A few weeks ago Nikos asked if I would offer my opinion on social networks and their effect on search results, particularly now that Google+ is on the scene. Who am I to say no?
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A few weeks ago I wrangled an invite to Google+ and now have some invites of my own to share. I thought I’d also offer a few thoughts for those of you who haven’t had a chance to get inside yet.
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If you were given a choice when first taking your “brick and mortar” business online to develop a website or set up a Page on Facebook, and you weren’t allowed to do the other which would you choose? Would you build a website and give up marketing through Facebook or would you set up a Facebook page and give up having your own website?
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This past weekend Leo Laporte made a troubling discovery about his social network that’s having him question everything he’s done with social media over the last few years and giving him one giant buzz kill.
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The following is a guest post from James Duthie.
Obama’s recent inauguration seems to have a lot of business people thinking seriously about social media. Obama’s ability to digitally connect with millions of people to achieve campaign goals (Eg. record fundraising) seems to have a whole lot of people thinking about how they can use social media in their business.
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The following guest post was written by Jerry Low of Web Hosting Secret Revealed.
I bet you had already heard about Squidoo.
No? Well, in this case you are losing lots of good publicity opportunities for your blog, website, or business.
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They aren’t sexy, they seem ancient in web years, and they don’t get talked about as much as they once were, yet forums are still one of the best sources of quality traffic. Done right they bring consistent traffic month after month, traffic that does stick around and subscribe to your blog and inquire about your services.
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This past weekend my brother and I spoke on the phone as we do most weekends. We talked about watching the US Open and shared thoughts about who we’d be rooting for when Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate played another 18 holes of golf in Monday’s playoff.
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There are many who want to look at social media in the same way they might look at search. Some want to see the direct value in social media traffic and when the traffic doesn’t lead to any meaningful conversions they want to condemn social media and proclaim it as valueless.
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As some of you know I’m an admin at the Webmaster-Talk forums and have been a member there for over two years. Last week Webmaster-Talk grew significantly as it merged with EarnersForum and to celebrate WT is running a contest with 5 winners each receiving a prize package worth $25,000.
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