2010

Facebook Fan Page Changes…

Facebook has announced that effective August 23, there are new sizing requirements for Fan Pages (and they are removing the Boxes tab – to which I say yay!!).
The new width for custom pages is 520 pixels wide.
Facebook is offering a preview now so you can see what your page will look like (go to your [...]

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2010, Facebook, Facebook Fan Page

Time To Take Action!

“How does social media work with SEO?”
“ Do I really need to do Twitter?”
“How much will it cost to get my site on top of the search engines?”
“What are the best keywords?”
“Why did my traffic just take a hit recently?”
These are just a few of the questions that I hear almost every day.  Thankfully my [...]

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2010, Beginners SEO, Bing, Facebook, Facebook Fan Page, Google, Marketing, SEO, Small Business, Social Media, Twitter, Yahoo

Facebook Fan Page Creation: Save 15%

Facebook Fan/Business Pages are pretty important.
If you aren’t sure of the difference between a Fan Page, Group and Profile, read more here: http://www.ecombuffet.com/fbfp.htm.
If you have a Fan Page but aren’t sure if it’s a killer page that’s really going to get you results – email me and I’ll do a critique at no charge.
Don’t have [...]

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2010, Facebook, Facebook Fan Page

Social Media Overtakes Google…In The UK

Hitwise’s latest report shows social networking sites such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter got more visits than search engines but ONLY in the UK. According to Hitwise, during May 11.88% of UK Internet visits were to social media sites, while only 11.33% were to search engines.
Hitwise also found out that 55% of the overall Internet [...]

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2010, Facebook, Facebook Fan Page, Google, Social Media, Twitter

Mayday Google Algorithm Update

Get comfy – this post is one of my longer ones.  But it’s full of very important current information about some Google changes.

The Mayday Update
Have you been hearing all the talk about the Mayday update and all the fallout?  I’m going to break it all down and tell you what it means and what you [...]

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2010, Google, Google Algorithm Update, SEO

New SERPs in Google

In May 2010 Google launched their new Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs) – for the beginners who are not familiar with the terminology the SERPs are the page you see your results on after you perform a search in Google.
With the new design, Google is forcing users to notice all the options available to them.
It’s [...]

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2010, Google, SEO

Facebook Fan Pages – The Good, The Bad….

I’ve noticed more and more Facebook Fan Pages popping up and it’s great.  Fan Pages are a great way to connect with people, build your credibility and ultimately generate leads and grow your business.
I’ve seen some good ones, some bad ones and some really ugly ones!  To be fair, I have seen some really good [...]

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2010, Facebook, Facebook Fan Page, Social Media

Your Results in 2010?

2010 started with a whole lot of excitement and a lot of changes in the engines.  I personally spoke with a lot of people that had great plans to take advantage of these new changes and to take advantage of social media.  This was going to be the year to really make things happen.
So, we [...]

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2010, Beginners SEO, Rants, SEO, Small Business, Social Media, Thoughts

Google’s Real-Time Search Includes Facebook Fan Pages Now

Back in December Google announced their deal with Facebook to list feeds from Facebook in their real-time search results.   Although they reached a deal, the data wasn’t making it into the feeds until now.  Google tweeted that Facebook Fan Pages feed are not officially part of real-search results.
What you need to know:
The only updates that [...]

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2010, Facebook, Facebook Fan Page, Google, Interesting, News, Real-Time Search, Social Media

Yahoo! and Twitter Parnership

Twitter and Yahoo! announced a content sharing deal today!
In addition to real-time Twitter updates on Yahoo! Search, people will be able to access their Twitter feeds on Yahoo! verticals like Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Sports and others.
Yahoo! is making it easy for people to tweet from Yahoo! sites and share content from Yahoo! in their tweets.
“Let [...]

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2010, Real-Time Search, Social Media, Twitter, Yahoo