Social Media News Dec 6th – Google Shuts Down Several Services in December 2011
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“Google Shuts Down Several Services in December 2011″
There are a number of services that are impacted and if you’re one the users of these services you should plan accordingly.
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Nearly a billion people around the world use Facebook — and it’s no surprise marketers are chasing all those users. In fact, Facebook says 96 of the top 100 marketers are on the site. But I haven’t spoken to many companies that are thrilled with their Facebook programs. Marketers worry about how few fans they have, about how few comments and wall posts they get, and about the ROI of their Facebook spending — and many of them have good reason to worry…
Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up-to-date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.
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YouTube Releases YouTube Analytics: YouTube Analytics now gives you a quick overview and more detailed reports for tracking your audience building and retention statistics…
What’s New This Week?
YouTube Releases YouTube Analytics: YouTube Analytics now gives you a quick overview and more detailed reports for tracking your audience building and retention statistics…
Have you ever wondered why Facebook is the world’s most popular social network? Is it all about the user experience? Or is it because Facebook is the undisputed choice for businesses when it comes to social media? Or perhaps because Facebook did most things right while others got it wrong? Well, I strongly believe that Facebook’s biggest strength is its’ continuous focus on innovation and its relentless focus on the ‘Change is good’ philosophy…
Have you created a Fan Page, but now you’re wondering – “How Do I Get People to ‘Like’ my Page?” If so, you’re not alone. Many people struggle with getting Fans. Here are 10 ways to get more Fans.
1. Create A Customized Welcome Page – Creating a Customized Welcome Page is an excellent way to increase your number of fans…
After the big clean-up of Google in September and October when also Google Buzz, Google Knol (Wikipedia competitor) and social search engine Aardvark where shut down amongst many others Google now shuts down even more services in an attempt to strengthen its focus on more profitable services.
It seems that Googles hunger to growth was even to ambitious for this giant and now needs to re-focus…
It seems that Googles hunger to growth was even to ambitious for this giant and now needs to re-focus…
Looks like the Yahho! Image search just got better. Yahoo has announced the addition of two new features to the Yahoo Image Search. They are- social sharing and continuous scrolling.
Social Sharing:
Social Sharing:
It is all about sharing an image you found on Yahoo Image search on social platforms like Facebook…
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We asked eight small business pros for their hottest social media tips.
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#1: Show Them the “Real You”
Ed Gandia
Use Facebook to show prospects, clients and customers the “real you…
Walmart is turning to its 1.4 million employees for social media help. This is exactly the wrong thing to do.
In this week’s Advertising Age, I read a fascinating article about Walmart’s efforts to turn its 1.4 million employees into social media brand evangelists.
The idea is doomed to fail on principle alone…
In this week’s Advertising Age, I read a fascinating article about Walmart’s efforts to turn its 1.4 million employees into social media brand evangelists.
The idea is doomed to fail on principle alone…
As a kid, I always learned – If you fail once and then again, don’t give up and try again!
Each year hundreds of new social networks are launched. Some try to be a Facebook clone and then end up realizing that it wasn’t a good plan in the first place. Others such as Unthink dare to challenge Facebook and though they manage to grab eyeballs, it’s difficult to predict their longevity…
Each year hundreds of new social networks are launched. Some try to be a Facebook clone and then end up realizing that it wasn’t a good plan in the first place. Others such as Unthink dare to challenge Facebook and though they manage to grab eyeballs, it’s difficult to predict their longevity…
A lot of social media work seems to be about branding, shaping the public’s feeling for your company and products, Social Marketing seems to be a longer process. Even Google seems to be shifting their ranking criteria toward social proof in place of backlinks.
Thanks for sharing this. At least we can prepare for whatever adjustments to be made with these apps being shut down
I am not surprised at all that Google is trimming the fat, I think they were kinda stretching it with some of their projects.
seo agree Google seems to be king and i don;t mind who is on the thrown but, i do care about how they treat the common folks which is where i fit. I really don't see anyway around it at the moment. Thank you for the post.
I wonder when Google will also shut down Orkut. I understand it's still somewhat popular in a few countries but if I were Google, I'd want to close it down to get more people on to Google Plus.
-Jean
I think google will always renew and update all websites if those sites are good enough to be indexed in google search engine
Thanks for sharing this. At least we can prepare for whatever adjustments to be made with these apps being shut down.
I guess Google holds all of the cards and they know it.
Yes i agree Google seems to be king and i don;t mind who is on the thrown but, i do care about how they treat the common folks which is where i fit. I really don't see anyway around it at the moment. Thank you for the post.