From the social media world continuing to help with the relief efforts in Haiti, to Hilary Clinton stepping in between Google & China, here’s a look at what happened this week in the social media world. (more…)
A few months ago, both Google & Bing launched deals with Twitter that would allow tweets to appear in real-time search results. And while many of us try to compete to get our websites ranked higher for the search engines, now we must also fight to get our tweets ranked higher too.
Luckily Google is no longer keeping that a secret. In a recent article, journalist David Talbot scored an interview with Google’s Amit Singhal. Singhal admitted that like Bing, ranks are based on the number of followers you have, however, it’s not necessarily how many actually followers you have, it’s how reputable those followers actually are. (more…)
If you don’t log into your twitter account often, you may want to change that. At least if you want to keep your Twitter user name. Martin Bryant, writer for The Next Web, contacted Twitter’s headquarters, and the company says they plan to recycle all inactive accounts soon.
“We reached out to Twitter for comment…and a spokesperson for the company told me that the company plans to release all inactive user names and deleted user names in the future but doesn’t have a date set yet,” said Bryant. (more…)
Last week’s earthquake in Haiti is still a major shock to the world. Last week, I shared with you, how the social media world has stepped up to help the victims in Haiti.
The Red Cross, used their Twitter account to try to help raise money, by announcing that whoever texted “HAITI” to 90999 would be charged $10 on their next phone bill which would go to the relief in Haiti. The Red Cross’s original goal was to raise $200,000 and then soon decided to go for the one million dollar mark. In last Friday’s Social Media News Brief, we had announced they had raised over $8 million, just in text messages alone. (more…)
A war between Google & China this week, while the social media world helped raise money for victim’s of Haiti’s earthquake. Find out all the details in today’s social media news brief. (more…)
This report actually surprises me a bit. Pingdom, a web monitoring site, has announced that Facebook is the “most engaging social network.”
“Figuring out how engaging a site is can be tricky,” said Pindgom’s blog post. “We could look at the number of page views per visit, but that number alone doesn’t really tell us much. We also need to take into consideration how often visitors come back to a site. After all, if we return frequently to a site and also view many pages when we do, it’s likely that find the site engaging.” (more…)
When there seems to be some type of major catastrophe anywhere in the world, it seems like everything else just stops and everyone wants to help. Yesterday’s 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti is just the latest example.
And many people are finding that social media sites are the best way to get involved. With the use of social media, the citizens of Haiti can tell the story, if they are actually able to get an internet connection. Many have however. Jonathan A. Lusma, a victim of the Haiti earthquake, posted the picture to the left on CNN’s citizen journalism site, iReport. Katie Hawkins-Gaar, a CNN iReport producer, talked to Lusma and said that he, “shot these photos on the morning of January 13, the day after the earthquake struck. Because of the multiple aftershocks, he said many people spent the night outside of their homes.” Lusma’s photo’s are just one of many that are being used in CNN’s continuing coverage of the Haiti earthquake. (more…)
Twitter has by far become a great marketing and advertising tool for businesses around the world. By offering exclusive deals, or being able to help solve an issue nearly immediately, the use of the social network has been a success, but it is for everyone? Do you need Twitter to keep your business afloat it’s today’s technology friendly and social networking world?
Matt Bailey from SiteLogic told WebProNews reporter Abby Johnson, “No.” And while many have has success with Twitter, Bailey says that “you need to have a consistent marketing strategy of how to use that social media to your benefit.” (more…)
Social Media made a presence at CES, while Twitter starts nominations for the Shorty Awards! Find out all the details in today’s Social Media News Brief. (more…)
10 years ago at this moment, the world was relieved that nothing that they had feared about, regarding Y2K actually happened. People were now placing their money back into the bank, while others had an endless supply of food they had stocked up on just in case. It’s crazy to think that if someone would have said “Facebook”, “YouTube”, “Digg”, or just the words “social media,” we most likely would have given them a funny and strange look.
It was in 2004 when social media was created. Linkdin & MySpace took to the web and since then there has been explosion of “social media” & “social networking” sites. When I graduated high school in 2005, if had ever wanted to share a video with the class for a certain project, I’d have to visit the library, maybe a video store, and rent the video, while worrying about some return date. Today, my brother who is in his sophomore year of high school is able to use YouTube to share a video with just the click of a mouse. Our world has advanced so much in the past decade, and social media has played a significant role! (more…)
