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Google + – What’s 4% of a Billion?

October 18th, 2011

In more Google related news that has SMMs scrambling and SEOs more than  a bit curious, Google has announced that they are finally killing their Buzz social networking tool. The news is hardly a surprise, but it raises an interesting question regarding whether this is a move that is actually motivated by G+ working so [...]

 
 

Twitter’s Half Life – and What it Means to SMM: Part Two

September 13th, 2011

Earlier, we discussed a recent study regarding the half life of links on social media platforms and what that means for anyone preparing to launch a social media campaign. Our earlier focus was on the portion of the study that focused on Twitter and what it’s miniscule link half life means to marketers. Let’s analyze [...]

 
 

Twitter’s Half Life – and What it Means to SMM: Part One

September 12th, 2011

Did you ever wonder how long a link you share will be relevant? Is it going to be good for a couple of hours, several hours, a day or maybe longer? It is a question that has been on the minds of many people – particularly those who are interested in Social Media Management. Sharing [...]

 
 

India Embraces Google Plus

August 1st, 2011

  Google + is catching on everywhere, but almost nowhere more so than in India which ranks second globally. India accounts for about 27% of the traffic that Google + is receiving which raises some interesting questions. The US accounts for the most Google + users while the rest of the world – aside from [...]

 
 

Google’s Plus One – Better Than Buzz?

April 4th, 2011

While the main focus of Google may no longer be Google Buzz, that does not mean that they are completely done with the project just yet. About a year ago Google made a somewhat attempt to compete with the social aspects of Facebook and Twitter by creating Buzz only to find out that cracking the [...]