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A new Yahoo Research study by the name of “Who Says What to Whom on Twitter” reveals that half of all Tweets that are consumed come from as little as 0.05% of Twitter Users. Approximately 20,000 Twitter users account for half of all the commotion on Twitter, which is around an impressive billion tweets a…
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is charging Google’s social network, Google Buzz, for violating their own privacy policies and deceptive practices. In 2010, Google launched Google Buzz as its own social network platform. A settlement has been proposed and for the next 20 years, the search engine giant will be required to to undergo consistent…
For the first time in over 5 years, Campbell Mithun offered its intern program, but this time the company used a nontraditional platform to evaluate and assess applications to find its interns – social media. Last Friday, the agency, founded in Minneapolis in 1933, announced six young individuals who had been chosen for the competitive…
When it comes to reaching the final decision to purchase an item, what role do search and social media marketing play? This is not an easy question to answer but in an article for Search Engine Watch, Nathan Linnell offers some perspective on how a synergy of the two can influence a customer’s decision to…
Social media marketing is here to stay. And it’s proving to be a major player in the constantly changing world of e-commerce. In the past, social media channels supplement Internet marketing efforts. In time, social media marketing has become a vital and indispensible marketing effort for any serious e-commerce merchant. Now, the world’s most successful…
Facebook has teamed up with Warner Bros. and the two plan to take on the digital film distribution giant, Netflix. The announcement of five new films coming to Facebook’s stream-for-hire service has stirred up competition.With Blockbuster going bankrupt, a new battle has begun. “The Dark Knight” was made available on March 7th for only $3…
SEO is the way to go if you want your business to boom on the internet. However, Google dropped JCPenney on its search engine results due to practicing black hat SEO techniques, which wasn’t entirely JCPenney’s fault as it was its SEO firm, SearchDex. To be fair, BMW has been dropped from Google’s search engine…
Yesterday, Facebook released a new version of its Questions feature after close to a year of beta testing. The updated Questions feature will take the focus off of public questioning and instead concentrate on soliciting friends recommendations. Adrian Graham, a manager for Questions said, “There are a lot of places you can go on the…
Lady Gaga was interviewed recently about the newest viral popstar sensation, Rebecca Black. Although Rebecca black has received over 38 million views compared to Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” which “only” received about 22 million views, Black has received only 48,834 likes compared to 417,946 dislikes. While the 13-year-old aspiring singer is being criticized over…
Yes, nearly all companies engage in search engine optimization practices. They may be doing SEO themselves or have a professional internet marketing company to do it for them. Either way, it is important to have clear understanding of the most commonly used search engine optimization terms in order to avoid confusion and to better understand…
