting good from bad, interesting from boring and reliable from undependable, can be a difficult and time-consuming task. Luckily there is an easy way around this. Social bookmarking and social news pages have received a lot of attention in recent years, and with good reason. It really sorts all the information in the best way possibly.

There is a ton of different social bookmarking sites out there, but a few of them should be enough to keep you going for a while. The best known, and the one who started the entire trend, is Digg. This page is huge, and you can find a lot o new and interesting materiel every day. The front-page over at Digg, always seems to be filled with typical topics such as, apple, Mr. bush, lists, etc. So you might want to jump into the sub-category World & Business, if you are looking for financial news. Similar to Digg, is StumbleUpon, another great site/software for exploration of the web. StumbleUpon works a bit different than Digg, using a toolbar while browsing around, with the option to give a specific site a thumb up. These two are probably the most popular ones at the moment. They are great tools for finding interesting stuff online, and stealing time!

Now if you are looking for more trading related information, Digg and StumbleUpon are probably not the best social sites. Currently there are two social sites related to trading, which I am aware of, which is Tip’d and Feed The Bull. Both pages are great sources for anything related to trading, investing, Wall Street buzz, etc. However, Tip’d and Feed The Bull, are both working with a more specific topic than Digg and StumbleUpon, so don’t expect as much action. A typical front page story on Tip’s or Feed The Bull, will usually have around 5 – 15 votes. Although the number of votes is rather small compared to a front page story on Digg, this should not be underestimated. There is a lot of interesting materiel at these two pages. Go and become a member, and start voting and posting. If any of you guys know any other site similar to these ones, please drop a comment.