by mtraphagen | Jul 28, 2010 | SEO, Social Media
Just thought I’d pass along something I noticed since Caffeine (Google’s new search ranking algorithm) kicked in. I’m wondering if anyone else has seen this? The meat of what I’m going to share: feeding your site updates to FriendFeed may bring...
by mtraphagen | May 10, 2010 | Facebook, Social Media, Twitter
Social web services like Facebook and Twitter present us with a daily avalanche of information, much of it in the form of links to outside sources. While much of it may be trash (as far as any individual reader might be concerned) there are often many jewels among the...
by mtraphagen | Mar 8, 2010 | Social Media, Twitter
Since its inception people have found many creative uses for Twitter, but to my mind one of the most useful has been as the collective, real-time public notebook for conferences and special events. Smart conference organizers establish and publicize a hash tag for...
by mtraphagen | Feb 25, 2010 | Google, Social Media
Just when you thought you had your social media game plan (you do have one, right?) all nice and set, Buzz happens. It’s like the NFL suddenly announces a new team halfway through your fantasy league season. What is Buzz? In brief, it is a Google-developed...
by mtraphagen | Feb 22, 2010 | Facebook, Google, Social Media, Twitter
I’ve been an enthusiastic early adopter of Google Buzz since it appeared in my Gmail inbox the day after its unveiling. As a one-time huge fan of Friendfeed, the interface was immediately familiar (though lacking in some of Friendfeeds best features). I’d...
by mtraphagen | Oct 22, 2009 | Google, SEO, Social Media
On October 21 Google announced at Web 2.0 Expo the coming-soon implementation of real-time Social Search incorporated into the regular search results page.Results will appear at the bottom of the results page and will be culled from the searcher’s own social...
by mtraphagen | Oct 1, 2009 | Social Media
Overwhelmed by your News Feed? Too much to read? Facebook allows you to create groups of your friends so you can temporarily just see who you want to see in your News Feed. For example, you might create a group of “Relatives” or “College...
by mtraphagen | Aug 26, 2009 | Social Media, Twitter
It was inevitable: as fast as Twitter became the fastest-growing social media outlet, it also became a primo target for Internet spammers. Most people I know on Twitter who use it regularly have said that they’ve noticed a sharp uptick in the amount,...
by mtraphagen | Aug 20, 2009 | Social Media
RE: My post yesterday “The SEC Makes One Hell of a Bad Call”The New York Times reports today that the SEC has clarified their rule. Turns out they weren’t really after Joe Bleachersitter sending his blurry phone cam picture of pinpoint-sized...
by mtraphagen | Aug 19, 2009 | Social Media
College sports’ Southeastern Conference (SEC) has probably had to overrule a few bad calls by umpires in its day. This week it was forced to overrule one of its own calls.The conference had actually proclaimed a ban on any and all social media postings about its...
by mtraphagen | Aug 11, 2009 | Social Media
URL shortening service tr.im wasn’t turned into a newt, but it did very suddenly make a self-enacted disappearance yesterday. Citing inability to come up with a revenue model (and inability to compete with the virtual monopoly granted bit.ly as Twitter’s...
by mtraphagen | Jun 26, 2009 | Google, Social Media
In Google Profiles and Reputation Management – Part 1, I made a case for why building a Google Profile should be a central part of establishing a positive online presence (i.e. “reputation management”). Today let’s look at a second, but...
