Jeff Esposito

MARCH 2, 2015

On Sunday, it was announced that two of the more popular features of Google+ – Photos and Streams – would be managed as separate entities. The aftermath of the post was an explosion of OMGs and finger wags at Google’s failed social network across the social interwebs. To that extent Google succeeded.

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Jeff Esposito

MARCH 2, 2015

On Sunday, it was announced that two of the more popular features of Google+ – Photos and Streams – would be managed as separate entities. The aftermath of the post was an explosion of OMGs and finger wags at Google’s failed social network across the social interwebs. To that extent Google succeeded.

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Jeff Esposito

MARCH 2, 2012

Seeing their blatant lack of acknowledgement and deletion of comments regarding an accident and past pirate encounters on their social properties really pains me. The Mounting Minuses at Google+ – at some point Google is going to have to do something about Google+.

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Jeff Esposito

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

LiveFyre – There are a lot of comment systems out there, but none are on par with Livefyre. Not only does the platform allow for commenting in real time (think streaming group chat) but it also offers multiple options for users to log in for commenting. It has also increased the time spent on the site.

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Jeff Esposito

JULY 15, 2011

Google+, Digital Sneetches and Getting Real Value from a New Tool – We all get excited about shiny things, sometimes too excited. The comments in this post are great and I give a big hat tip to the artist formerly known as PR Cog for posting it and being open and conversational in the comments.

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Jeff Esposito

JUNE 17, 2011

Does Google Use Facebook Shares to Influence Search Rankings? – In this post from SEOMoz, it appears that likes may actually impact the value that Google and Bing put on your sight. In this post from SEOMoz, it appears that likes may actually impact the value that Google and Bing put on your sight.

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Jeff Esposito

APRIL 23, 2015

As I have noted a few times on this blog, Facebook has built a perfect fly trap and businesses need to adapt to the ecosystem, much like they do with Google. You do for Google… So while this may be contrarian to all the talking heads, I actually think this update is a good thing and something worth keeping an eye on.

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