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Google Continues to Impress with New Fea...

Ever since the launch of their Universal Search feature two years ago, Google has been quietly working behind the scenes to improve search. That feature broke barriers by allowing us to view results of various types such as images, videos, books, etc. The downside to Universal Search was that it left...

Groups on LinkedIn.com to help your Busi...

LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter are receiving more national attention every day. I like Linkedin’s “Groups” feature which provides a space to engage with other professionals who reflect business interests. The feature allows one to not only connect, but to be of value by generating discussion...

Sharing & Saving Blog Posts...

I met a fellow consultant today for lunch and we shared an observation about how much content is being published across the various social media platforms. How does one follow, absorb and/or share it? Luckily, Mashable’s Ben Parr summarizes how to share blog content in his March 29, 2009 posted...

“Dizzied by the Demands of Social ...

My colleague, Virgina Chatham recently observed how she loves the acronym “K.I.S.S”, i.e. “keep it simple stupid”.  Web based social networking can be really hard to keep simple.  She was delighted to read and share a blog post composed by Taylor Ellwood titled “How to...

Approaching Mid ‘09 : 10 Ways Soci...

We are steadily approaching 2009’s mid-point and I recently came across Ravit Lictenberg’s,  Ustrategy Consulting, blog post titled “10 Ways Social Media Will Change in 2009″. Kudos to her for generating (1021) Diggs and (103) comments which included the ultimate compliment of...

Twitter Vocab...

Most of our web design and SEO/Online Marketing clients are probably still new to Twitter and trying to follow all the buzz words they have heard. We looked around for a comprehensive list of Twitter vocabulary. Here’s a start. tweets (noun): posts made by twitter users, which must be under 140...

Creating Twitter Community on Your Websi...

One of Twitter’s compelling aspects is the creation of applications which continue to propel community building. Mashable’s Adam Ostrow in his post titled Tweetizen: Create Instant Twitter Community on Your Website points out the benefit of filtering tweets and displaying them in groups....

Status Boxes:LinkedIn, Facebook & T...

Recently,  I celebrated my 52nd birthday with friends and someone slightly older than me leaned over to inquire, “So what is Twitter?”  Last week while teaching a “OnLine Networking for the Job Seeker”, it became apparent that the LinkedIn users (novice to intermediate) were...