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Twitter and the Law: Targeting spammers on the Twitterverse

Thursday, April 5th, 2012

Twitter and the Law: Targeting spammers on the Twitterverse

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With everyone’s strong reliance on social media, it’s important to protect ourselves from malicious activities taking place on the social Web. Twitter in particular has been focusing their efforts to strike down on spammers on their brand’s social ecosystem. And in a recent post on their blog, the Internet giant reiterates their commitment to rid their massive social media service of spam, and this time they’ve enlisted the help of the authorities.

 

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Tool Time: Chrome extensions for enhancing Tumblr

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

Tools to Rev Up Your Tumblr Marketing Strategies

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Among the many social media sites that have gained massive popularity in recent years is Tumblr. As the love child of a full on blogging service and a microglogging platform, it features great features of both. It’s straightforward, has good integration with other popular social networking sites, it’s easy to share with your online friends, and it has a network of very active loyal users flocking toward common interests and niches. And it is also because of these very reasons that many brands have also included it into their own online marketing campaigns.

 

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Snapshot: Social vs Search

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

Social Media Marketing vs Search Engine Optimization

The realms of social media and search engine marketing are getting intertwined, especially on the social Web where a fine balance of SEO/SEM and online interactions has become the winning formula site owners and brands managers employ. Of course we still need to identify our goals, and identify the right approach to achieve them. A recent inforgraph simply titled “Social vs Search” takes a closer look at both fields, their advantages and strengths, and what can happen when they’re both leveraged to work together.

 

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Tool Time: Disqus and Zemanta for WordPress

Monday, March 26th, 2012

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WordPress is among the most popular Web properties today, hosting and providing content management solutions to millions of Web sites worldwide. There are 72, 313, 329 WordPress sites as of writing, half of which are hosted by the blogging CMS company, and covering a massive range of topics—from news and current affairs, to desserts and recipes.

 

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Facebook unveils tool for adding acquaintances, improves photo viewer

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

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This week, Facebook rolled out an update and a tool that are both aimed to improve user experience. The social media giant rolled out a tool that will suggest people to add to your Acquiantance list, as well as implement a several improvements on their photo viewer for better image viewing.

 

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Twitter scam exploits Doctor Who actress’ name

Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

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Yesterday, the people behind the sci-fi show Doctor Who used Twitter to unveil a handful of announcements about their upcoming season. And like wildfire, every tweet they send out coursed through the Twitterverse and crossed over to other social networks like Facebooks, Tumblr and Pinterest. Quite naturally, this blitzkrieg-esque flood of attention to a specific topic not only caused them to trend worldwide, but they also attracted malicious activities to flock the social media giant. One in particular exploited the name of actress Jenna-Louis Coleman, the latest companion to the show’s protagonist.

 

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Snapshot: Social media security basics

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

The social Web has definitely taken over most of our lives, and it is a definite driver that shapes every aspect of society. From the technologies and services created for driving businesses and brands to succeed in their industries, down to the way we communicate with each other—all of these are being constructed around its complex connections.

 

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