I have used Twitter.com for several months and love it. I have found real value in public microblogging and consider it an important part of social media marketing. Follow me at Twitter.com/Cvos Checking my account today I saw this unique color collage from my random followers. These people created unique color shifted avatars to increase…
There are several ways to make money online, and some of my favorite are affiliates and CPA. Affiliate networks are regular sites that have signed up to give an advertiser a specified percentage on all completed sales. A webmaster places a targeted link with affiliate tracking code on their site, and if a user clicks…
A day in the life of webmaster support from Maile Ohye, Developer Programs Tech Lead. Maile filmed her day at the Mountain View Googleplex. I didn’t think video camers were allowed inside Google – when I was there last year they had security searches to make sure no cameras of any kind were brought in.…
The Securities and Exchange Commission now officially recognizes public information sharing on corporate websites and online information sharing sites. In a landmark announcement, the SEC now allow disclosure of financial information through corporate blogs. how companies can use their web sites to provide information to investors in compliance with the federal securities laws, particularly with…
If you are looking for advice on how not to begin a search engine optimization project, the user SEO Quick Project just created a case study for you. this job has a 100% chance of failure. Here is the title of the job listing: SEO Quick Project – See original job posting at Elance »…
It’s amazing the amount of Google executives, engineers and senior staff who have left to join startup internet ventures. Google may be one of the best places in America to work, but it is always more fun to work for yourself or work with no supervision on a project you love. Computer Scientists Who Left…
First! Video of online social media commenters overtaking the boardroom. When the anonymity of the internet becomes real life anti-social you get a mix of anarchy and entertainment. Comment from the Digg: “All those comments that you’ve buried… what if those people all worked together?” Video originally on CollegeHumor.com, which tries to include tons of…
What do you get when you combine Google search engine and Digg social voting: Giggle. There is a strong possibility the Digg users will have their usernames transferred to Google accounts. I can’t wait to see the uprising on digg when they realize all their voting and browsing history will be transferred to Google, and…
Social Media Club Los Angeles technology business networking group. This group has 122 confirmed members so far and should be worthwhile event. This month’s meeting will feature a panel of industry professionals and practitioners who will discuss principles of navigating through and participating in the social web. The panel will explore social media and the…
.FAIL Something is very fishy with the .me domain name registration system. Individuals who have signed up and paid for .me names are not receiving them. Multiple people have even been approved and charged for the same domain name! Most of the really good names were registered by Afilias. There are super shady registrations where…
