Google Plus recently added some features but also made some other significant changes to the Google Plus social network. Among one of the changes that they made does not appear to be mentioned by anyone yet–the fact that users can no longer save images that have been uploaded by other users. This a rather significant change, and will have an effect on a lot of the images that are shared on Google+. [Read more…]
Does Buying Facebook Likes Help Search Engine Rankings?
I was offered 2,000 Facebook Likes for $60 today, from someone offering a service that allows you to buy Facebook Likes. According to this unsolicited commercial email (spam), getting more Facebook Likes will increase your search engine rankings. And the sender, Nick Grey, even says that Matt Cutts from Google said so. [Read more…]
Facebook Acting More and More Like a Search Engine
Is it just me, or is Facebook acting more and more like a search engine, crawling all sorts of URLs. More than they have in the past. Facebook is acting more and more like a search engine every single day. Here is a perfect example: [Read more…]
Study Google+ Ripples to See Why Posts Go Hot
Just recently, another one of my Google+ posts went hot on the Google Plus social media network. As you know, Google Authorship is tied directly to Google+, and it’s my opinion that the more of an influencer that you are on Google+ the more it will ultimately help your Google Authorship. And then when you post on your own site or even post on other sites your content will ultimately do better and be seen by more people if you’re active on Google Plus. [Read more…]
Always Log Out When Leaving Facebook.com
I have written about this before, but wanted to share it again. If you are on Facebook.com, then you really should make sure that you log out of Facebook whenever you leave the Facebook.com website. I know this is a real pain, but here is a perfect example of what can happen: [Read more…]
Twitter Bans Automated Bulk Following
Twitter has banned the widespread practice of auto following other Twitter users, as well as bulk following Twitter users. If you’re following users in an automated fashion in any way, you had better stop it right now. Or risk losing your Twitter account. I have seen a lot of users who are following the exact number of people who are following them: and it’s obvious that those users are doing it in some sort of automated fashion, using a tool to do it. Again, stop using those apps to auto follow people back, or risk losing your Twitter account entirely. [Read more…]