All Entries in the "Social Media" Category
Showing Haiti Some Love Through Social Networking
When a 7.0 earthquake struck on January 12 near Port au Prince, Haiti, rescue teams and aid organizations from around the world sprung almost immediately into action. Social media users around the globe also got their fingers busy in a race to spread the word—and even to say what they’ve seen first-hand.
Safeguarding Your Privacy in the Upside-Down World of Facebook
Besides losing track of time, it’s easy to get so caught up in Facebook that you may forget your very public conversations are just that: very public. After all, you’re only talking on your wall to two or three friends…surely no one else is even paying attention.
Twitter – Monetize or Die
Biz Stone announced for Reuters that Twitter is not considering adopting an advertiser-funded approach, however, the microblogging platform is now developing a set of tools that will eventually generate revenue.
The Evolution of Twitter
It’s no secret that Facebook and MySpace aren’t the only social media tools out there. It’s also no secret that Google isn’t always the best way to get up-to-date information. The reason behind both of those epiphanies seems to be Twitter. It appeared on the scene seemingly overnight and has taken the Internet by storm, mostly because of [...]
Are Facebook and MySpace Losing Out to Twitter?
If you spend much time on the Internet at all, you probably use MySpace, Facebook, or Twitter. Perhaps you use all three — a lot of people do. When you use them for personal enjoyment it’s much different than when you use them for business, though, and people have failed to make the distinction before.
Twellow: Making Twitter Work for Business
Twitter is a rapidly growing social network, but until recently, it was a real chore to find someone on the site. Twellow.com, the brainchild of the minds behind WebProNews, has changed all that. The self-proclaimed “Yellow Pages of Twitter” offers a whole new method of searching users and has made Twitter even more useful for [...]
When StumbleUpon Clones Digg and Vice Versa
The SU community is raving about the new share tool recently introduced by StumbleUpon to motivate its users’ engagement. When it first launched I got at least 20 messages about it in my SU toolbar. My first reaction was, as expected “How cool!” but I grew to dislike the feature all together after a few [...]
The Outlook for Search Engine Marketing
The king of Search is still Google, but its domination is in decline. Twitter’s search tool is gaining momentum – the microblogging platform considered by Google’s CEO “a poor man’s email system” poses as a “threat” to Google because it delivers real time results.
Social Media — Is It For You?
If you’re a blogger or if you have another type of Internet site for your product or service — or if you have both — you might be thinking about social media, as well. Social media is designed to bring people together on a social level, but there are a lot more people getting interested [...]
Can SEO and Social Media Really Work Together?
SEO is the next big thing for getting people to your Website through the search engines. Social Media is the next big thing for bringing people together. What could be better than bringing a lot of people together and getting them all to go to your Website – or at least a lot of them? [...]