Will Social Media Get Governor David Paterson of New York to Veto a Bad Bill?
I’ve written a couple of social media case studies over the past year, but I was tipped off to a new one late last night. A brand new group of bed and breakfast hosts, vacation rentals owners, property managers, brokers, and inn keepers called Protect Vacation Rentals is using social media to get Governor David Paterson of New York to veto Bill S6873. Click to read the rest of this post…
Facebook’s Face Recognition Tagging Feature Signalling Photo Search?
Facebook is currently testing a new feature for pictures that allows automatic recognition of faces and subsequent faster tagging of photos, thanks to newly-acquired technology company Divvyshot . The company says it’s only the first of other new features for Facebook photo, including browsing and uploading. Let’s see the potential implications. Click to read the rest of this post…
Twitter Mumbles
Twitter is a hit in Japan, succeeding where other social networking imports like Facebook have foundered as millions mumble — the translation of tweet — and give mini-blogging a distinctly Japanese flavor.
SEW Toolbar, Search Marketing Toolkit Launches Today
The nice people at Wibiya have been working with us to create our toolbar, which you will see, now pops up at the bottom of the page. Wibiya offer a free web toolbar , which is essentially an app engine that can be fitted to your website. We decided to heavily customize the toolbar for readers of SEW to offer apps that fit in with routine search marketing tasks, so that you can follow up on concepts you are learning about and bounce ideas off other members of the community. Click to read the rest of this post…
Former Facebook CTO Says ‘Google Me’ Social Platform Is For Real
The rumor launched by Kevin Rose about Google working on a social platform to be called Google Me is taking on a new twist as former Facebook CTO, Adam D’Angelo , steps into the dance by saying that it’s “a real project.” Click to read the rest of this post…
BlueGlass Merges SEO/SEM firms 10e20, Search&Social, Brent Csutoras, Second Step Search
10e20 , Search & Social , Brent Csutoras and Second Step Search : they used to be distinct firms in search engine optimization, search marketing/PPC, social media marketing, etc… but now they’ve all merged into one entity. Meet the consolidated agency called BlueGlass . Click to read the rest of this post…
