Did you know that your tweets have an expiration date on them? – 10 Ways to Archive Your Tweets
ReadWriteWeb — While they never really disappear from your own Twitter stream, they become unsearchable in only a matter of days. At first, Twitter held onto your tweets for around a month, but as the service grew more popular, this “date limit” has dramatically shortened. According to Twitter’s search documentation, the current
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Facebook Buys FriendFeed For Undisclosed Dollar Amount!
Boston (DbTechNo) – The largest social media web site on the internet, Facebook has just purchased FriendFeed. FriendFeed will fit perfectly into Facebook’s plan as the site is a place for people to keep track of all their friends, no matter what social media web site they are using. For now,
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
Yahoo Gives Its Delicious Bookmarking Site A “Social-Freshness Lift”
PiadContent — Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is licensing its web search technology to Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)—but it is holding on to its Delicious social bookmarking site, which offers one alternative way to find items on the web by sifting through sites that people have bookmarked. And on Tuesday, Yahoo
Twitter DDoS Attack Politically Motivated, Says Report
PCWorld — The distributed denial of service attack on Thursday that targeted Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal, and several Google sites may have been politically motivated. The reported target of these attacks was a blogger named Cyxymu from the Eastern European country of Georgia who is an outspoken
How to Use Social Media to Promote Your Business
Business Week — Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn—all these can help you build a community of customers as well as introduce you to vendors and sales prospects. Your aim should be turning customers, who may stop by any convenient spot for a morning coffee, into fans who will drive past other bakeries
