Google to end more services

Google is in the process of shutting down a number of services. They say the services are going to be shut down because the services haven’t had the impact they had hoped for.

Some of the services in the list are:
Google Bookmarks Lists - for sharing bookmarks and collaborating with friends - end on December 19, 2011.

Google Friend Connect - allows webmasters to add social features to their sites by embedding a few snippets of code - will end on March 1, 2012.

Google Gears - A Firefox and Internet Explorer extension that allows to navigate on compatible websites offline and synchronize when going back online. - In March the Gears browser extension for creating offline web applications and support to new browsers were withdrawn. End of December, Gears will no longer be available for download.

Google Search Timeline - graph of historical results for a query  

Google Wave — From January 31, 2012, Wave will become read-only and you won’t be able to create new ones. On April 30 it will be turned off completely.

Knol - After October 1, 2012, knols will no longer be available

Check out the Google announcement on their blog - More spring cleaning out of season

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More is More.....or is it?

 

More is More…..or is it?

 

 

Is more, more; or is less more?  Huh??  In the case of social media, it’s both.

While you want to have a presence in as many networks that are relevant to your business, you don’t want the content to seem “spammy”.  Carefully selecting the way you engage and publishing thought-provoking content is omnipotent.  So go ahead and feel free to join every network, just make sure that what you’re posting isn’t boring or drab, which can lead to dropped friends, fans or followers. 

 

Pass It On….Going Viral

 

“Like” and “share”.  What’s the tipping point of something going viral?  Sharing.  Content sharing is the key to virality.  So in this case, the more “shares” and “likes”, the more exposure. Viral marketing takes place in the form of video clips, blogs, games and now Facebook apps.  Your job as a brand or business is to get people who are heavily involved in social media to pass on your content.  Remember, the idea here is to translate these applications into dollars. 

 

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Using Social Media to your Advantage

 

 In September of 2011, Facebook debuted new features that offer an exciting new way to use social media to promote your brand.  The new platform allows for app developers to reach out and touch a very large percentage of Facebook users who are on mobile devices such as Ipad, Iphone and Android.  The apps help your business fans to share the message that you are a brand they want to use.  Check out Red Bull’s page as an example.  Humorous and thoughtful content can pique the interest of more people than ever before.  

 

It’s all about engaging.  And with the new features, you can connect with more people in your desired demographics. You can now integrate social gaming with brands into your campaign and track the results like never before.  So get people talking about you.  SocialNetGate offers you the portal to begin your social media presence, if you don’t already have one, or manage your presence in one easy step.  Start sharing and get people talking about you.

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Google Pages

 

Google has rolled out Google+ Pages worldwide for Businesses.

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Google+ Pages provides businesses, products, brands, and organizations with a public identity and presence on Google+. Five categories of pages that can be created are :

• Product or Brand
• Company, Institution or Organization
• Local Business or Place
• Arts, Entertainment or Sports
• Other

Google+ pages interact in the Google+ world similar to the way that regular Google+ profile owners do - they can add people to circles, edit their profile, share things in Google+, +1 comments and photos, and create and join Hangouts. But they’re not entirely the same. 

Differences between Google+ Pages and Google+ Profiles

Pages are extremely similar to profiles, but they have some key differences:

Pages can’t add people to circles until the page is added first or mentioned. Learn more.

Pages can be made for a variety of different entities whereas profiles can only be made for people.

The default privacy setting for elements on your page profile is public.

Pages have the +1 button.

Pages can’t +1 other pages, nor can they +1 stuff on the Web.

Pages can’t play games.

Pages don’t have the option to share to ‘Extended circles’.

Pages don’t receive notifications via email, text, or in the Google bar.

Pages can’t hangout on a mobile device.

Local pages have special fields that help people find the business’ physical location.

If you’re unsure whether you’re viewing a page or an individual’s profile, look for the Google+ Pages icon  next to the name at the top of the page.

Check out on The Official Google Blog - Google+ Pages: connect with all the things you care about to know more

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Delicious Updates

Delicious has come up with a couple of important updates for the month of October :

New Way to Rescue Bookmarks from Yahoo!

This update is for anyone who still wants to get their bookmarks from the old Delicious.

• Login to Delicious and Click here
• Just enter your old Delicious details and you’ll receive an email when the import is complete.
• Yahoo! has also extended their deadline for retrieving old bookmarks to November 1, 2011.

Introducing the Delicious Forum

In order to deliver more effective customer service and help people track  progress on resolving issues from the transition, Delicious has introduced a new Delicious Forum.

Check out more on this updates at Delicious Blog

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