STUDY: Two-Thirds of Marketers Now Use Social Media
Mashable — Earlier this year, we reported that 63 percent of companies planned to increase their spending on social media in 2009. Thus, it’s not too surprising that a recent study from the Association of National Advertisers reveal that 66 percent of marketers have now used social media in some capacity in 2009. Also not surprising, the top
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Facebook Grew Twice As Fast As Twitter In July
The Washington Post – If it wasn’t bad enough that Facebook bought FriendFeed on Monday and turned on real-time search to better compete against Twitter in the Stream Wars, and is playing around with a lite version that resembles Twitter even more, now Twitter really has something to worry
Facebook Tests ‘Lite’ Version of Service
PCWorld — Facebook is reportedly testing a simplified interface of its social network service with faster load times called Facebook Lite. According to reports from TechCrunch regarding Facebook Lite, the slimmed-down service will be similar to Facebook’s mobile version — Lite would
Developing a Social Media Strategy 101, Part 1
Search Engine Watch — With the growing popularity of social media, many businesses feel they need to integrate it into their marketing mix, but most aren’t sure where to start or how to develop a plan. Social media is useful for many types of organizations, whether it’s a big brand
Social Media Marketing SUCKS! And Why…
Michelle MacPhearson — This week, Twitter was hammered by a DOS (denial of service) attack. I have no idea what that means, other than it’s some kind of server attack that’ll make your site go down. So as part of this attack, Twitter was down for some time. If you could get on Twitter, tweets
“Do You Know… What Your Children Are Doing Online?”
CaymanNetNews — Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace … What? — Since the Internet is such a big part of children’s lives today, families need to discuss how to properly use social networking sites to ensure their safety. Tips on talking to your children about social networking It’s
Cyber Attacks on Social Networking Sites Aimed At a Single User!
AfterDawn — According to Internet security company F-Secure, the cyberattacks that disrupted service at Twitter, Facebook and LiveJournal on Thursday were targeted at just a single blogger. The attacks appear to be politically motivated, as the targeted user, “Cyxymu”, is a pro-Georgian
Twitter outage spotlights ‘addiction to social media crack’
Computerworld — Attack that hit Twitter, Facebook and Google left users adrift . The attack that knocked Twitter offline and slowed access to Facebook Thursday morning offered a quick lesson in how dependent millions of people have become on social networking sites. A distributed denial-of-service
Week in review: Antisocial networking
cNet News — Social media site Twitter wasn’t always friendly to users this week., The microblogging tool was inaccessible for several hours on Thursday morning, followed by a period of slowness and sporadic time-outs (and more outright downtime). Twitter blamed an “ongoing” denial-of-service
Fortune 100 Companies Use Social Media For Marketing
Twitter and other social media strategies have recently captured the attention of the Fortune 100 companies, who are increasingly using the technology for marketing. Social networking, no longer confined to friends and colleagues, has become an important marketing tool for businesses of all sizes, according
