The world of social media is a buzz today as social networking giant Facebook announces the acquisition of FriendFeed. As part of the agreement, all FriendFeed employees will join Facebook and FriendFeed’s four founders will hold senior roles on Facebook’s engineering and product teams. "Since I first tried FriendFeed, I’ve admired their team for creating such a simple and elegant service for people to share information,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO. "As this shows, our ... Read More
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Users Revolt in Response to Recent DDoD Attacks
Last week was a rough week for the world of social media. Social networking sites from Twitter to Facebook were sluggish or taken down due to a denial of service attach, also know as DDoS. While some may dismiss these short-term issues, others are taking a closer look on the public’s reaction. While this last week put strain on the social media giants, it was a blessing in disguise for us Internet marketing consultants. As the world reacted to the momentary lose of Facebook and Twitter ... Read More
The Twitter Confusion
The Los Angeles Times recently ran an article concerning a LinkedIn survey that questioned the general public's knowledge of Twitter. Surprisingly enough, most didn't have a clue what Twitter was or why they would use it. In fact, the reference to "most" meant 69% of people didn't know enough to respond or comment on the social media site. Does this mean you should forget Twitter? Absolutely not! Twitter is growing by leaps and bounds. It can significantly help ranking of keywords and ... Read More
Making Social Successful with Twittable Tweets on Twitter
I have recently been amazed at all the buzz surrounding Twitter (the latest social media phenomenon). Sure Oprah, CNN, and Demi's husband have been pulling in millions followers (people who subscribe to your profile and receive updates from you) lately, but does anyone really care? Up until a few weeks ago, I'll admit, I didn't. I viewed Twitter as a lack luster version of Facebook. I've known about Twitter for some time, but my joining of Twitter was delayed and my Tweets (one line status ... Read More
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