WordPress.org is widely recognized as being a popular and powerful tool for blogging, and now they have something more to offer. Users can now create their own social network using BuddyPress. BuddyPress is a new social media tool from WordPress, and is designed specifically for niche groups and small communities. Whereas Facebook and Twitter are…
Google is always coming out with some new feature, and one of the newest things that Google came out with makes it easier to make a local search from different locations. Although Google has always let users make a local search from different locations, they just made it more accessible for people to do so….
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is very, very big. Sometimes it’s easy to imagine the organization as some fringe network with only a few devoted fans. Surprisingly , this is not the case. WWE has a huge fanbase worldwide, and their website, WWE.com, has over 14 million unique average monthly visitors worldwide. In fact, WWE.com has…
Foursquare, the popular social media mobile app that lets users explore cities and find friends, went unavailable for the second time in two days. A little over a day ago there was a database error that caused Foursquare to go down for 11 hours. Eventually the issue was discovered and fixed, and Foursquare appeared to…
Cosmopolitan magazine, a popular publication for women is yet another big brand name to use social media for a major digital advertising campaign. Cosmo’s ad campaign uses three major social media streams to engage the public: Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The heart of the campaign is about connecting with the fun and fearless female…
Dunkin’ Donuts is at it again. Less than a year ago, the popular donut company made big headlines with their “Create Dunkin’s Next Donut” contest. Now, they’re using social media in a somewhat different fashion. Dunkin’ Donuts is looking to find their number one ultimate fan. Using Facebook as their medium, Dunkin’ Donuts is looking…
Twitter will help corporations and brands increase their Twitter following, but at a price. The social information network already rolled out its advertising product, Promoted Tweets. The tweet is an ad, but still a tweet. And now, advertisers can buy themselves into the “Who to Follow” feature. This news is receiving mixed reviews throughout the…
The social media star, Twitter, will be launching real-time analytics in the last quarter of 2010. What’s more, the social information network will be releasing the beta version of the dashboard for free. Will it be free for everyone? That is yet to be determined. So far, it’s only known that the product will be…
In a study done by Nielsen Media Research, the population of the United States generally spends about a quarter of their time on social media sites: Twitter, Facebook, and blogs. This is an almost 10% increase from last year’s data. Furthermore, the data released by the Nielson Company reveals that social media and blogs will…
In a recent study done by Nielsen Wire, eight out of the top ten most popular websites visited by Baby Boomers are the same as those visited by people ages 18-34. Those websites visited by both age groups include social media sites and search engines sites, such as Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Bing, Microsoft, AOL, YouTube,…
