‘Social Media’ Category Archive

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Excerpt: With the growth in cheap digital video cameras and the low cost of bandwidth, it cannot have escaped the average searcher that video has become a much more popular medium on the internet. The advent of YouTube and many other video sharing websites have  made this a viable method to drive traffic for many website owners. Google is showing video results  as part of their Universal Search and these results usually appear high in the rankings. With the thumbnail image there is also evidence to suggest that these results are more prominent to the searcher[1]. It is not easy, but sometimes a video…

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Excerpt: When I first heard of Twitter I thought that it was a stupid idea. Even the word has connotations of pointless gossip or incessant chatter. I did not see the point. However, I thought that I would give it a try just to see what it was about. If you have never heard of Twitter it is a cross between instant messaging and blogging. You register an account and the idea is that you should say what you are doing now in 140 characters or less. You can subscribe to other people’s Tweets and read what they are doing by following…