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Facebook Likes & Search Engine Ranking-Myth and Reality

Facebook Likes & Search Engine Ranking-Myth and RealityUnfurling the myth and reality of Facebook likes and its impact on search engine results.

A question that has been haunting the SEO industry for quite some time now is whether or not the “Facebook Likes” affect the ranking of a website? To give you a short and precise answer, it’s yes; the Facebook “likes” do have an effect. However, if you try and find the extent to which the [...]

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Facebook Broken on Purpose: What to Do

Facebook I Want My Friends BackWith Facebook showing your updates to only 10-15% of your friends and fans, what do you do next? Short video plus tips on the best way to get more traffic.

By now you may have seen the huge explosion over Facebook reducing who sees your updates and then offering the solution of charging you if you want to reach even your current fans. What really matters is what you do next: Should you keep focusing on Facebook? Will you invest time in learning how Facebook’s [...]

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Why Blog Interact is the Best Blogging Community

Blogging Collaborators ImagesRelationships are more important than how many followers you have, or how many retweets you get, or how much reach any particular link or tweet managed to show because none of those things generates ACTION - and ACTIONS are what have the power to change our lives for the better.

There are too many of everything:  too many forums ~ too many blogging communities ~ too many social networks. None of us can keep up with them all. I have learned over the years that what really matters are relationships. Relationships are more important than how many followers you have, or how many retweets you [...]

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Several Methods To Grow Your Social Media Following

Methods To Grow Your Social Media FollowingGrowing a large following is something many new social media users struggle with. They see all these big accounts with 20, 50 or even 100K followers and wonder how did they ever get there? Gaining followers for your social media and networking connections has its' in and outs, depending on the network you're dealing with.

Growing a large following is something many new social media users struggle with. They see all these big accounts with 20, 50 or even 100K followers and wonder how did they ever get there? Gaining followers for your social media and networking connections has its’ in and outs, depending on the network you’re dealing with. [...]

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Guest Post for Blog Interact!

Guest Post for Blog Interact!Join Blog Interact today and get your diverse content in front of over 1 million page views per month, about 30% of which is a unique visit. Visit the link to find out more.
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How To Socialize Your Social Media Marketing

How To Socialize Your Social Media MarketingSocialization channels have changed. We can say that channels have been expanded rather than saying changed. With the increased activity happening in online world than in offline world, we shall understand how effectively we can socialize through the ever expanding social media platforms.

Socialization channels have changed. We can say that channels have been expanded rather than saying changed. With the increased activity happening in online world than in offline world, we shall understand how effectively we can socialize through the ever expanding social media platforms. Compared to older days where there was no internet or no social [...]

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Exposed Connections Through Social Networking

Exposed Connections Through Social NetworkingIf you pick up any woman’s magazine at the moment you’ll find nervous articles about how we’re so busy with the Internet and social networking that we are becoming disconnected from reality. Apparently, we are not ever “in the moment” and are constantly task-switching on our various social networking sites.

If you pick up any woman’s magazine at the moment you’ll find nervous articles about how we’re so busy with the Internet and social networking that we are becoming disconnected from reality. Apparently, we are not ever “in the moment” and are constantly task-switching on our various social networking sites. What I’ve found, particularly with [...]

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Developing Quality And Real Social Media Marketing

Developing Quality And Real Social Media MarketingYou've heard it before, here and probably elsewhere: Social media is about much more than exposure or coverage. Simply putting a fríend request out and amassing a ton of retweets is not enough to achieve genuine social impact.

You’ve heard it before, here and probably elsewhere: Social media is about much more than exposure or coverage. Simply putting a friend request out and amassing a ton of retweets is not enough to achieve genuine social impact. Now there’s some additional evidence that bears this argument out. Check out this little piece of media: [...]

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Generating Quality Recommendations Using LinkedIn

excerpt thumbMany small business owners know that word-of-mouth marketing via social media and direct business referrals is extremely powerful to grow their businesses. For small businesses and individuals in search of career change alike, LinkedIn can be one of your best sources of live recommendations. You simply have to know the process.

Many small business owners know that word-of-mouth marketing via social media and direct business referrals is extremely powerful to grow their businesses. For small businesses and individuals in search of career change alike, LinkedIn can be one of your best sources of live recommendations. You simply have to know the process. LinkedIn recommendations are great [...]

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Will Bing / Facebook Social Search Really Work?

Will Bing / Facebook Social Search Really Work?Yesterday, in a massively botched press launch, Bing released some new features that begin to really tap into the huge amount of social data exposed through its partnership with Facebook. The alliance isn't a new one the companies have had a friendly relationship ever since Microsoft made a $240 million investment in Facebook that valued the social network at $15 billion in 2007, and Bing launched Facebook's Instant Personalization last October.

Yesterday, in a massively botched press launch, Bing released some new features that begin to really tap into the huge amount of social data exposed through its partnership with Facebook. The alliance isn’t a new one; the companies have had a friendly relationship ever since Microsoft made a $240 million investment in Facebook that valued [...]

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Incorporating Social Media Networking Into SEO

Incorporating Social Media Networking Into SEOBetween Facebook's expanded deal with Bing and the recent launch of Google's +1 button, it's clear that search is becoming more social. So while Facebook isn't about to take over search and become the next Google, one thing is clear: if you want to rank, you're going to have to get social with your SEO strategy.

Between Facebook’s expanded deal with Bing and the recent launch of Google’s +1 button, it’s clear that search is becoming more social. So while Facebook isn’t about to take over search and become the next Google, one thing is clear: if you want to rank, you’re going to have to get social with your SEO [...]

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Blog Interact Update

Blog Interact UpdateOur Blog Interaction site, due to it's complexity, has been delayed for about 5 to 7 days. We expect to release the site about 2/15/11. Stay tuned...The site has been taken for a 95% "test-drive", and will prove to be a powerful force for blog engagement. Please excuse the delays. If you have any questions, please contact Bryan P. Hollis at bryan@bloginteract.com. Thanks!

Our Blog Interaction site, due to it’s complexity, has been delayed for about 5 to 7 days. We expect to release the site about 2/15/11. Stay tuned…The site has been taken for a 95% “test-drive”, and will prove to be a powerful force for blog engagement. Please excuse the delays. If you have any questions, [...]

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Blog Interact

Blog InteractBlog Interact will be a powerful blog interaction, blog engagement, social networking and social media site. Expected Official Launch on or around February 10th, 2011. (Was first post on Twenty Ten...)

Blog Interact will be a powerful blog interaction, blog engagement, social networking and social media site. Expected Official Launch on or around February 10th, 2011.

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