Archive for the ‘Social Networking’ Category
My Twitter Personalities
It’s tough to limit yourself when you do what you love. I wanted to add a brief description of my accounts and how I use them.
@MattSolar – this is my primary account and used almost exclusively for professional topics such as search & online marketing and social media. Associated website is the one you’re reading,.
Tips for a Startup Job
OnStartUps posted a nice article I thought was worth emphasizing, “6 Quick Tips For Landing That Startup Dream Job”.
To paraphrase;
“Match The [Dress] Culture”: “Dress as if you’re already on the team. Any startup you’d want to work for is not going to hold it .
The Historic Impact of Social Media
This is an absolutely terrific piece on the historic impact of social media by NYU professor Clay Shirkly. It’s certainly easy to forget about the power of social media when we take it for granted and use it for ‘poking’, and posting pictures of, friends. Shirkly states that, “The moment we’re living through –.
The Twitter Value Debate
A quick background to this post; this morning several friends and I had a conversation spawn about the value of Twitter to the masses. The discussion started between myself (@mattsolar) and my close friend, Pete (@petekuhn). Since we’re both bearish on Twitter’s value I decided to rope in another good friend, and content/Twitter.
Google Latitide Privacy: +1 for Google
Here’s a very important note on Google’s belief of privacy:
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/03/exclusive-google-takes-stand-location-privacy-alon
The key point; “Google has confirmed that its policy will be to require a wiretap order before tracking a Latitude user’s location for law enforcement.”
It’s good to see that they still follow their, “Don’t Be Evil” motto. I’m sure this will prove to be an.
The “real” Live Search – Summize & Twitter
I passed on the Google Dance this year but was curious to see pictures in near-real time (from less than an hour ago). Google and the other search engines can’t pull the data in that quickly but Twitter is able to using search.Twitter.com (aka Summize). A quick search for “Google Dance” yielded numerous pages of.
Setting up Facebook Privacy & Privledges
I’ve received a few emails from friends about how to best adjust Facebook’s privacy levels. I’m not sure if this is the best way, but I certainly think it’s a step in the right direction and can greatly increase the value and usability of Facebook to you as you won’t have to censor your use.
Twitter & Facebook Demographics by State
Some interesting graphs illustrating Facebook and Twitter demographics by.
Twitter Acquires Summize
Twitter has purchased Summize for a rumored $15M. Here’s Twitter’s blog on the subject. I’m still luke warm on Twitter, but I certainly think this is a good purchase for them.
“Summize is a popular service for searching Twitter and keeping up with emerging trends in real-time. Like Twitter, Summize offers an API so other products.
About
Matt is an experienced search engine marketer and analyst. Over the last five years he’s managed small, regional campaigns and international, multi-million dollar campaigns. An active philanthropist, Matt has also been.
