At first glance Google+ seems like just another social network, and with all the time businesses already spend on Facebook and Twitter can they really handle another network? Better yet, should businesses be delegating even more time to social networking now that Google+ is growing? As an internet and social media marketing consultant it might [...]
On Wednesday Yahoo’s stock fell 8%, only a day after the company announced yet another disappointing financial quarter. CEO Carol Bartz, who is in the final 17 months of her four-year contract, already feeling some heart, is likely feeling even more pressure now that both the stock price and projected online advertising market share are dropping. Yahoo’s stock [...]
As of July 31, 2011 Google will no longer allow users to have private profiles. This announcement was made last week, and it coincides with Google’s push to promote it’s new social network Google+. What does this mean exactly? Well, if you’re currently using Google Buzz, share information on Google Reader, or use any other number of Google products, then [...]
On Wednesday, Facebook unveiled several new tools, with the main feature being video chat. This comes just days after Google announced its latest social networking effort in Google+. Facebook, now claiming to have surpassed the 750 million user mark, also introduced a group chatting feature. The video chat will be powered by Skype, and in order to use this [...]
If you haven’t yet heard the news, Google is attempting to challenge Facebook. The search giant recently announced several of the major pieces being put into place that will make up Google+. This should come as a shock to no one given Google’s thirst to be at the forefront of everything internet related. Steven Levy, of Wired.com, [...]
Recently I’ve had a few separate conversations with clients about Google’s pagerank (or PR- not to be confused with public relations). Since many people, including my clients, seemed to be obsessed with PR I figured it would be a good opportunity to go into detail about the pagerank and how it affects a website SEO and rankings. [...]
For those of you who aren’t “gamers” or online video game players, Facebook is not only a place where who can interact with friends and businesses, but also a place where you can play games. Many people are familiar with Scrabble and Farmville, but the there are also hard core action games such as “Kings of Camelot” [...]
In an effort to continuously keep their search engine on the cutting edge, Microsoft is incorporating several new Facebook social cues into its Bing search results. Microsoft is taking full advantage of its partnership with Facebook in order to cut into the search market share of Google. Bing has been incorporating Facebook “likes” into its search results, [...]
According to the Wall Street Journal, users of both Apple’s iPhones and Google’s Android smartphones have their locations regularly transmitted back to Apple and Google, respectively. While tracking services and apps are available to smartphone users, they have to be activated in order for them to work. This finding outlines the fact that smartphone users are [...]
