Is Hacker Group ‘Anonymous’ Attempting To Bring Down Facebook?
The much-publicised, shadowy collective of politically-motivated hackers known as Anonymous has, apparently, threatened to bring down Facebook on November 5th, a date synonymous with uprising and revolt (for those who know their British history anyway). In a video posted on YouTube, a distorted voice claiming to represent the ‘hacktivists’ warns of the upcoming hack on the hugely popular social networking platform, citing Facebook’s misuse and misappropriation of personal data as the reason for the impending attack. The video (which is included below), discusses how Facebook appropriates and shares your personal... Read The Rest →
Google+ Is Mostly Men
You’ve probably heard the buzz about Google+, the new invite only social networking site, but if you’re a man looking for love you might have a tough job ahead of you. I have seen several people on Facebook already offering invites to interested contacts, and with over 10 million members Google+ is looking to be serious competition, except for one thing… over three quarters of the members are male, according to Mashable. Worse still is a staggering 95percent of those ‘looking for love’ are also male. Maybe men are keener... Read The Rest →
Google’s +1, The Next Stage Of Social Search?
As far as social media goes, Google hasn’t had the best of times. If we take a quick look at the history of their social ventures we can see that nearly all of them have faded into obscurity, or been amalgamated into other services. The list goes as follows: - Orkut. The first of Google’s social ventures, it was launched as a competitior to MySpace. However it proved unpopular in the UK and US, and now has 48% Brazillian users and 40% Indian. As of 2010 it has been moved... Read The Rest →
Ways To Build Your Brand Online In 2011
New year, new marketing campaign: 2011 is the year to make your brand come alive online. With the year already in full swing, there’s no time to waste, and with new multi-platform and social media innovations, 2011 marks the perfect time for building your brand online. 2010 may have been the year of social media, marked by Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg being named person of the year, as well as having his social media journey documented in an Oscar-nominated film, but 2011 will be the year that social media becomes... Read The Rest →
How Can You Improve Your SEO With Social Media Links? [INFOGRAPHIC]
Following on from our post on how social media affects SEO, I thought I’d put together an infographic to better demonstrate how social media links can benefit your overall SEO campaign. As usual, let us know your thoughts in the comments and feel free to repost the infographic on your own blog or website. If you like the design or the content, please consider posting it out via the social media links below. To see the full size image (which you’ll need to do to read all the text), simply... Read The Rest →
How Does Social Media Affect SEO?
SEO engineers have long suspected that social media elements have an impact on search engine result pages, with particular reference to Google and Bing. This suspicion was confirmed at the end of 2010, via a Danny Sullivan interview with the two search giants, published on the widely respected SearchEngineLand. So we know that search engines are taking social media signals into account, but how can you use this information to improve your own social media and SEO campaigns? In this post we’ll look at exactly how social media is taken... Read The Rest →
Social Media News: Who’s About To Purchase Twitter?
There has been rumours around the acquisition of Twitter in the past, which ultimately came to nothing. Things feel a little different this time around however, as Google, Microsoft and Facebook are all rumoured to be interested in purchasing the hugely popular social media platform. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, executives from Facebook, Google and Microsoft have all held talks with representatives of Twitter in the last couple of months, with a view to discussing the possible acquisition of the social messaging service (although reports suggest... Read The Rest →
Why Should You Get Involved With Social Media?
More and more nowdays, social media is growing. With over 500 million active users on Facebook alone, and over 50% of them logging in every day, can you really afford to ingore all those potential customers? It’s true that social media suits some companies more than others, but with the amount of users any company should able to find their niche. The hard part with it is knowing where to begin, and how to approach the whole subject. Before you rush in, you need to think about what you want... Read The Rest →
