Google’s Social Search Move and How it Applies to Your Marketing

Back in the middle of last summer (in what by internet time is almost four years ago) I wrote a piece explaining Google’s long-term strategy when it comes to the web and the indexing of its data. The integration of Google+ into Google’s global search on the week starting 10th January finally shows that Google’s strategy has been what I predicted all along....

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What Your Facebook Use Says About You

Facebook.  The media beast that has transformed personal relationships, revolutionized social media, and opened a brand new world of marketing to businesses.  With Facebook being so universal, it is no wonder that university researchers have turned their eyes to the blue and white page that made history. From Your Profile to Your Posts Facebook, for most business...

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Has Google Become The Darth Vader of The Internet?

I dig Star Wars. I like Darth Vader. I admire Google. It makes sense. Darth Vader commands respect and you’ll be respected if someone follows your command. This is something that Google is trying now. But will the recent Google+ initiative, Search plus Your World, a rebellion looms across the Web among social platforms and lobbyists.As Google launches its “social engine”...

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How to Incorporate a Custom Facebook Page Tab to Your SM Strategy

Facebook has come a long way from the closed social network that started at Harvard in 2004. Presently at 800 million users, recent projections are predicting 1 billion members by August. Facebookis also growing beyond membership numbers. The social networking website becomes more dynamic with each update, increasing features and functionalities like custom...

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Social Media Digest: Google Dominates, FB Declines and MO Tweets

Welcome back to our weekly installment of what’s hot in the world of social media. For you to peruse today whilst firing off the last few emails of the week are: 1. Google Sites accounted for 91.75% of all searches conducted in the UK in December 2011, up by 0.67% since November 2011, according to Experian Hitwise’s latest Search Engine and Social Analysis. Google...

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Time Warner Helps Social TV Startup Bluefin Labs Raise $12 Million in Funding

Social TV analytics startup Bluefin Labs has raised $12 million in a Series B round of funding, which means the company will be expanding its resources to help TV networks and marketers keep track of how audiences are responding to shows via social media sites. Time Warner Investments led the round with participation from new investor SoftBank Capital and return investors...

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BuilderChild Astro – iThemes Premium WordPress Theme

Matt and Brad from the iThemes team have been hard at work creating a new (and free) child theme for iThemes Builder … it’s called Astro. This is the fifth free bonus child theme offered for Builder customers and is now available in your member’s area. It includes: Cool social icon tabs - a new Builder hook was created for the theme settings page...

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Essence Silver – itheme premium wordpress theme

Essence is our extremely popular and feature-rich theme series with multiple page templates. preview- http://essence.ithemes.com/index.php?wptheme=Silver+Essence download http://www.filesonic.com/file/1285498394/Essence-Silver.z...

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Patriot - iTheme WordPress Theme

Today, we’re releasing the Patriot Theme — a WordPress web theme designed for political websites that’s great for politicians and political organizations. It has all the standard features like: Featured Images script – the front page can rotate images similar to a Flash slideshow Custom Header Uploader – easily personalize the theme with your own...

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FlexxRed – ithemes Premium WordPress Theme

FlexxTheme was created for people who want more versatility out of their blogs and websites. It gives you the edge with built in SEO features, easy to plug-in graphics and backgrounds, and other features that will save you time or from having to learning code. Flexx is the ultimate WordPress theme that gives you the greatest potential for one sweet price! Pre...

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FlexxProfessional – ithemes Premium WordPress Theme

FlexxTheme was created for people who want more versatility out of their blogs and websites. It gives you the edge with built in SEO features, easy to plug-in graphics and backgrounds, and other features that will save you time or from having to learning code. Flexx is the ultimate WordPress theme that gives you the greatest potential for one sweet price! Pre...

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