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Submitted by Andy Beal on Wed, 05/30/2007 - 13:13.

CNET is running opposite perspectives on social messaging service Twitter.

Caroline McCarthy is writing in favor of the service…

The beauty of Twitter is that, unlike a full-out blog, there’s no obligation to be philosophical, thought-provoking or grammatically sound. Because it doesn’t require that kind of extra effort, it’s great for people like me who want to jump on the social-media bandwagon but don’t have the time to set up something elaborate on WordPress.

Meanwhile, Elinor Mills goes on the attack…

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Sara asks:
Here I have a question lingering in my mind for a long time, the question is “What is the difference between adjective and noun when they two can both modify a noun?” The other day, I came across the Chinese sentence….????????????????Here, ?????, the rendering to has two versions, one is “safe razor” and the other is “safety razor”. I am a little confused about their differences and I hope you can throw some light on this.

My comments:
The example you gave, Sara, sounds a tad bizarre but your question is legit. I have a question for you regarding the bizarre part, but I shall answer your question first.

Noun as adjective, isn’t it?

From personal experience,

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 By Mark Jackson | May 29, 2007

Search engine optimization is a close cousin to public relations. In fact, they could be twin siblings. Much like traditional PR firms will focus on pitching your story to the Wall Street Journal, search engine optimization firms pitch your Web site to the search engines in the hopes they will find your information credible and rank-worthy.

And in the same way that part of public relations is the management of customer relationships, there is a part of SEO that performs the same role: corporate blogging.

Last week, in Blog Your Way to the Top, I touched on three benefits of corporate blogs in developing and enhancing your online presence. Today, I’ll hone in on one of those benefits – perhaps the most important one of all – customer relationship management (CRM).

Nurturing Your Existing Customers

It goes without saying that

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