Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 3, 2011

The Federal Trade Commission announced on Tuesday that a settlement has been reached in regards to Facebook’s privacy practices. Facebook will now have to conduct privacy audits every two years for the next 20 years. This is a result of the mishandling of Facebook users’ private information back in December 2009.

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Small Business Mavericks

AUGUST 6, 2011

1 social networking website online? You can’t do a whole lot of interacting with your friends through other social networks. And then there’s the whole privacy issue. 1 social network. 1 social network. The Circles feature allows for greater privacy through Google+.

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Small Business Mavericks

OCTOBER 22, 2011

In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve written a few times about Google+, but what I haven’t done is told you why your local business should be using Google+ for social networking, marketing, and branding. Google+ allows you set the privacy setting for each aspect of your public profile. Google+ is easy to use.

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Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Privacy concerns aside, would a Facebook search engine change the landscape of search ? Would you change your content strategy to target Facebook’s search engine in hopes that more people would find your website through the largest social network online? But it is comforting to know it’s coming down the pike.

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