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Dear Facebook, I Think You Forgot Your “A” Game…
To be clear, I’m a big fan of Facebook, both personally and professionally. As a 20-something I’m addicted to keeping track of friends and secretly...
Why It’s a Terrible Idea to Unfollow Everyone on Twitter
Joel Drapper recently made a post which was titled “Why I Unfollowed Everyone on Twitter and Why You Should Too.” While I am friends with...
Six Hurdles to Clear When Exercising Your Brand In-House
You’ve decided that it’s time to give your brand some exercise on the web. And doing this in-house is the best way to do it....
10 Ways to Be a Great SEO
Most of us see the same tweets, read the same blogs and know the same case studies. We know to optimize titles and anchor text,...
How Huge Sites like CNN.com & Digg Are Integrating Twitter
Twitter is the first social media site the rise and evolution of which I’ve witnessed from the very start. I mean I remember how Facebook...
KnowEm.com Launches : Check & Register Usernames on 100+ Social Media Sites
KnowEm.com (formerly CheckUserNames.com) launched a new web service today which monitors hundreds of social media sites for social media identity theft, helping brands to secure...
Develop an Avatar Strategy for Social Media & Blogs
A lot has been said about avatar strategy already. However there is still something new to add. Choosing the right avatar is so crucial for...
Social Media Traffic Thieves
Digg, facebook and a few other social media networks have recently launched toolbars that “frame” the publishers’ sites and trap the users within an iframe...
Twitter Wants to Be A Discovery Engine
A couple of weeks ago Twitter has began rolling out some enhancements which consisted of an integrated search box and a Twitter zeitgeist sort of...
Search is Getting All Emotional Thanks to Twitter
My four-year-old grandson, Hamza could teach the search engines a thing-or-two about how people think. I made him lasagna and while he was eating he...
Why is Digg.com Taking the “Social” out of Social Media?
It seems that over the past several months, Digg has been waging a war against it’s own users and alienating the very people who have...
Cannot Get to a Conference? Get on Twitter
Being in the industry of search, I wish I could get to numerous conferences and seminars worldwide. Living in the UK means it is not...
Kevin Rose Launches WeFollow Twitter Directory
Digg’s Kevin Rose has just launched a Twitter directory called WeFollow (smart branding if I may say so). WeFollow is a directory of Twitter users...
Gradual Roll Out of the New Facebook Home Page Starts
Update: I just checked out my Facebook profile and it’s now showing the new home page. My initial reaction is that the Highlights on the...
Hey Facebook : Imitation Of Success Does Not Guarantee Success
By now you have seen the various articles regarding Facebook‘s homepage redesign. If not, go take the tour to see what is coming. As you...
How Tweeting Can Cure Your Hunger : Twitter & Restaurant Marketing
Twitter is a great tool to promote discounts and deals, but I often wondered when will restaurants and clubs are going to take advantage of...
Optimize Your Twitter Profile to Promote Your Deals
Twitter is becoming is mainstream in the social media and SEO world but slowly more and more bigger brands are becoming informed of the ways...
Google Launches TipJar, a Yahoo Answer-Like Money Saving Tips Site
As a little way of helping people during these trying times, Google has launched the TipJar Site, a site listing money-saving tips submitted by, well...
Oodle Builds a New Facebook Marketplace
After almost two years of existence, Facebook Marketplace is finally getting a much needed boost by way of Oodle, an online classifieds company which has...
Create a Social Media Release with PitchEngine
PitchEngine is a great free service that allows to create a social media release for your business news. The site is easy to use and...
SEO Writers Block? Recycle Your Content
Writing daily on SEO and social media can be trying and there come a time when you’re not feeling so creative. I have often wondered...
The Future of Social Networking Workshop (by W3C)
I am often asked what the future of social media is. And always my answer is “No idea“. I am not very good at making...
2 Cool FireFox Addons for PPC Managers
Surprisingly, we have only few good FireFox addons for PPC marketers (please share if you are using any not mentioned below). Today I am reviewing...
3 Easy Tips For Improving The Potency Of Your StumbleUpon Account
I don’t know about you but I’m addicted to the traffic that StumbleUpon can send to my websites. It’s easy. It’s big. And it’s just...
Inside Affluence.org – a Social Network for the Rich : Interview with Russell Rockefeller
Today we are featuring an interview with Russell Rockefeller, an online marketer who is currently planning to start working as VP of Marketing for Affluence.org...
How to Search for People Across Many Social Networks
Today it is a common practice to join each and every social media network if not to participate then at least to prevent online identity...
Belkin Caught Buying Fake Consumer Reviews
The Belkin company has been busted by The Daily Background for paying $.65 per fake consumer review via the Amazon service Mechanical Turk. A Belkin...
Find Out If Your Online Identity Has Been Stolen
The diversity of social media communities has brought one huge Internet marketing problem: online identity theft. If you are lucky enough to own a fairly...
Top 20 Twitter Posts of 2008
2008 proved to a historic year for Twitter both in adoption through the sheer number of twitter users signing up to the services, but also...
Why You Need to Include Social Media in Your 2009 Marketing Budget
If you’re in doubt as to whether or not social media marketing should be part of your company’s online marketing or search marketing mix in...