The Realtime Report

DECEMBER 20, 2013

The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week. Twitter: over 218 million monthly active users. via Twitter. Google Plus: 343 million monthly active users. if you have additional updates, or a social network that you feel should be on the list. . Facebook: 1.15 via Facebook.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Social networks are essential for expanding your web presence —not only for creating social signals now a key component in search engine rankings, which makes your website and blog easier to find in search, but also by giving you more places to be found online. This also applies to other professional / social networks (e.g.

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The Realtime Report

JANUARY 18, 2013

The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week. Twitter: over 500 million users. via Yahoo. Google Plus: 135 million monthly active users. via Google. Please email marissa@modernmediapartners.com if you have additional updates, or a social network that you feel should be on the list.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Yahoo Adds Enhanced News Results to SearchMonkey by Adam Sherk on August 31, 2009 On Friday Yahoo announced new additions to its SearchMonkey enhanced results, including options for news content. Not sure what SearchMonkey is?

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Direct Marketing Observations

JULY 20, 2011

If you’ve been in the social space for any amount of time now, you have seen Google’s “other&# attempts at going/being social. Google Sidewiki , Google Wave , Google Buzz and in each case, the premise was clear but the execution not so. Which leads us back to Google + and the logjam.

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Almost Savvy

AUGUST 10, 2011

If you’re still wondering if you ought to bother spending time getting to know yet another social network, I’ve got one big reason you might want to give Google+ a try. I’ll be addressing those features and how to get started using Google+ in the next few posts. Google Search.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter by Adam Sherk on September 13, 2010 The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press has published the results of its latest survey on news consumption and related topics.

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Adam Sherk

JULY 9, 2009

In looking at syndicated content on Yahoo News, most of the syndicated articles do not include attribution links (each news source likely has to request or provide them), but among those that do exist there is a problem. The Yahoo attribution links do not point directly to the original article URLs.

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Atom Thought

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Now that Google has lucnhed Google Buzz, the scene is ripe for other players to get inspired. What happens if Yahoo also launches a social platform around it’s email service integrated with flickr? Better still: What happens if Microsoft launches a social platform around outlook email application?

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Small Business Mavericks

JULY 8, 2011

Twitter – Who do you follow? Google Alerts. Google Wonder Wheel. Google Trends. Twitter Trends. Google or Yahoo! Q&A websites like Yahoo! Niche social networking sites – Have you found one that serves your niche? Check out their links. You should. Blog Catalog.

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The Realtime Report

JULY 22, 2014

Twitter reached a record high as well, up 6% reaching a score of 69. Pinterest has emerged as the new favorite social network for consumers, increasing 6% to an ACSI score of 76. Improved features and search capabilities have launched the site to the top of the social media category for the very first time.

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Freelance Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2008

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Google Friend Connect by cinta5 on December 5, 2008 Webmasters looking to add social features to their websites can now do so with Google’s Friend Connect.

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The Marketing Blog

APRIL 7, 2010

50 am Search Engine Statistics:: Google’s share dips Jump to Comments Although, Google continues to dominate the search market in U.S. Sector wise trends : If we look at vertical searches, all is not lost for Google as they continue to rise in Automotive, Shopping and travel verticals. Reference Links 1. searches 2.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 20, 2009

Google employee “Inbal” later provided a more specific time window, indicating “the rate at which we recrawl may vary, but we try to go back and check for changes in article content within the first 12 hours after we first find it.” I went looking for an updated story in Google News today and was able to find an example.

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Social Media Marketing

MAY 22, 2013

If you have additional links, sources or ideas that might be helpful, I''d encourage you to add some via a comment below or tag me in Google+. And if you’re on Flipboard, you can get these links in the This Week in Social Media Magazine. What are the top five social media questions marketers want answered? Lee Odden has them.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Another Advertising Week in New York is upon us and so far I have seen some great presentations from companies like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Quantcast, comScore, and even Yahoo! To do this, I asked our research analysts at Networked Insights to study what marketers talk about.

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Your Escape From 9 to 5

APRIL 15, 2022

Google, the world’s top search engine, is instrumental—if not the instrument—to the rapid flow of information. In its website, Google shares its goal: “to get to you to the answer you’re looking for faster, creating a nearly seamless connection between you and the knowledge you seek.”. Facebook Likes and Twitter Followers are Out.

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Small Business Mavericks

JULY 17, 2012

According to a recent survey , Facebook has more users than any other social network but those users don’t necessarily like Facebook. Google+ users, on the other hand, score the highest on the Happy User Scale with a customer satisfaction score of 78 out of 100. Even Yahoo! Are you happy with your social network?

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Adam Sherk

MAY 13, 2009

Initially Google is supporting data on reviews and people. Initially Google is supporting data on reviews and people. You can follow Google’s guidelines for marking up structured data to learn how to do it, including the specific properties for reviews. But now is a good time to begin experimenting with it.

