Archive for the ‘social media’ category

Google Sidewiki – Comments No Longer Closed, Interaction Required

October 15th, 2009

Toolbars, Add-ons, Plugins, etc al. whatever you call them, for whichever browser you are using, they have long been used to extend the capabilities of your browser and add additional functionality catered to your unique user requirements. On Sept. 23rd Google launched Sidewiki, a new tool in their popular Google Toolbar for IE & Firefox.

The idea behind Sidewiki is to allow users of the Google Toolbar to create comments on any page – on any website – on the Internet. It is creating another layer to your website (as a webmaster) you might not know about. The intentions of Sidewiki are of course benevolent in its roots but of course people will eventually learn how to exploit it or leave damaging comments about your business for other Sidewiki users to view.

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Why Businesses Need Social Media

July 16th, 2009

What the Fuck is Social Media Slideshow:
This is one of the best slideshows that sums up the stats for social media and why businesses need to be utlizing the power of social media networks to drive supplemental business.
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Top 100 Social Brands of 2008 by Industry

January 30th, 2009

Yesterday, Virtue posted a Top 100 Social Brands of 2008 list on their blog.

The companies that interested me from the list first were all of the automakers. For an industry that seems to be hitting major major hard times in the US they make up nearly a quarter of the top 100 social brands of 2008 list.

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Social Media Spammers Target Freelancers

January 15th, 2009

I am a member of a freelance SEO site where dozens of projects are posted on a daily basis that allows SEO experts to bid on the projects. Most the projects are for link building (of course) but there are also some good projects that help you keep all your skills sharp.

So, I scroll through the projects that were posted overnight every morning and two stood out from the rest for me this morning – not in a good way either.

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