Category «Social Media»

Google Launches Google+ Social Network

Google has just announced the test-phase launch of it’s much-anticipated third attempt to enter the online social network market. Unlike previous failures, Google+ looks well-constructed, easy to use, and offers significant improvements to the social network experience. Whether it has what it takes to topple Facebook is probably largely dependent on Facebooks ability to respond to Google+.

Customizing Trackable Social Share Icons

The Ecreative Internet Marketing free Wordpress Plugin, Trackable Social Share Icons, is incredibly customizable and you can do just about anything you want with them. Here are a few examples of how to modify the CSS block in the admin section to make your social media icons display differently.

Twitter to Automatically Shorten URLs in Tweets

Twitter has announced that they will now use their t.co URL shortener to automatically shorten links in Tweets. More than just a convenience, this move could help increase Twitter click throughs, and reduce the likelihood of landing on a malicious site.

Google +1 Button Rankings Research

No sooner does Google release their new +1 button, than a white paper comes out measuring the effect of the Google +1 button, including how it alters your keyword rankings. Today we take a look at this research and learn what it tells us, and what it doesn’t.

Facebook Finally Fixes Failed Employer Pages Link

Been wanting to promote your employer’s page in your Facebook profile? Perhaps you tried to link it in the past were only able to link to a strange, gray briefcase icon. Facebook has now made it easy to update and link to your employer’s page, just follow my easy directions!