When URL shorteners first came about, spammers used them to disguise malicious links. Now that social networks like Twitter have propelled short… Continue reading
Category Archives: social media
Why Companies Need to Iterate Based on User Feedback
Unfortunately, Twitter and Facebook have become real-time streams of rotten tomato throwing.
Just ask Bank of America, which encountered wrat… Continue reading
This Web-Connected Robot Gives Your Tweets and Facebook Comments a Smell
A company has found a way to incorporate smells into the Internet. Imagine, your significant other mentions you on Twitter and magically y… Continue reading
Tech Savvy U.S. Coast Guard Uses Social Media to Protect Us
I am often shocked that many are not aware that the Coast Guard is part of our Armed Forces. Our families wouldn’t be safe without them. I have to say that I am very impressed by the whys and the hows the Coast Guard has set in place in regards t… Continue reading
5 URL Expanders to Help You Avoid Spammy Links
Traffic for Google+ Goes Positive Along with User Count
Chitika Insights has covered the heavily publicized launch of Google+ amidst a variety of reported statistics, some which stated that Google+ hosted a user base comprised of over 40 Million people, others which described the fledgling social network as… Continue reading
Top 25 Most-Shared Stories in December
Social media ended 2011 on a high note as Facebook rolled out Timeline to everyone and Twitter unveiled a new design, brand pages and embeddable tweets. But what got your share-happy fingers clicking the most? A story about hilarious auto-corrected text messages from Damn You Auto Correct (see gallery below) tops December’s list of most-shared […] Continue reading
A Better Use of Social Signals
Social as a search signal has been very focused on the tweets/pluses/shares of a particular page and how that impacts rankings. Search as a social signal is actually broader and likely has a bigger impact than operating as only an on page ranking facto… Continue reading
Do you have the Facebook Timeline enabled for your profile? [Poll]
I am not a big fan of the new Facebook Timeline. I feel like my eyes don’t know which way to look and I can’t really quickly find what I am looking for, but I know that with time I will get use to it (I think). So we are wondering if you ha… Continue reading
Facebook Just Won Social Media
Back in August, I wrote an article about Google+ and how its list of new features had the potential to take on Facebook as the next social media powerhouse. I championed the Circles feature of Google+ as the next great thing, as I don’t always like t… Continue reading
How to Manage Twitter Multi-Language Accounts
One Twitter out of two is written in a language other than English. In the digitally globalized third millennium, whatever your content is, tweeting it in just one language is not enough any more. This is especially true if you are a brand. As a matter… Continue reading