About Francis Santos

Francis Santos is a best practices activist and advocate for leading web and permission-based email marketing software. In addition, he is also the executive editor for separate popular news blog, Geek Peeks.

Top 5 Facebook Open Graph Apps Your Small Business Should Be Using

Buzzfeed Facebook App

From the looks of it, Facebook is gearing up its Open Graph platform to be its very own app store, one that could possibly one day compete with the likes of iTunes and the Android Marketplace. The social networking company has been working diligently on the platform over the last year, and recently introduced more than 60 new applications for users to play with.

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What are the Advantages to a Social Marketer Utilizing a Premium Account on Facebook?

Facebook Premium

With a recent valuation of more than $100 billion and an IPO that aims to raise around $5 billion on the horizon, Facebook needs a viable monetizing strategy and needs it fast. Looks like it may have settled on one.

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Why Can’t Social Marketers Ignore Pinterest Any Longer?

Pinterest for Business

Is your business on Pinterest yet? No? Well, what are you waiting for? After all, it’s only quite possibly the hottest thing going in the social media space today. From tasty recipes to artistic photo galleries, this site is showing that it can be incredibly useful for sharing almost everything visual. We have clearly reached the point where we can say this thing is not a fad. Pinterest is a bonafide powerhouse social marketers can no longer afford to ignore.

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The Advantage of Google’s New Search Plus Your World: Indexing Your Content Faster

Google Indexing

A Google+ update sent out by internet entrepreneur and FamilyLink.com founder Paul Allen hints there may be another reason to keep an eye on the recently launched Search Plus Your World. According to the post, Google looks to be indexing web content faster for users who are logged in to its social network than those who are not.

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What is the Importance of the Google +1 Button Versus PageRank?

Plus 1 vs PageRank

SEO is one of the most effective methods for increasing visibility and  boosting traffic online. And with Google the being undisputed king of  the online search game, its ranking system is the one most publishers and marketers aim to please with their SEO efforts. However, many have found that keeping up with the company’s ever changing algorithm can be a full time job in and of itself.

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Does the Impressive Growth Rate of Google+ Make it a Competitor Against Facebook and Twitter?

Twitter Google Plus Facebook

This is a guest post by Francis Santos.

By now, you’ve probably heard of Google+, the new social network created by Google that has taken the internet world by storm. What you may not know is that the platform is already considered the fastest growing of its kind. It took both Facebook and Twitter well over two years to reach the milestone of 10 million users. Google was able to do it in just over two weeks.

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