People soshalize. They don't care how it's spelled. They just do it.
So you have a couple of websites, which have been getting organic traffic from Google for a couple of years. You are happy because your sites are generating sales or ad-revenue organically and you can just focus on the content and services, without having to worry about getting customers.
The image within the banner above was humorous. It was the “Top News” selected for me at different times during the day. It was hilarious because different friends were sharing it, so the “Top News From The Last __ Hours” section served as a constant reminder to me that many of those I am friends with on Facebook weren’t taking too kindly to the changes.
There are dozens of quality indexes of social media influence out there, but Klout has separated itself out as the leader over the last year. Yesterday, they reached a major milestone by accumulating 100 million Klout scores in their database. That’s not to say they have 100 million “users” but Klout is one of those rare companies who do not need to follow the traditional definition of users to be successful.
They’re a data company first and foremost, which is why they could get bought out before the end of the year.
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.
Oh, those geniuses at Geek Culture. This comic is an instant classic in that it’s probably pretty darn close to exactly what would happen if Superman really did try to check out Google+.
It’s funny, but it brings up a good point. Do you think Google+ takes it too far in their quest for real people, real names, real everything, or is it a good thing that will help keep spammers and bots out of the social network?
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From the mind of Guy Kawasaki and the creative imagination of Column Five Media comes this infographic about the three most buzzed-about social networks of today: Facebook, Google+, and Twitter. It is both complex and over-simplified at the same time, walking us through a decision tree to help people determine which social network is right for them.
The beta version of Google+ has been out for nearly two months now, and if you have been keeping up with the news, you know Hangouts is one of its most exciting features. A chatting tool of sorts, Hangouts allows users to communicate by video with up to 10 people at once, which makes it useful for a wide range of purposes. It also lets them view YouTube content as a group. In an interesting development, the search engine company has decided to take its video-based chatting component out of the Google+ arena by integrating it with its immensely popular web destination YouTube.
We’ve known since June that the +1 button on websites will have a direct effect on searches performed by Google contacts. We have also speculated that plusses will also have an influence over general, unauthenticated search results. Lastly, we’ve had a feeling that the similarities between the +1 buttons on websites and the Google+ social network meant a future convergence between search and social on Google.
By noon, Monday through Friday, at least one person has asked me, “What should I post about on my blog/Facebook/Twitter?”
Some days, it gets up to 4 or 5 clients, friends, or even co-workers who ask about it before dinner time.
I was listening to my rock radio station of choice the other day, and when the commercial for a big bank mobile app aired, some thoughts I’d been having about social media and apps started to really make sense.
The spokesperson, in jocular, soothing tones, told me how even if I forgot to deposit my checks before I went to the ballgame, it didn’t matter, because I could do so with the app while the pitchers warm up. “All you have to do is take a picture of both sides of the check and boom it’s deposited,” he said.
