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December 27th, 2010 by Ann Smarty
Email and social media have given a whole new meaning to JUNK.
Junk is what you don’t want. There is a saying that one man’s junk is another man’s treasure. If you don’t believe me watch things like Antique Roadshow. Attend stamp and comic book exchanges. Look at the second hand jewelery and clothing stores.
Did you know that the…
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December 23rd, 2010 by Damian Davila
Launched on September 2010 as part of the 10th major release of iTunes, Ping created a lot of expectations as millions of accounts were created. However, after only 3 months, this social network has almost disappeared from the mindset of Apple users.
The Google Trends graph above indicates the search volume of the keyword “iTunes Ping” on Google and it…
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December 22nd, 2010 by SEM Contributor
The line that may have defined the ‘80’s culturally – “I want my MTV” – was Sting’s vocal contribution to Dire Straits’ “
Money for Nothing,” the band’s most successful single from their cart-topping “Brothers in Arms” album. Twenty-five years later (that’s right you older folks, twenty-five years), the refrain might rather seems to have been reversed. “MTV Wants…
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December 21st, 2010 by Roberta Budvietas
Once upon a time there was a lady called Ann Landers who wrote a syndicated column in the USA which advised people what to do in situations.
Miss Manners has for many years been the source of information for how to behave in social situations
Baby Boomers found that in dealing with the wider and more complicated world, sources like…
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December 20th, 2010 by Ann Smarty
If you hear “search”, you think “Google” – this is totally true. But sometimes you need some refresher and some alternative – this post will show you just that.
Below please find 3 absolutely cool Twitter search tricks that will help you save money!
Search by Emotions
Did you know that you can use smilies to enhance your search on…
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December 20th, 2010 by Damian Davila
Groupon’s CEO, 30-year old Andrew Mason, has just joined the Hall of Fame of Entrepreneurs that say no to a lot of money. Just like Facebook’s Zuckerberg did to Yahoo! and MTV Networks just a few years ago, Groupon has declined the $6 billion offer from Google.
There are both supporters and critics of Groupon’s snub to Google, but nobody…
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December 20th, 2010 by Cijo Abraham Mani
Does your company have a social media presence ? If not, it is time that you should build up one!
Google and Bing has made it clear that social signals are now used as a ranking factor.
Social media signals do had its own priority in search long back as I have been doing extensive research on the same and…
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December 17th, 2010 by Ann Smarty
I’ve been playing with Tagul, a fun website allowing you to build custom interactive tag clouds, and created this nice tag cloud based on Sexy Social Media website.
I love it how the tag cloud looks – what about you?
Notice that all tags are clickable and bring you to the home page which means the tag cloud can serve…
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December 16th, 2010 by Ann Smarty
I found out the other day that my grandmother uses Facebook. I was shocked when I saw an add request from a woman who finds electric mixers to be an unneeded extravagance…I didn’t even know she owned a computer! This shows clearly the change in technology, and the usability of social networking sites. From kids to adults of all ages,…
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December 15th, 2010 by Tisha Tolar
One of the first rules we teach our children is never to talk with strangers. This is just as important making on line friends while on social networking sites. These days you never know who is lurking or viewing your profile.
Take the latest news that Al Qaeda may want to ‘friend’ you on Facebook. Terrorist organizations are using social…
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