Social media is growing at a frighteningly quick pace. With new social networks, features, and rules popping up every day, it can be challenging to keep up. But for people who also manage multiple social media accounts, it can also be exhausting. Continue Reading…
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As Facebook nears 1 billion users, the company is taking some much-needed steps to protect its members’ privacy and security.
Facebook has partnered with Microsoft, McAfee, TrendMicro, Sophos, and Symantec in an effort to protect against malicious URLs, spam, phishing, and viruses.
The malicious URL database from these security organizations will be incorporated into Facebook’s URL blacklist system, which scans trillions of clicks per day. This is where a site that has been reported as “abusive” or “spammy” might end up. Continue Reading…
In January, Facebook became Brazil’s top social network when it surpassed longtime leader, Orkut. This month, the social network has overtaken all of Google‘s properties in that nation.
According to Experian Hitwise, data revealed that Brazil’s web traffic to Facebook has “dramatically” increased over the past year. The social network topped the bill for five days this year, starting on April 1st. Continue Reading…
Today Facebook has launched new Groups features, which are specifically for college students, that will aid in collaboration and sharing.
Facebook started out as an exclusive service for students, and eventually opened up to the whole world. Now it seems like the social network is going back to its roots with an expanded Groups feature.
Groups for Schools allows people with an active school email Continue Reading…
This morning Google announced that it is launching a complete redesign of Google+ which it describes as simpler, more flexible, and more beautiful. The new version of the social network will roll out gradually to its members over the next few days.
Though the redesign doesn’t add much in terms of fundamentally different functionality, it’s a much more elegant and attractive layout for everything Google+ already does. Continue Reading…
While social media has had tremendous growth, it has also prompted significant changes in marketing strategies and advertising campaigns.
Once you’ve made the decision to create a Twitter account or a Facebook Page it’s very important to have someone to monitor it. As experience has shown, social media can make or break customers’ perceptions of your brand.
In many cases it can be challenging to launch and maintain a successful social media strategy. Continue Reading…