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Twist Image

DECEMBER 24, 2013

If we go back to the early days of online content, I quickly became enamored with Delicious (which, at the time, was a bookmarking service coupled with an online social network). From taking physical notes of things to check out, to using Google Reader to having specific folders in my email program for areas of interest.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 22, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Google News Wants Title Tags to Match Headlines? So it appears this tip is intended to make it easier for Google News to understand the correct title for articles, as opposed to being a “must do&# to prevent an issue.

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Adam Sherk

MARCH 16, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Real-time Search Optimization for News Sites by Adam Sherk on March 16, 2010 The major search engines are making real-time search a priority, resulting in good visibility opportunities for news sites especially for breaking news.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

When Kathy Savitt was named CMO of Yahoo, a lot was written about her obsession with Generation Z (the generation born post 1990 or so). Think about it: what possible incentive would there be to cede the autonomy that other social networks offer? If I were a teenager now. How Facebook Could Become Irrelevant.

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Myrland Marketing

APRIL 6, 2010

Home About Services Social Media Speaking-Training LMA Contact Subscribe Myrland Marketing Minutes Strategic Social Media: Making Social Media Make Sense THE BEST SOCIAL NETWORK FOR LAWYERS, OR ANYONE, IS… by Nancy Myrland on April 6, 2010 An interesting question was posed on a legal marketing forum of which I am a member.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 13, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk 25 Major News Sites Ranked by Page Speed by Adam Sherk on April 13, 2010 Now that site speed is officially a Google ranking factor, site performance and page load time are important for SEO as well as usability. Article Source Page Speed Score (article) 1 Yahoo!

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Twist Image

DECEMBER 6, 2012

If you can't find out information in a general search (on Google , Bing , Yahoo or whatever), leverage your online social networks ( Twitter , Facebook , LinkedIn , tumblr , etc.) If we have learned anything in the past decade-plus about social media, it is that there is no harm in actually trying things.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2010

The Economist The Economist has multiple customized tabs for subscription, featured articles and a news quiz: Fox News Fox News offers a more visual and interactive experience through its “Fun Stuff” tab: Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune uses a welcome tab to highlight sections and features from its main site: Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Twitter as a tool to communicate during conferences. After attending SMX (I’ll post something on that soon) and SES NY, I realized that Twitter is a useful tool for conferencegoers to communicate their whereabouts or to share breaking news and announcements. Similarly, Michael Twittered during SES in April.

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Twist Image

DECEMBER 18, 2010

There's no denying that I'm a fan of Delicious - the online social bookmarking service (I Blogged about my love for Delicious back in 2007, right here: Why del.icio.us We didn't have online social networks like Twitter and Facebook to ask our "friends" questions. Is there still a need for social bookmarking?

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Bill Hartzer

JULY 14, 2011

Google and other search engines haven’t forgotten the importance of good content, and are now penalizing websites which are writing only for keywords or contain only purchased links. However, choosing to focus on social networking sites over SEO, or SEO over social networking sites could leave a company vulnerable to brand damage.

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Twist Image

FEBRUARY 18, 2012

There's a growing lesson for big brands in Social Media. Unless you own the platform (like a Blog, Podcast or your own, personal, online social network), ensure that everything else is a channel for you to connect and not the entire platform. You or Twitter? Twitter owns the data, analytics and information behind it.

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Laurel Papworth

MARCH 15, 2010

Twitter just announced @anywhere platform – notice who is missing? Anyway here’s my thoughts, right after the Twitter blog/press release : Monday, March 15, 2010. When we designed Twitter, we took a different approach—we didn’t require a relationship model like that of a social network. and YouTube.

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Worse, C-level executives who don’t use social media themselves are also much less likely to understand how to capitalize on the social media savvy and reach of their employees to benefit their companies. The fundamental barrier to embracing a social business strategy seems to come down to one word: fear.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 25, 2008

Now it seems I get most of my news from Twitter. Twitter: The Upside and the Downside Three days ago, Heath Ledger passed away. As more and more people discovered the news of the actor’s passing, Twitter was inundated with news links and statements of surprise. Maki explains that there are 17 ways you can use Twitter.

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Danny WhatMough

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

I wrote last week about the battle between Google and Facebook. Now there is more interesting research out which adds yet another subplot: according to Compete , Facebook has passed Google to become the top source for traffic to major portals like Yahoo and MSN, and is amongst the leaders for other types of sites too.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 3, 2011

Almost two years ago I went on a bit of a rant about how much I hate being added to email lists without my permission , especially by people I’ve “met&# on Twitter or while out and about at a conference. The funny thing is that Adriel and I don’t really “talk&# that often on Twitter or elsewhere.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

If you take a look at any one of their four accounts , you’ll notice one thing: they’re not using Twitter to converse but to broadcast. If you take a look at any one of their four accounts , you’ll notice one thing: they’re not using Twitter to converse but to broadcast. Is that even professional?

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