Google Me? or Me2?
Later this year Google will launch their own social media network “Google Me”. They’re building and buying themselves a social network to compete with fb and (as of any minute now) the considerably more usable Twitter. Whats most interesting though is the name: Google Me. Surely it should be Google Me2? I’m sure there will be lots more to follow….
Read MoreNew Twitter launches today
Twitter is rolling out lots of new features and a new interface – here’s a video that explains everything, in pictures....
Read MoreNew Features for Facebook “like” button
The like button has transformed the process of sharing pages with your friends but it was lacking the features of the share button. That’s been fixed now with new features that broaden the potential for the button. The new “like” button features are: The ability to like content within an application on facebook Like buttons linking to facebook pages New “box count”...
Read MoreGoogle Realtime
Launched today is Google Realtime which lets you search for the most up to date news blogs and articles at any given time. I just tried it for some blog posts done a few hours ago and.. yup they’re there. A useful tool for monitoring current activity on your brand, or yourself...
Read MoreAffiliate brand bidding in Social Media
Affiliate brand bidding and DTM in Social media A fairly recent phenomena and one tied up with the subject of “affiliate marketing without a website” is affiliate posting on social media sites using brand names. Merchants usually strictly control and define the use of their brand terms with affiliates in relation to PPC and within that, DTM (direct to merchant) traffic, but now DTM...
Read Morethe “dislike” button on facebook
Lovely as the idea is, and I’m sure it will be along soon, there is currently no dislike button on facebook – so avoid any links or forms offering you one, it’s a scam and could be harmful. I’m pleased I heard about this as I would probably have been an early victim. What about other buttons that aren’t available – how about a “dumped” button? An
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