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Social Media Madness — The Sweet 16
In the spirit of College basketball's upcoming March Madness tournament, we've got the "Sweet 16" of social media. Check out this scoreboard of each company's strengths and weaknesses,…
Twitter Not Planning to Charge for Commercial Use
It’s always a little weird to report non-news, but it’s generally interesting nonetheless. A flurry of recent news reports have said that…
4 Ways That Facebook Can Make Big Money
Facebook celebrated its fifth birthday last week with 150 million of its closest friends. Today, I give my gift to Facebook: four…
FriendFeed Updates Search Functionality
FriendFeed has updated its search feature with added functionality. If you’re not familiar, FriendFeed is a social aggregator that enables users to…
Lycos Dropping Lycos Mail, Tripod February 15
Well it looks like one of the last of the old school search companies is closing its email service and website creation…
7 Social Media Predictions for 2009
It's a new year, which means it's time to raise a virtual glass within your social network and toast your collective social…
Will Social Networks Become the New Inbox? Part 2
Many companies still believe they need to get users into their prospecting databases in order to market to them. But businesses capture…
Social Media and SEO — Friends with Benefits?
You might be using social networks like Facebook or LinkedIn for the networking opportunities. And, you may use the connections and dialogue…
Will Social Networks Become the New Inbox?
E-mail has held on through the years as the King of the Internet. However, the new inbox is shifting toward social media.
Alessio Signorini Tapped as Director of Search Technology at OneRiot
Social search engine OneRiot has a new Director of Search Technology and it’s Alessio Signorini, former Director of Technology at Ask.com. While…
Advertising to Cretins Expected To Drop in 2009
While the News Corp founder’s biographer Michael Wolff may think Rupert Murdoch’s MySpace users are “cretins”, the company’s CEO Chris DeWolfe believes…
Pownce To Fold, Founders Join Six Apart
The founders of Pownce announced they are closing their social networking platform and joining Six Apart – the creators of Movable Type,…
Social Community: Free Pancakes Anyone?
Human beings long for a sense of community, like a charity pancake breakfast, and this isn't lost with social media. Starbucks, Ben…
Only 11% of Social Network Users Will Make a Purchase Based on Advertising
It’s no secret that social networks have had a difficult time integrating advertising that has a bang for its buck. IDC has…
LinkedIn’s New Search Platform Goes Live
A month ago, LinkedIn unveiled its new search platform. Now they’re rolling it out to their 31 million users. Here’s what you…
Workshops Offered by Direct Marketing Association and TopRank Online Marketing
TopRank Online Marketing and the Direct Marketing Association have just announced a partnership to develop and deliver a series of educational workshops…
President 2.0
In the same way JFK benefitted from the emerging medium of television, Barack Obama was helped into the White House by the…
LinkedIn Combines Social and Search in New Events Feature
LinkedIn has announced yet another launch. This time it’s a robust Events feature that includes social and search to boot. Members will…
Google’s Blogger Launches New Reactions Feature
Blogger has released a cool new feature that lets readers offer quick responses. It’s called Reactions, and it allows bloggers to create…
Social Media Link Building: From Fantasy to Reality
Sometimes, a company's marketing efforts can have an unintentional impact from a link building perspective. Such is the case with this fantasy…
The Number of Small Businesses Using Social Media to Double in 12 Months
The number of small businesses using deeply integrated social networking services will double in the next year, according to projections by Access…
Trick or Tweet for CNN
Social media is revolutionary. It allows CNN anchor Rick Sanchez to have a relationship with 30,000 people, and make a connection with…
Zappos + Twitter = Innovative Success!
Most companies use Twitter as a PR machine, covered in a thin veil of down-home personalization. But Zappos' CEO exposes a deep…
Blogger Releases Two Updates Regarding iGoogle and Commenting
Here’s a couple of updates that you Blogger bloggers should be happy to learn about. The first is the ability to post…
Social Search Site Scour Now Speedier (Say That 10 Times Fast)
Social search engine Scour is now faster. Not only that, there’s a whole host of new things that have been added. Such…
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