Link building is an important activity for building your reputation and increasing your chances for ranking for your key terms in the search engines. I’m not saying you should buy links – in fact, I’d discourage it – or that you should spend tons of money and time chasing low value links (I’d discourage that…
Tag Archive: social networking
Get Your Own Quora Board
Quora is one of the more popular question & answer websites online. It’s a great social community if you have a body of knowledge you like to share or if you just like playing the Q&A game. Unlike most other Q&A sites, however, they have a system for getting rid of or discouraging spam comments…
Rank No. 1 For Your Name On Google In Two Months
I’ve talked about this before. Google+ profiles are rising to the top of the search engine results in record time. Faster than Twitter profiles. Faster than Facebook profiles. And faster than a speeding bullet. Why does it happen so fast? Cyrus Shepard knows. It was fairly easy to predict. Google is the proud owner of…
Two Up And Coming Social Networks
Nielsen, the company that monitors television ratings, has announced the top social networks for 2011. It’s a little suspect because YouTube is nowhere to be found. And I’m sure YouTube outranks Blogger. Still, Blogger has twice the traffic that Twitter has. So why is it that you hear more about Twitter in the news than…
Should You Outsource Social Media?
There are plenty of companies out there that will take your money and tell you they are managing your social media presence. Some of them are quite good at what they do, but it will cost you. Others will just take your money. We recommend you manage your own social media, for the most part….
What The Facebook Changes Really Mean
Yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, delivered a keynote address at the f8 conference and announced that Facebook was making a few changes. Since then the Internet has been a chatter over all sorts of complaints about the changes, but what do they really mean? First, if you’re one of the 800 million Facebook users…
Post f8 Conference Blog Post
Today, Facebook is planning to make an announcement about how it will change social networking forever. You can view the keynote presentation at 1 p.m. EST right here. Afterward, I’ll have my thoughts on Facebook’s announcements. I’ll prepare them as the keynote address is being made. Stay tuned. 12:50 p.m. Talking heads discussing their first…
Why Google+ Outclasses Facebook
I’ve never been a big fan of Facebook. I use it, sure. But it’s not my hangout of choice. I’d prefer Twitter, but even then, I don’t use it as much as I used to. Lately, however, I’ve been using Google+. I haven’t abandoned Facebook or Twitter. I’ve just added Google+ to the mix and…
Starters, Joiners, And Networkers
When it comes to social networking – online or off line – there are really three types of people. There are starters, joiners, and networkers. Whether we’re talking about a platform as ubiquitous as Facebook or as local as Meetup, I suspect you’ll find these three types of social personalities anywhere you go. But who…