There are dozens of Social Networks available to people all over the world, and two of the most standard are making huge news … again. Facebook is in the focus for its impressive growth, and Twitter for a message that only had a fleeting lifespan.
Facebook has more registered users than some countries have people. Their newest statistics show that the website is catching up with the populace of the United States. According to the most recent Census, the U.S. currently has 305,529,237 residents. The “populace” of Facebook isn’t far behind – they now have just over 300 million users.
Last July Facebook reported 250 million users, so this is a very impressive jump in numbers over a fleeting period of time. The company is constantly looking for creative ways to attract even more people. They recently launched Facebook Lite, a toned down version of Facebook that they claim is a “quicker, simpler way to keep in touch with your acquaintances”. Facebook also has several projects in the works, including a voice chat application, to delight social networkers.
It’s working. Even if the site has been wildly standard, it has not been profitable. That changed during their last quarter; for the first time ever, Facebook made a profit. This is causing people to view the future of the company in a different light. Until recently there has been a fantastic deal of speculation that Facebook would be sold to a large competitor, but now people are thinking the social networking site is in it for the long run.
Twitter gets talked about a lot, but a few recent Tweets have really caught the attention of the nation. These Tweets came from employees of ABC News who overheard a comment made by Head Barack Obama while his guard was down.
Head Obama was talking with CNBC employees previous to an interview, and several ABC staff members who share the workspace were nearby. The subject of Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards came up, and Obama said that his events were inappropriate. When a name questioned why Kanye would do that, Obama answered “He’s a jacka**”.
Obama’s statement was met with laughter, and he questioned that it be kept within the room. His question for was denied, but, when more than one ABC employee Tweeted about what the Head said. ABC officials had the messages removed, but by then they had been seen by a large number of people and were by now being Re-Tweeted by those who approved and disapproved of the Head’s comment.
This incident reopens a recent discussion about what people who work at nationally recognized companies can and cannot post on their social profiles. Representatives of ABC felt it was incorrect for their employees to post a comment Obama made privately, and this could lead to a new set of rules that people must follow when using social networks. In the meantime Obama’s remarks will fall under intense analysis all across the globe.
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Harness The Power Of RSS News Feeds For Your Marketing Strategies
Friday, January 29th, 2010RSS news feeds are a fantastic form of communication in the viral marketing game, and when properly managed, these feeds can bring in significant internet traffic. The meaning of RSS is really not very clear. RSS may stand for Really Simple Syndication while others believe its Rich Site Summary or Rich Syndication Standard. The creator of RSS directory is considered to be Netscape. It was released in Development 1999 and is used to syndicate news or information and is usually associated with blogs because blogs use an RSS news feed to distribute their content. These RSS feeds are found in RSS directories where content is updated on a 24/7 basis.
The fantastic thing about RSS directories is that they are categorized, making it simpler to find information.
How can you take advantage of RSS news feeds?
You can use RSS news feeds as an online marketing and search engine optimization tool. Just as optimizing a web page will increase exposure, so will a properly optimized RSS news feed. Follow a few simple tips to help improve your RSS feed exposure.
If you publish your own content or articles you can submit to article directories which now also are early to incorporate RSS as well. People are on the internet for Information and websites contain this information. Website owners need new and updated information on a daily basis to feed their readers needs.
The channel title is one of the most vital aspects of your RSS news feed. It should be keyword rich and related to the general theme of the RSS feed. The channel title is vital because it is a first foretaste at the RSS feed, and what will capture the attention of the casual internet surfer. Also many of the RSS directories and search engines use the information in the RSS feed’s channel title to index the feed so it is vital that the information be relevant to the contents in the feed.
The channel description expands on the theme of the RSS news feed and gives an overview as to its content. The channel description should contain related keywords and phrases, but just like the channel title, it should be written to capture the attention of the reader.
The RSS feed item title is really nothing more than a headline and is similar to a web page title, this is your opportunity to grab the interest of your reader. The use of significant keywords and keyword phrases in the item title will help those searching for specific content.
RSS news feeds should be search engine optimized , using the same techniques as those used on a web site, Grammar and proper punctuation are vital and will say a lot about the feature of your content.
Remove ancient bits and pieces in an RSS feed and archive contents to make sure that feeds load quickly in RSS readers. If you are using a third party hosting, feeds that are too large will be truncated or not show at all.
