Archive for March, 2010
Bing continues to grow, making it more important for SEO
It appears that Microsoft continues to make a case for companies to factor Bing into their search engine optimization (SEO) strategy after the company saw its search engine market share in the U.S. increase in August.
According to comScore, Microsoft sites saw their share of searches increase 0.4 percentage points to 9.3 percent in August. Meanwhile, [...]
Using Twitter Lists to Your Site’s Advantage
It seems the buzz on Twitter’s application of Twitter Lists is gaining momentum among the more prolific Tweeters. Just as the eager website owner checks his analytics several times daily to see how many people are visiting his site, so people are surely checking their Twitter dashboards to see how many other users have added [...]
Read moreGrowing Your Social Media Network
It’s not enough to set up a fan page on Facebook or a Twitter account and expect people to follow you in mass numbers. Granted, if you enjoy a strong following via a company blog or existing portfolio Web site, there’s a good chance visitors will migrate to your social networks for updates and interaction. [...]
Read moreSocial Media Use For Business – Focus Or Cover the Spread?
Recently the question came up from a client about the usefulness of Twitter beyond posting updates to thin air. When one sets up a Twitter account, it’s no surprise that businesses may follow an arbitrary number of people in hopes of receiving a courtesy follow back so somebody may view their messages. Add to this [...]
Read moreUtilize Facebook Pages For Maximum Branding
Look around your favorite online hangouts these days, and you might see a common theme. No matter where you go for news, amusement, or online shopping, somebody appeals to you to join their Facebook following. As Facebook has fast become the most popular social networking among people over 30, businesses know it is a prime [...]
Read moreSoftware Solutions Are Available For the Seafood Industry
Successful seafood companies are leveraging technology to build agile business processes and are transforming the challenge of regulatory compliance into a competitive advantage. And a flexible, adaptable IT business solution – like Microsoft Dynamics NAV, formerly Navision – is the cornerstone of their strategy.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV provides end-to-end integration for all levels of the seafood [...]
Beating a Hasty Retweet? Benefit Your Status Through In-Depth Socialization
The latest Twitter buzz involves the new “retweeting” feature accessible on user’s Twitter home pages. If you read your follow feed through the main Twitter.com site, you have the option now of clicking a simple button to automatically repeat a favorite post without having to cut and paste and add the obligatory “RT @…” prefix. [...]
Read moreTwitter Lists – How to Make Them Work For You
When you log on to your Twitter page, you’ll find a third notation positioned after the numbers of people you follow and those who follow you. “Listed” denotes the number of times a Twitter user has categorized you in a Twitter list. If you find several people have included you in their lists, regardless of [...]
Read moreTaking Advantage of Twitter’s New Retweet Feature
While browsing through a Twitter feed, I caught sight of a mini conversation between two people trying to figure out how people they do not follow ended up in their feeds. For the time being, this is only a phenomenon that occurs when one reads directly from Twitter’s site – readers such as Echofon and [...]
Read moreYahoo! and Microsoft to Implement Search Alliance
SUNNYVALE, CA and REDMOND, WA – 18 February 2010 – Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) and Yahoo! (Nasdaq “YHOO”) announced today that they have received clearance for their search agreement, without restrictions, from both the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission, and will now turn their attention to beginning the process of implementing the deal.Implementation [...]
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