The Web Guy, Online Insights for Business
Once upon a time in the early years of the Internet there was a mighty browser called Netscape Navigator. It was the default way to access the Internet for the majority of people lucky enough to have access to the web. In fact it held 90% of the browser market in 1995. Then came along a mighty software company called Microsoft.
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This is a guest post by Dan Cristo Following in Facebook’s footsteps, Google is poised to release a new commenting system for websites called, Google Comments. I’m not going to explain the differences between Google Commenting System, Facebook Commenting System, Disqus, LiveFyre or even Triberr Commenting System, although there are some noteworthy differences. What I would like [...]
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I am a big Hubspot fan. For those of you that have not heard of them, Hubspot were named 8th fastest growing software company in the US by Deloitte in October 2011. Providing online marketing applications for their clients, their own business marketing is a prime example of what makes social media work. Create great [...]
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Google+ has a lot of potential as a social platform. It’s growth isn’t surprising considering the leverage Google has. 90 Millions users in under a year is a great achievement. It is likely to grow further and faster in coming months, especially as Google tie the platform more and more into it’s standard search product. [...]
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The popularity of Google+ is growing, quite rapidly to according to CEO Larry Page there are now over 90 million users. Celebrities are now starting to take to the service including Lady Gaga, who has over 18 million followers on Twitter, and even David Beckham who recently held a Hangout for fans on the platform. [...]
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We, you and I, live in the future. Not far in the future, but the future nonetheless. If you’re reading this, you are way ahead of much of the population. Not because my blog is anything special, but because many ordinary people just don’t read blogs, or use services like Twitter and Google+. Every day [...]
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What do you mean my target audience isn’t on Google Plus? The naysayers are back. With the launch of Google Plus Pages this week, the negativity drifts across the Interwebs yet again. Even hardened fans such as Robert Scoble found something negative to say about he latest update from the daddy of search. But wait [...]
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We knew they were coming and Google didn’t keep us waiting long. Google+ Business Pages are here. So what’s the big deal? Unlike the enclosed environment of Facebook, Google+ is a lot more open. It’s easier to follow and be followed, Circles are a great way to organise people who you are following. Then there [...]
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Google getting into Social Media was an obvious step for them. So the birth of Google+ was no surprise. They were never going to let Facebook have it all. Whilst Google has spent much of it’s effort focussed around search, and search related innovations, it has to make a shift to access the rich data [...]
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