SES Toronto Web 2.0 Tips
Some interesting web 2.0 -tips coming up at SES Toronto, see below for a quick snippet: “Another tip is to enable your photos to be indexed by search engines. Many companies hide images from crawlers. There’s high usage of images by vertical search engines. It…
MSN Looks To Facebook
It seems that following their recent failed $47.5 billion bid for Yahoo!, Microsoft are still in the market for some internet real estate, having reportedly approached Facebook in a takeover bid. Read more Here.
Do you Twitter?
A New Blog post over at SearchEngineWatch has informed me of a brand new Social Interaction website, called “Twitter”. Twitter is a new website in which you create a large network of friends and update them on your status, for example “i’m eating a sandwich.”…
Microsoft Feels Out Social Network Acquisition
Though Bill Gates was out there telling people Microsoft is not interested in making non-Yahoo acquisitions right now (at least in the search/social world), word comes that Microsoft bankers have sent “feelers” to Facebook about a full acquisition…..Read more Here.
Facebook Releases Lexicon
Below is taken from the Official Facebook Blog: “At Facebook we love tools that allow you to see what people around the globe are searching for or discussing on blogs, such as Google Trends or Technorati. We thought it would be cool to show trends…
Flickr introduces Video Sharing Service
Well known Photo hosting website, Flickr announced last night that they will now have Video sharing capabilities. Below is from the Official Flickr Blog: “Video! Video! Video! The rumours are true and “soon†is now. We’re thrilled to introduce video on Flickr. If you’re a…
10% of Facebook Employees are from Google
Interesting stats from Facebook suggesting that 10% of Facebook employees are ex employees of Google: “Since there’s been a lot of press lately about Googlers jumping ship for Facebook, I thought I’d search Facebook’s network to see how many folks at the company used to…
Youtube Launches Insight
Today YouTube announced the launch of a new tool called “YouTube Insight”, a free tool that enables anyone with a YouTube account (users, partners, and advertisers) to view detailed statistics about the videos that they upload. For example, uploaders can see how often their videos…
Local Search SEO with Facebook
Local SEO Guide have posted an Article on Facebook Pages and Local Search Engine Optimization. They talk about how its possible to use Facebook for Local SEO by creating Facebook Pages and talk you through the process, which includes creating a blog, installing a Facebook…
Social Media Marketing – What is it and What is it Good For?
Great article over at the Search Engine Round Table about Social Media, should give a noobie a good insight into SMO. “Marketing to and through social networks means humans are hot again. Not as directory editors; it’s Web 2.0 and your customers are in control….
