Posts Tagged ‘twitter’

What Good Can Come From A Viral Video?

What Good Can Come From A Viral Video?

You hear the word “virus” and it means something that makes you sick.  Today, you hear the word “viral” and if you’re anywhere but the doctor’s office you know that means “insanely popular.”  It’s strange.  It makes sense, because viral videos and emails spread like, well, viruses, and in a lot of cases, you can [...]

Ranking in Google is an Earned Privilege, Not a Right

Ranking in Google is an Earned Privilege, Not a Right

Google Rankings are Earned, Not Entitled “If you build it, they will come!”, may be a maxim many follow when creating a website, but the reality comes as a cold, freezing slap across the face for most.  Generating traffic to your site is crucial if it is to provide any meaningful impact on your business [...]

A Twitter Fan’s Review of Plurk

A Twitter Fan’s Review of Plurk

As soon as I heard the name, “Plurk”, I thought, “Here we go, another Web 2.0 Media site with a daft name!” But then I registered and played around with the site and was immediately impressed. More than the impressive user interface (UI), I appreciated the humor that goes with the site make-up and especially [...]

Google Likes Twitter & Facebook Links

Google Likes Twitter & Facebook Links

Matt Cutts, of Google fame, addresses links from Twitter and Facebook. Our opinion is a link from a authortative site such as twitter and/or Facebook has value, whether or not the link is followed or has the nofollow tag applied. Google is smart enough to understand the weight of a powerful social system such as [...]