Yesterday, I mentioned elsewhere that Yahoo has started a Digg-clone, something that they are calling Yahoo Buzz. LinkedInAlthough it is currently in BETA and are only allowing 100 publishers to participate, I think that this could end up being a decent alternative to Digg — especially if you write something terrific and it ends up on the home page of Yahoo.

I’m always re-examining my social media strategy, trying to Stumble Upondetermine what is hot and what is not. Right now, I am employing a three-legged strategy, with some legs much firmer than others:

StumbleUpon — I’m still very active with this community, but I’m spending more time stumbling current friends pages than anything else. I left the reservation for awhile, stumbling pages I wasn’t too fond of, but I’ve gotten very picky over the past month and am being quite selective. Feel free to send pages you think that I will find interesting.

LinkedIn — I believe it was Anthony Kirlew at the Web Traffic Team who formed a connection with me on LinkedIn, a move that triggered me to take a closer look at this social networking tool. I’ve started to participate in LinkedIn Answers, a section of the site where members post business-related questions and people get to answer and I plan on meeting up with local members at an upcoming event.

MyBlogLog, BlogCatalog, et al — The third leg on my social networking stool is my weakest and includes a handful of social networks I check out from time to time. Each one has something for me, but I’m particularly fond of the MyBlogLog Buzz page where I can keep tabs on my stats.

Beyond that, I am making an effort to keep up with my blog reading, a much more personal way of staying in touch with people regardless of whether they are part of the same social networks I am involved with.

I think if social media dropped dead overnight, I’d still be in good shape — I know who many of you are and sometimes I simply prefer to stop by your site to see what is up.