"Social Networks & Networking" Posts
Getting the Most Out of Social Aided Search
At some point during the last year, you’ve been hit with the word social: the social web, social apps, or social marketing. By now you’re probably a bit skeptical about the value of social, but when applied to real-world projects, …
Inflicting Damage: Google Napalms UGC, Competitors And Content Farms
According to Google, last week’s Google’s algorithm update was supposed to help people find “more high-quality sites in search.” But when you look at the top 25 losers, you can’t help but notice Google seems to have devalued user-generated-content …
How Involved in Social Media Should the Government Be?
Last week, Facebook put-out a 26-page retort to the FTC’s preliminary report on privacy regulation. Unsurprisingly, the document wreaks of economic interests, but it also raises some questions about who should foot the bill for social media.
Through its retorts, …
Last Call for Social Media Evangelists
Social media is growing up real quick, and it looks like it’s time for it to put down the beer-bong, move out of the frat house and move into the cubicle. Basically, the party is over, and a lot of …
Breaking News: News Corp Hangs “For Sale” Sign on MySpace
$275 million is what News Corp. spent on improvements to MySpace in 2010. That was simply in an attempt to right the sinking ship that the network has become.
Now, News Corp. COO Chase Carey told analysts during quarterly earning …
Facebook Can do Popularity, Just Don’t Call it Search
There’s no shortage of speculation about Facebook ultimately displacing Google and taking over search. For starters, Americans spend more than 6 times as much time on social networks as they do searching. More importantly, search engines such as Bing …
How Facebook Keeps Both Big and Small Businesses Happy
As Facebook positions itself for a forthcoming IPO after swallowing a $450 million investment from Goldman Sachs, it continues to reinvent itself as a friend to businesses big and small.
While I’ve questioned the impact that commercializing Facebook may have …
CityVille’s Numbers May Be Record Breaking But Zynga Faces Harsh Reality
Social gamers might be excited by Zynga’s CityVille hitting a record number of users. Investors might by excited by CityVille’s potential revenue. Both may be interested in the impact CityVille could have on the virtual goods market. With a record …
Publishers Lead Ecommerce Merchants In Social Media
Time are tough in the publishing world. The print space is withering, the online space is over-saturated, fiercely competitive and even retailers are trying to muscle in on it.
But it seems that adversity breeds ingenuity. As eMarketer reports…
Google’s Christmas Wish List
What do you get the search giant that has over 50 percent of the market? Well, having over half of the search market cornered doesn’t mean that you have everything. And even though most of us can’t afford anything that …
