Posts Tagged ‘social media’

Google Officially Unveiled Google Buzz

February 11th, 2010

Google Buzz

Google officially unveiled their new product, the Google Buzz. Their newest product for social media which confirms some previous reports that Gmail will integrate a social media feature. Seems like communication on the web has been evolved recently beyond just a simple email and chat such as the Google Wave. And now we have Google Buzz! :)

From Google Blog:

Google Buzz is a new way to start conversations about the things you find interesting. It’s built right into Gmail, so you don’t have to peck out an entirely new set of friends from scratch — it just works. If you think about it, there’s always been a big social network underlying Gmail. Buzz brings this network to the surface by automatically setting you up to follow the people you email and chat with the most.

Here are the 5 key features that defines Google Buzz.

  • Auto-following
  • Rich, fast sharing experience
  • Public and private sharing
  • Inbox integration
  • Just the good stuff

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New Facebook Feature – Mark You Don’t Know

January 12th, 2010

I am sure lots of you guys encountered a friend request from someone you really don’t know at all (not unless you’re a celebrity or something). Facebook is now testing a new feature that allows you to identify strangers who attempt to add you as a friend.

From Inside Facebook Blog:

Facebook has a lot of users who want to make new friends. And now the company is testing out a feature to make friending a little more meaningful. Once you mark “ignore” on a friend request, you’ll see a new option in addition to being able to report the person for abuse or spam: “Mark that you don’t know” them.

Facebook Confirm Request

So once you’ve seen a friend invite who you think is a “spammer” or you just don’t want them to add you up, you can click on that “Mark You Don’t Know” link after the “ignore” friend request. Here’s some screenshots:

Facebook Confirm Request
Facebook Confirm Request

Photo Credit: Inside Facebook Blog

This new feature is really interesting. It will definitely be a helpful feature to both the site and members. I just hope that you guys don’t use it to “Mark” everyone as a spammer even if they’re not. Use that “Mark You Don’t Know Button” respectively and wisely. Goodbye spammers! ;)

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Thoughts On SEO and Internet Marketing Trends

January 12th, 2010

Search Engines vs Social Media Sites

I’ve been working as an SEO specialist for a few years now and during those years, I experienced a lot of changes that happened on that certain period of time regarding how websites are being optimized and ranked. Lots of changes about indexing, how the pages are being crawled, ranking factors, page optimization, how links are being counted and so many other stuff that can help a site rank on search engines. Ranking factor changes a lot and SEO people shouldn’t be stuck on one single technique that they are using or practicing.

I saw an article last week regarding how SEO was being affected or being less important to use on small business as an online marketing tool. Internet marketing nowadays is getting bigger and bigger than it is before. Social media and social networking is ‘in’ right now while search engine optimization is being less prioritized.

I think that small business owners who relies on getting their sales on organic traffic shouldn’t less prioritize Search Engine Optimization. Basic SEO should always be implemented on a new or not optimized website. Here are some of the basic SEO which I think should always be implemented on a website.

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Google’s New Search Features

November 2nd, 2009

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Google launched new search services and other improvement of their existing search features.

Google has been active this week, updating lots of new search features. They posted articles on their blog according to their latest service launches listed below:

Visit Google’s post here for more details: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/this-week-in-search-103009.html

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What the F**k is Social Media?

August 5th, 2009

I was browsing over the web news last night and I stumbled upon this wonderful presentation about social media marketing on SlideShare from Marta Kagan, Managing Director of US at Espresso. I didn’t get to see her first part of the What the F**k is Social Media last year and I was totally enlightened by the sequel of her first presentation.

What the F**k is Social Media? – I also wondered about that question when I first heard this popular social media marketing campaign that is going on over the web for quite a long time now. With the tremendous growth of these social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, blogging, etc., maybe it’s time that people who don’t have any idea about the power of social media sites to really understand how it really works. The sequel – What the F**k is Social Media: One Year Later is really one of the best presentation that I’ve seen that explains best what it is all about.

I won’t make it long for you guys to see the slide… Here you go: :)

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