Social Media
See Updates to the +1 Button Before They Launch
Today Google announced a new opt-in program that allows webmaster to live preview changes to the Google +1 button before they go live (Google’s official …
How to Get the Now Faster Google +1 Button
Almost overnight it’s everywhere on the web. It’s the Google +1 button, and if you’re an SEO-conscious webmaster and/or site owner, you’ve already got it ...
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Six Things Every Google Plus Newbie Should Know
It’s no secret by now that I’ve been in love with Google+ (Google Plus) since I gained admittance on the third day of its existence. ...
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Google+ Offers New Opportunity for Brands to Do Social Right
I was in the process of adding Mashable staff to a new “Mashable Staff” circle in my Google+ (using “How to Add Mashable Staff to ...
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Buffer Helps You Tweet More Without Annoying Your Followers
If you are a Twitter-holic–and especially if you tweet for a brand or organization–you’ve probably found that your tweets and re-tweets come in bursts. You’re ...
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Tracking Social Interaction in Google Analytics
You have probably already bought into the idea that social media matters to your business. If you haven’t you may just be living under a ...
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Google+ and Google Search Engine: The Real Reason for Google Plus
We are beginning to see confirmation of what I suspected was the real reason Google invested so much time and money into Google+ and now is ...
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Why Your Business Should Plan to Be on Google+ (Google Plus)
I had this post all set out in my mind, and then I read “Why Google Has the Hammer to Make Businesses Use Google Plus” ...
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How to Increase Your Facebook Page’s Fan Base
In my social media consulting for clients of Virante Inc., by far the most frequent question I get is “how can I increase my number ...
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Social Media Tools: Trunk.ly Archives and Indexes Your Shared Links
UPDATE: Since this post was written, Trunk.ly was acquired by AVOS, the new owners of Delicious, and the Trunk.ly service was discontinued. It’s happened to ...
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Facebook Introduces the Send Button
Today Facebook significantly upped the ante in its bid to dominate the way people share content on the Internet. The Facebook Like button (as an ...
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Facebook iPhone App Update: Check-in to Events, Unfriend on the Go, But Still No Share Button
Yesterday Facebook announced an update to their popular iPhone app. The principle new goodies in this update are: Check-in to events using Facebook Places. See checked-in ...
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How to Get a Google +1 Button for Your Web Site
Yesterday Google announced the experimental rollout of its +1 search social recommendation feature. (See Google +1 Is Google’s Like Button for details.) For the present, ...
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Google +1 Is Google’s Like Button: Social Sharing of Search Results
Google’s +1 button allows Google search users to “like” both individual search results and AdWords ads in the search results. +1 shows up as an ...
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