‘Social Media and Search’ Archives
Goggle Chrome – the slow march to success?
Back in September 2008 Google launched a new browser, which I am using here, to a huge fanfare and a mass of twittering; blog posts and Facebook chatter. Mashable reported that in December 2009 that Chrome overtook Safari with 4.63% of the browser market rising to 5.2% in January 2010. I have been a long term fan of Chrome, and my usage [...]
Top 5 Mobile Applications
Brilliant programme from Five's The Gadget Show with their top 5 apps for mobile phones.
No time to grieve – the death of Michael Jackson on Twitter
When the Princess of Wales died I discovered this as I woke to the morning news. When John F. Kennedy died many discovered via the morning newspaper. When Michael Jackson died I discovered it via my Twitter feed. In a Twitter world can family and friends have any time to grieve? In pass years the pressure of 24 TV news has made it [...]
My IBM launched
My IBM, a social network that adds to IBMs Developer Works community, http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ has been launched Described by them as 'the place where you and your peers congregate to connect, share, and collaborate. Great content is just the beginning, and now it's time for you to take the next step: Create your professional profile [...]
Follow to be followed on Twitter
A Hotspot report “State of the Twittersphere” (pdf) has revealed some interesting insight into the popular micro blogging site. With massive growth in the last year (600% according to compete.com) 70% of users joined in the last year. With 35% of Twitter users having 10 or fewer followers and 9% of Twitter users not following anyone at [...]
Social monitoring
With an every increasing number of people going online to blog and engage in social networks there is an increasing number of on-line tools available to enable individuals and organisations to monitor discussion about their brand. These tools amalgamate results from several sources including technorati and google blog search. Companies and [...]
Should Facebook have a Death Wish list?
How was you told that the last person that you were very close to died? When a work colleague died I remember receiving a group email, shocking but at least there were others around in the office to look to for support. In the age of social networking there is every possibility that you could discover that someone close died via a profile update. [...]
Applications come to Linked In
LinkedIn continues its rapid growth and development with the introduction of LinkedIn applications. Now you can link your LinkedIn profile to your Wordpress blog, add a Google Presentation, or work within your profile in a secure collaborative workspace. This is a welcome addition to LinkeIn, making the service more sticky for users whilst [...]
Digital notes just got easier
I work across multiple computers and mobile devices, and whilst sharing data across these is getting easier it is still far from perfect. I have my personal computer, day job computer, elected councillor laptop, testing computer, personal iPhone and two blackberrys (one for work and one for the council). This may seem excessive however with my [...]
Twideas for Twitter
Twitter Mashups are arriving at the plenty. With some you struggle to see their worth, but recently I have discovered some that I can immediately see some clear uses for: Dwigger threads Twitters and enables users to vote on tweets. I really like the fact you can also filter down for a selection of areas (the UK being one, New [...]
Winning elections on-line
The US elections are continuing to demonstrate how the internet is playing an increasingly important role in engaging with voters. Research in the US has shown that 7% of on-line searchers may change their votes. In a close election what political parties do on-line could make the difference between winning and losing. Democrat Barrack Obama has [...]
Great Reasons to switch now to Google Chrome
I now have Google Chrome, the new browser from global search giant Google. Within minutes of using I can immediately see that this will become one of my primary browsers - and given Google has made the code behind this open source I am extremely excited about the possibility of social browsers based on Google Chrome similar to the Flock [...]
Google launches browser: Chrome
Today Google has launched its own browser which is called Chrome. The web is buzzing about the potential threat to Microsoft’s dominance of the browser market which has already been attacked by a variety of alternative browsers including Opera, Flock., Safari and Mozilla to name just a few. In the past it seemed that many of those who insisted [...]
Measuring Web 2.0
A board has been established to establish a single measurement panel, similar to BARB, in the UK. The body is considering seven proposals from media measurement research companies to create the online currency. The measure will provide a currency for measuring online reach and frequency, as well as incorporating engagement measures such as [...]
Time to waffle?
Wafflebox is a free service that enables you to receive voice messages on your website, Facebook profile, MySpace, Friendster, Tagged or your blog. When you join you will be given a unique telephone number, an 0845 number charged at a national rate, your friends can leave a voice message in your Wafflebox which you and your page visitors can [...]
Measuring ROI in B2B Social media
The struggle to justify investment of time and money in B2B Social Media is clearly shared by many who can see the opportunities and necessity to engage with potential and current customers within their trusted environments. A key element of the challenge to persuade those who control the budgets needed to invest in these activities is caused by [...]
Are politicians ageist about web usage?
A frequent reason given to me for not spending time using the internet to engage with voters is that older voters, who are more likely to vote, are not on-line. Very often a picture of older people confused and fearful of the computer is painted for me by members of all parties and often older members. I disagree and there is a growing army of [...]
Now anyone* can blog with Posterous
When talking to politicians and business people about improving their presence on-line the most often response I receive is 'I do not have the time'. With Posterous they no longer have an excuse. Many are put off by long sign up forms, email authentication, resizing of images and general complication with getting to know how a blog that they sign [...]
Unleashing the power of wikipedia
Powerset is a powerful search engine for Wikipedia. Once used I would argue that you will never want to go back to the in-site search on the Wikipedia site again. This is how Powerset describes itself and what it does: 'Powerset’s goal is to change the way people interact with technology by enabling computers to understand our language. While [...]
Creating a site map for Google
With more and more people finding sites through search engines it is essential that your site is search engine friendly. One way you can improve your 'relationship' with search engines is the creation of a Google sitemap. Google sitemaps help Google to crawl your site, telling it where all your interesting content is, which done properly can help [...]