Add an image to your RSS news feed to make it visually appealing in an RSS reader. Most RSS readers will show the image above the contents, and this is a fantastic way to present a brand logo and establish recognition. Be sure to include the full URL to the image to avoid a broken link.
There is right power in the marketing ability of RSS news feeds and with just a small knowledge; you too can harness this fantastic new marketing tool!
Technology News Feed – Are you New to Rss?
Friday, January 15th, 2010If so here is a introduction to what RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is and how your website will benefit from offering an RSS feed to your visitor’s. “RSS is used to provide bits and pieces containing fleeting descriptions of web content together with a link to the full version of the content.” (from Wikipedia)
According to a report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 5% (6 million) Americans online consume news and information through RSS aggregators. So the market is by now out there!
But what are RSS Feeds?
RSS is a smooth channel of communication between publishers and visitor’s. Since RSS has grown in recent popularity, more website owners are beginning to experiment with and use RSS feeds to deliver content in new and exciting ways.
But RSS is not only about text. You can easily use it to deliver audio content, video content and even PowerPoint presentations and PDF files. fox news RSS feed A number of RSS search engines and RSS directories exist that allow you to unreservedly submit RSS feeds. Feeds are generally categorized and grouped together by subject. Web surfers looking for RSS feeds about a specific subject will evenly search the RSS directories, to locate a feed that matches their specific criteria. Topic specific RSS feed and podcasting directories are also emerging. Choose a web feed’s category carefully and only submit relevant feeds to topic specific directories.
Once Windows Longhorn is released in late 2006 users will be able to find, subscribe to and read RSS feeds all the while having very small knowledge of how RSS works. Microsoft is helping to make RSS very user friendly. At the top of each RSS Feed (when you look in the source code) you will see some vital info as the date and time the RSS feed was produced or updated.
Some RSS Features you must see are:
1. RSS is the free way of getting your content delivered every time.
2. Every time you update your RSS feed by count new content bits and pieces to the RSS file, the user is told of that through his RSS aggregator, making the content immediately available to him, without it having to face any SPAM filters and other barricades on the way.
3. In a time when spam filters are blocking much of the content visitor’s have questioned for, the largest benefit to using RSS is that RSS gives publishers and readers the chance to connect, and for excellent thoughts to be mutual, without the clutter of unsolicited email messages.
4. You can add your feed to RSS search engines and RSS directories.
5. RSS can also enhance your search engine rankings as well (with advance scripts as the TrafficBoosterPro).
There is small argument from webmasters and publishers that RSS brings in traffic. RSS feeds have yet to hit the mainstream, but they are beginning to appear on prominent web sites including CNN, MSNBC, Yahoo, and even Google. While many sites are now publishing their own RSS feed, they fail to pursue the vital step of promoting it.
Apple News & Tech News Holiday Edition 2009 – Nintendo Zii, new Iphone, Apps, Updates, Rumors
Friday, January 1st, 2010
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Thursday, December 31st, 2009
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Blogging News – Submit your Articles and get information
Monday, October 26th, 2009Blogs are online journals where people express themselves through writing. Writing is the process by which one puts the words of a language on a format that others can read. Writing has only been a day in the year that humanity has existed. Talking and thinking are much simpler than writing. These processes just out genuinely like a river of consciousness, just sometimes, we have to do.
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Blogging News – get information
Monday, October 26th, 2009Blogs are online journals where people express themselves through writing. Writing is the process by which one puts the words of a language on a format that others can read. Writing has only been a day in the year that humanity has existed. Talking and thinking are much simpler than writing. These processes just out genuinely like a river of consciousness, just sometimes, we have to do.
Bloggingnews.net is owned and operated by GPRICESHOP LLC., a US corporation, as a free informational site. They accept only articles which are blog oriented news, provided are reprinted with the consent of the original authors as a promotional tool for their own websites.
Blogging is the wave of the future. They Would Permanently Like You To Come Back For Up To Date News On Blogging As Well As Permanently Having The Most Up To Date Blogging News Available.
Anyone submitting an article (blogging oriented) to this site agrees to allow it to be in print in electronic form on this website. Publishing of articles by bloggingnews.net is wholly at their discretion. You will be told via email if your article is in print on their site. This site will not publish any article they find to contain vulgarity, are abusive, rude, illegal, or is not relevant to the topics covered in the site. Some articles have been slightly altered from their original form. These alterations are in html formatting only and are applied to authorâ??s code to make them compatible with W3C specifications.
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