A growing number of people believe heaviest users of social media are the youth. This idea is turning out to be a Myth as each month of studying social media passes. In fact, according to a recent analysis completed by Pingdom, the average social media user is 35-44 years old. 
New study of purchases from Social [...]

With the use of Social Media on a constant rise, most business owners associate gaining Twitter Followers or Facebook Fans as an effective plan for their campaign. Sadly, this is not true. Having a huge following on every Social Media Network available, will not necessarily help your business.
If you are new to Twitter then you [...]

Google Social Search is a filter designed to find relevant content from your social circle. Although this concept is still in Beta, the idea is that content from your friends and social contacts is often more relevant and reliable to you than content from strangers.
To get started, you will need to create/login to your Google [...]

With over 500 million users, Facebook is the hottest topic among both Internet Users and Online marketers. Not only has Facebook changed the face of social networking, it has also paved the way for many other similar social networking sites.
I believe the three main growing elements that make Facebook such a big hit are the [...]

Twitter is a great communication tool for both business and personal use. As one starts to grow their Twitter account, it can become somewhat cluttered and in need of visual enhancement. I have found some great new websites that will allow you to visualize your Twitter followers in creative and fun ways.
1. ISParade

This fun Twitter [...]

Two recent Twitter events over the past week epitomized the power social media is having in the world today.  As everything private becomes public people are now faced with showing more discretion than ever or face the consequences.  The consequences of not respecting the power of social media can do anything from get you fired [...]

It's time for another episode of the social media monthly round-up. Last month the internet and online market was busy with a flurry of activity.  Google’s shift into social search and relevant areas topped the news in February.  More specifically, there was a lot of buzz going around about Google's new product Google Buzz.
Google Introduces Google Buzz
Google has [...]

For any business that wants to keep on top of their industry beware — 2010 will be about realizing the burgeoning power of social media to support business branding. Emerging as a major internet marketing channel, social media is one of the most challenging but most rewarding source for businesses online. Businesses that figures it [...]

There has been a lot of talk recently about location aware services such as Foursquare, so we thought it was time to let you know our thoughts on how they can help local business. Foursquare is a location aware social game that allows users to “check in” when they arrive somewhere using their GPS enabled [...]

It seems Google is continuing its acquisition spree. It is reported that Google has gained Flickr's default photo editing suite Picnik.
The acquisition news was announced by Google on Monday in their blog post by Product Management Director Brian Axe.The post says: "We're not announcing any significant changes to Picnik today, though we'll be working hard [...]

After lots of speculation and rumours Google announced the purchase of Aardvark last week.   Techcrunch reported that Google acquired Aardvark for $50 million dollars. The agreement was announced officially by Google through their blog. Aardvark CEO Max Ventilla stated that   “We have signed a definitive agreement to acquire Aardvark, but we don't have any additional details to share [...]

Welcome to the January 2010 edition of Social Media Monthly Round Up. In recent years the web and especially social media has started a communication revolution that has changed the way we live and work on web. Since its birth and over the last few years when it has grown in both stature and [...]

Search continues to get more social at Google. Thats right – Google has just embedded a customized 'Social Search' feature in its search results. Tagged with a beta label, this new 'Social Search' facility will be available to all users on Google within a few days. Google recommends everyone to create a Google profile. In the [...]

With 2009 now behind us and 2010 upon is there is little doubt that the biggest buzzword in reviewing the last year was the impact of social media. You might have witnessed lots of promises, expectations, resolutions and predictions pertaining to different online marketing segments in the year. But none of them were talked [...]

It seems  we are all about to get pulled into the magical trance of yet another holiday season that is just around the corner. Before bidding goodbye to another year lets have a peek into the monthly news that turned the social media world last month.
11% Of Online Customers Use Social Media For Sharing Their Bad [...]