Category: Social Search Engines & Optimization

Twitter announced the other day that they are now allowing anyone to apply to have their accounts verified. Before, there was no way to get request to be verified on Twitter – you just had to wait or know someone. Now…

VentureBeat reports that Pinterest has notified their top contributors that they are automatically removing any affiliate links…

Twitter announced on Twitter that they’ve partnered with Bing to offer Tweet translation for over 40 languages.

The thing is, they did have Bing translation prior…

Twitter announced they are getting into the e-commerce space with buy buttons in tweets.

Today we are beginning to test a new way for you to discover and buy products on Twitter. For a small percentage of U.S…

John Doherty shared a picture on Twitter of an ad from Twitter within his iOS Twitter app. The ad is asking him to use Twitter Ads. Here is a screen shot:

I guess Twitter is eager to get more advertisers using their ad system…

I am pretty active on Twitter, so being able to see my statistics/analytics with stuff I share on Twitter can be interesting.

Twitter announced the availability of Organic Tweet Analytics. You can access it at analytics.twitter.com…

Yesterday, Twitter made top headlines by adding support for animated GIFs. Yes, Twitter is now complete. You can post pictures of your favorite animated GIF with your friends…

Twitter has added real-time notifications via Twitter.com for those who have replied, favorited or retweeted one of your Tweets.

This makes it easier for you to keep track of the replied…

Twitter announced new profile page designs are rolling out to users over the next few weeks or so. People are calling the new design, Facebook-like…

Last night, Twitter began testing a new user interface and design for their pages. Some call the design similar and like Facebook, but to me…

Twitter announced on Twitter that they have added new search filters to the Twitter search results…

There is an interesting conversation going on at Cre8asite Forums about your clients participating in social networks and the importance of that.

The given is that social is growing in importance, as it related to search rankings either indirectly an…

A WebmasterWorld thread has a webmaster who asked if Google will give him a boost because one piece of his content on his site hit over 1,000 Facebook likes.
It is one of those weird questions that makes you nod your head sideways. Why?

Google and YouTube announced yesterday that the comments on YouTube are going to be powered by Google+.

Google said, “starting this week, youâll see the new YouTube comments powered by Google+ on your channel discussion tab.”

Why…

Seems like a week or two ago, Twitter has done away with their support for RSS.

Taylor Singletary from Twitter support said in a Twitter Help thread…

Twitter launched free Twitter Analytics under Twitter Ads.

The Twitter Analytics are pretty basic, giving you basic information about what you share and how many mentions, retweets, favorites, clicks and replies each tweet gets…

I am sure you all know that at around noon yesterday, the Associated Press had their Twitter account hacked by Syrian hackers. The hack was easy but significant…