In a partnership with Portland-based Vizify, Twitter has launched a fun tool that lets its users create a highlight reel based on statistics around their tweets. Search and Social Group members tried out #FollowMe and, in less than 2 minutes apiece, had four videos up and running – and socially shared. Read more →
Google Webmaster Tools Notifications to Include Direct URL Examples
Google has been increasing their output of messages to website owners via their Webmaster Tools Notifications, especially when black hat techniques such as unnatural linkbuilding and other quality issues that may place a site outside of Google’s guideline policy are detected on a site. Read more →
Facebook to roll out Hashtags
Hashtags are finally coming to Facebook! This has been an ongoing rumor that is now available to a small amount of users as of today. Users will not only have the capability to click but also search hashtags. This is a great move on Facebook’s end because several users and brands are already using hashtags on Facebook. Hashtags from other social networks like Instagram and most likely Twitter and Vine will also be clickable. Read more →
Pew Teen Study Points To The Future of Social Media
Pew Research just released a new study looking at how teens use social media, and the findings point to some major potential shifts coming. Obviously, studying younger generations can often be an indicator of where things are going– for example it was the swift adoption of Facebook by the 18-22 crowd 10 years ago that predicted the later rapid rise of that network across all age groups.
Tumblr Purchased by Yahoo: What It Means for SEO, Social and Advertisers
Yesterday’s acquisition of Tumblr by Yahoo could spell out some interesting new directions for both companies, especially where marketing, advertising and search is concerned and depending on just what Yahoo plans to do with their new toy. Read more →
High Profile News Org Twitter Hacks Remind Users to Stay Vigilant
Over the last few months a rash of social account hacks of major media outlets have been generating headlines across the industry. In just the month of April alone, the accounts of the Associated Press, NPR, The Guardian and CBS were all breached, with the AP incident causing the biggest stir. The hackers of the AP’s Twitter account posted a fake Read more →
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