Posts Tagged ‘Social Networks’

Facebook to debut on stock market in May

Written on March 31st, 2012 by Mike Andrewno shouts
Facebook will make its stock market debut in May with a record-setting initial public offering of shares, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The world’s leading online ...
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Google+ Making Strides Online

Written on February 13th, 2012 by Mike Andrewno shouts
The popularity of Google+ has showed dramatic growth recently, according to February 2012 analysis from Compete, which tracked the the landing page for the main feature of the social network, ...
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Google Engineer Calls Google Plus a ‘Complete Failure’

Written on October 14th, 2011 by Mike Andrewno shouts
Steve Yegge, a senior engineer at Google, has accidentally and publicly posted a critical analysis about his company’s understanding of platforms, calling Google Plus a "complete failure." In a 4,000-plus-word ...
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‘FaceGlat’, Jewish answer to Facebook

Written on July 26th, 2011 by Mike Andrewno shouts
A new social networking site for ultra-Orthodox Jews takes customary segregation of the sexes online and also bars pictures or ads deemed immodest in ultra-Orthodox society. Go to www.faceglat.com and ...
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Maintaining Engagement on Large Facebook Pages

Written on July 12th, 2011 by Mike Andrewno shouts
Boosting ‘likes’ and comments a balancing act as fan base grows March 2011 research from link-sharing solutions provider Visibli found that among Facebook pages with at least 100,000 “likes,” engagement ...
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Facebook to trademark the word "face"

Written on November 26th, 2010 by Mike Andrewno shouts
Facebook has moved one step closer in its efforts to trademark the word "face", after receiving the green light from the US Patent and Trademark Office. The Office has issued ...
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How Consumers Interact with Brands on Social Networks

Written on June 9th, 2010 by Mike Andrewno shouts
Consumers do want relationships The social networking audience in the US has reached critical mass. eMarketer estimates that 57.5% of all US Internet users, or 127 million people, will use ...
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Is it Really Worthwhile to Market on Twitter?

Written on May 5th, 2010 by Mike Andrewno shouts
A new study by Edison Research provides a complex and multi-layered picture of Twitter – along with some interesting data points that suggest it may not be worthwhile for some ...
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Women Flock to Social Games

Written on April 30th, 2010 by Mike Andrewno shouts
Nearly one-half of US social network users now play social games, according to Lightspeed Research and Trendstream’s Global Web Index. That makes it the fifth most popular social networking activity, ...
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Social Media Aids Customer Acquisition

Written on April 28th, 2010 by Mike Andrewno shouts
Many B2C and B2B companies are successfully using social media networks to acquire customers, according to [pdf] the “State of Inbound Marketing Report” from internet marketing firm Hubspot. Major Social ...
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