Take Some Eggs Out of the Google Basket

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I’m sure you are familiar with the expression “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket” and it’s very apt when talking about traffic sources and the internet. Especially now. It seems no-one can rely solely on search traffic anymore because, one day, when Google updates its algorithm, they could all disappear in a puff [...]

Google+ now open to businesses, brands and organisations

Google+ Page

Google has finally opened up the doors of Google+ to businesses, brands and organisations. Now it’s possible to create the all important Google+ “page”. The doors opened for the first time yesterday, but not everyone could enter at that time. I tried and was politely told to try again later. I did just that and [...]

Facebook status overload and personal page meltdown

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Facebook is now the site I visit most often. And it’s not only to connect with my friends and family or post status updates…despite what people looking over my shoulder might think. Since the launch of the Like button I’ve Liked a lot of the blogs I read or feel the need to follow. There [...]

Abandoned Twitter usernames – would you like to claim one?

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Have you ever tried to register a Twitter username only to find out that it’s already taken? It’s pretty grim when that happens, especially when you find out the account has laid dormant for the past three years. Recently I contacted Twitter to see if there was any possibility of grabbing a username I would [...]

Don’t blog in the dark – ways to understand your readership

Blog in the Dark

This is a guest post by Jami de la Cruz. The world has changed — what was once a limitation of connections and forced solitude has been redefined. Relationships can be forged with startling ease; continents can be spanned with the touch of a screen; and distance is just another word for possibilities. Anything can [...]

What is a Gravatar? How do I get one?

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A Gravatar (Globally Recognised Avatar) is an image attached to an email address (or multiple email addresses) that follows you around the web. The purpose of this is to easily identify you when you write comments on blogs, forums, social networks or anywhere else that supports the Gravatar icon. The most common usage is blog [...]

Twitter Karma – easily find out who doesn’t follow you back on Twitter

Twitter Karma

Here are two tools that help you find out who doesn’t follow you back on Twitter. Twitter changed the way the world communicates. It forces us to limit our word count by only allowing 140 characters in each tweet. We have to say what we want in a limited space and move on. A lot [...]