Posts Tagged ‘social’

Search & Social: a Match.com made in heaven or Tinder’s awkward hook-up?

  I recently had the honor of presenting to the Social Media Breakfast group at “SMBMSP #82 – Social + Search = A Whole New Ballgame for SEO & SEM” along with Aaron Weiche on September 11th, 2015 at St. Catherine University, St. Paul, Minnesota. My presentation for this session is entitled “Search & Social: […]

What You Need to Know About Facebook’s New News Feed

As was expected, Facebook today announced a major overhaul to their news feed, which will begin limited roll out today (to sign up for the preview go to www.facebook.com/newsfeed). While it will take some time to figure out exactly how this will affect paid advertising, it will significantly change how we interact with Facebook, both […]

The First Paid Google +1 Popularity Building Unsolicited Email?

It was probably just a matter of time before someone tried to monetize Google’s +1 by selling them to webmasters either desperate for search engine attention or too naive to understand exactly the type of manipulation that Google frowns upon. In case you don’t quite understand what G considers a poor and manipulative practice, this […]

Twitter is Down, But Only Kind Of

So I’m just sitting here, doing my job, when I think to myself, What does Twitter have in common with the Playstation Network? So, I go to Twitter to find the answer…it turns out, they have a LOT in common! Now, I’m new to the whole Twitter scene, but let’s call a spade a spade. […]

Bing’s Small and Powerful Social Media Marketing Move – Facebook “Like” Button Now on Home Page

In a progressive and highly tactical move, Bing has added a small and significant Social feature to their home page: the Facebook “Like” button. Bing is the first search engine to add the Like feature to their home page. In truth this is probably not even something that Google could do as they do not […]

20 Takeaways from The Science of Timing Webinar #TimeSci

I’ve always had an affinity for science. At a very young age I owned a microscope and a junior science kit from which I conducted ground breaking research into boogers, dead bugs and saliva. 2nd graders across this country are still reaping the benefiting from my saliva to spit wad ratio theory. For Christmas one […]

How To Succeed on Yelp (Without Even Really Trying)

WebRanking is proud to present the following guest blog post by Don Bourassa, the Portland Community Manager for Yelp.com.  We wanted to personally thank Don for taking time out of his busy schedule to put together this informative post featuring 8 tips to help local businesses find success on Yelp. Take it away, Don… As […]

4 Father’s Day Tips for Being Successful in Social Media

On September 13th 2009 Owen Matthew (a.k.a The Lil’ Dictator) was born and life as I knew it changed forever. You see I had become a father for the first time in my life and this momentous occasion spurred a huge change and maturation in me personally, forcing me to reprioritize my life, focus on […]

Red & Black vs. Black & White: Yelp Publicity Story for Small Businesses

The Red & Black Café is a worker owned, collectively managed, anarchist friendly, vegan coffee shop and restaurant located here in Portland, Oregon. A curiosity in some parts of the country, but here in the Northwest just another place to get a vegan meal and a cup of coffee… unless that is; you’re a Portland […]

3 Social Media Guidelines for Keeping Your Private Parts Private

There has been a lot of discussion as of late regarding Facebook and their new “Your Information is not as private as you might have thought it was” privacy policy. While I really don’t have anything new to add directly to this conversation that hasn’t already been said, it does lead to a discussion about […]