A company that sells guitar-lesson DVDs online has settled with the Federal Trade Commission for a whopping $250,000 over charges that the company “deceptively advertised its products through online affiliate marketers who falsely posed as ordinary consumers or independent reviewers”. The company supposedly schemed to have fake positive reviews posted online. [Read more…]
Report: Women Use Social Media to Support Causes and Charities More than Men
There is a new report out from 30 Hour Famine that shows that women are more likely to use social media web sites to support causes they believe in than men. According to the results of this study, girls are more likely than boys to friend, like, or follow charities they believe in. Women support charities using social media 41 percent of the time, and men support charities using social sites only 27 percent of the time. [Read more…]
Report: Social Media Responsible For Only 3 Percent of Web Site Visits
There is a new report from ForeSee Results that details research that they performed showing that social media is responsible for only three percent of web site visits to retail web sites. Certainly if this is the case, and social media web sites like Twitter and Facebook are only bringing 3 percent overall traffic to a web site, then clearly web sites owners need to take a look again at their overall ROI from there web site’s referring traffic. [Read more…]
Google Hotpot Review: Rate Places and Get Recommendations
Finding reviews of different places can be very helpful for people in general. Especially when its something new that they are trying out for the first time, such as a restaurant, or a mechanic. You can easily search Google to find reviews for different places, but the results are not always useful for your situation. [Read more…]
Foursquare Review: Why You Should Check In
When I’m traveling around town, sometimes I like to stop in a coffee shop, and get something to drink, or stop over at a local restaurant for a bite to eat. I don’t mind eating alone, but it would be great to meet up with some friends from time to time. That’s easier said than done. Here is why you should check in on Foursquare. [Read more…]
Is Quora the Next Social Media Star?
Recently, I have had an influx of Quora friend requests in my inbox. Honestly, I have not seen so many social media experts flock to a social media web site since all of my social media and search engine marketing buddies flocked to Twitter. So, I started my quest to find out exactly if Quora.com is the next social media web site to go mainstream. [Read more…]