I posted recently about how True Social Search is Coming and mentioned briefly about a backlash based on the fact that Google are now quite happily pointing people to their own properties, but felt compelled to put pen to paper because, what appears to be, a viable alternative to Google has appeared left field. Briefly – my opinion on whether or not Google should or… Read more…
Whether you want to become one yourself, or you think you could benefit from following a few of these people on their social travels, here’s a run-down of everything and anything that points to someone being a social media influencer. Know your place First things first, you absolutely have to have a little niche to fit into if you want to be a social media… Read more…
Huge news broke last night when Google announce the roll out of it’s integration of social network Google+ into Google Search. This is the culmination of months of work, and a final decision to cement their belief in ‘social signals’ being the best upgrade to it’s algorithm to help us all find the information that we need in the future. Danny Sullivan wrote a typically… Read more…
Was it a good move for media mogul Rupert Murdoch to set up (or get one of his lackies to set up) his first Twitter account on New Year’s Eve? And, in the light of what happened next, is Twitter thorough enough in verifying that celebrities’ Twitter accounts really belong to them? The saga started when Murdoch sent his first few tweets from… Read more…
As Facebook forces all individual profile users to have a Timeline from this Thursday (22ndDec 2011), we take a look at this new feature and ask what it means for businesses and their Like Pages. The timeline feature is your entire Facebook history from the date that you joined in reverse chronological order. What’s included will be determined by what you posted and how many… Read more…
