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New Facebook Feed Lowers Post Impressions, Increases Likes & Comments [Study]

An early-stage study from EdgeRank shows the Facebook's new "hybrid feed" is decreasing the exposure of posts while increasing post interaction. Companies on Facebook should adapt their strategy…

By Rob D Young · 14 Oct 2011

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Google Engineer Publishes, Then Deletes Opinionated Google+ Rant

Google engineer Steve Yegge posted an epic rant about the shortcomings of the Google+ social media platform on Google+. Though he deleted…

By Miranda Miller · 13 Oct 2011

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The End of Business as Usual: #AdaptorDie to Connected Marketing

“Running a rigid business, business as usual, will open the doors to digital Darwinism where companies that fail to adapt will become…

By Jason Cormier · 13 Oct 2011

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Google+ Posts Now Tracked and Searchable on Topsy

Topsy, the "real-time search for the social web," has launched a Google+ post search. Users will now be able to search through…

By Rob D Young · 13 Oct 2011

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Walmart Focuses on Local with Facebook

Much of Walmart's success lies in their use of Chinese manufacturing and the expectation of their vendors to follow suit. Recent acquisitions…

By Frank Watson · 12 Oct 2011

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Holy Google+ Hangout Features Dalai Lama, Archbishop Tutu

The role of social media in providing platforms for public figures to communicate with their followers just took on a holy spin.…

By Frank Watson · 12 Oct 2011

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18 Minutes a Day to Social Media Time Management

Social media can easily monopolize hours of our day. But what if you could improve your social media time management and your…

By Lisa Buyer · 12 Oct 2011

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Twitter Settles Lawsuit, Gets “Tweet” Trademark

Twitter and Twittad have settled out of court; the trademark for the word “Tweet” will transfer to Twitter, while TwittAd retains the…

By Miranda Miller · 11 Oct 2011

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Google+ Adds Advanced Notification Controls

Google+ now gives you more control over your notifications when someone shares content with you, you're notified about a post, you're mentioned,…

By Rob D Young · 11 Oct 2011

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The Community Manager’s Conflict Playbook

This playbook addresses various less-than-ideal scenarios and proposed solutions in a step-by-step outline. Arm yourself with these tactics to resolve issues ranging…

By Lauren Litwinka · 11 Oct 2011

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How Digg’s New Features Could Drive More Traffic to Your Website

About a year ago Digg went through a dismal redesign that dramatically turned social-savvy folks away from using the platform. Although many…

By Angie Schottmuller · 11 Oct 2011

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Scalable Facebook Ad Campaign Tips

Facebook Ads is like chess: it’s easy to learn the rules, but difficult to master the game. The Clickable team recently shared…

By Miranda Miller · 07 Oct 2011

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Social Media is Serious Business for Leading Companies [Study]

The power of social media is undeniable and big brands are leveraging Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube most often. Find out how they’re…

By Miranda Miller · 06 Oct 2011

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Google+ Adds Post Locking, Browser Notifications & More APIs

Google+ is giving users a pre-post option to disable comments or prevent content from being re-shared. Other additions so far this month…

By Rob D Young · 06 Oct 2011

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Facebook and Google Execs Equally Suck at Social Media

Google is catching a lot of flack for their management team’s lackluster performance on Google+. Other execs are standing behind their product,…

By Miranda Miller · 05 Oct 2011

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Your Facebook Data File: Everything You Never Wanted Anyone to Know

Facebook has a file on you that contains your deleted messages, every poke you’ve ever exchanged, your photos, tags, IP address from…

By Miranda Miller · 03 Oct 2011

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5 Ways to Use Social Media to Promote a Festival

Social media is a powerful force to bring people together. Anyone planning a festival, whether it’s music, art, corporate, or other, should…

By Ron Schott · 03 Oct 2011

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Fashion in Second Life: Mesh Viewers & Demystifying Design

The adoption of mesh enabled viewers is causing concern that avatars might unwittingly appear naked to others. For example, someone dressed from…

By Avril Korman · 01 Oct 2011

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Google Hypes Black Eyed Peas Google+ Hangout on Homepage

Google’s homepage is advertising that tonight at 6 p.m., Google+ users can hang out with the Black Eyed Peas. This is strange…

By Danny Goodwin · 30 Sep 2011

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Is Spotify’s Million Signups Through Facebook A Marketing Game Changer?

Should Google and Apple be concerned with the 1 million new signups music streaming app Spotify experienced after it launched its Facebook…

By Frank Watson · 29 Sep 2011

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Google+ Hits 50 Million Users, Adds Circle Sharing

Google’s social network has hit an estimated 50 million users, with 2 million new users joining per day, thanks to a surge…

By Rob D Young · 28 Sep 2011

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How to Spoof Facebook Friends with Dodgy Headlines from Trusted News Sources

Did you know that when you re-share content on Facebook you can edit the titles and descriptions of links posted by friends?…

By Miranda Miller · 27 Sep 2011

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Google Homepage Advertises Addition of CityVille to Google+ Games

Google today welcomed popular game “CityVille” to its small collection of games on Google+. Google once again used its valuable homepage space…

By Danny Goodwin · 26 Sep 2011

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Facebook Kills Rumor, Announces ‘Facebook Will Always Be Free’

Perhaps you saw a friend post a message over the weekend that Facebook is planning to charge for “gold,” “silver” and “bronze”…

By Danny Goodwin · 26 Sep 2011

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Google+ May Have 43 Million Users

Ancestry.com’s Paul Allen estimates 43 million users have joined Google+, a large majority of those in the two days after it opened…

By Miranda Miller · 26 Sep 2011

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