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Stalk, Don’t Follow (On Twitter)

Sitening unveiled a fun side project they started earlier this week. It all started with this inspirational tweet and then went horribly wrong when we decided to actually build it! In about four days as a side project from our regular day-to-day client work, we … Read More

How Twitter Rocked PubCon

I’ve been to several PubCon conferences in the past, but this year something different happened. It wasn’t that there were more panels and the speakers were better than ever (which they were). Instead, it had more to do with the conversations going on in the … Read More

Yammer Me This

While I’ve been laid up in bed today with a bad reaction to the 6MP drugs I just started taking (a wiki link for the science nerds out there!), I’ve managed to stay in contact with all of the office happenings with the new inter-office … Read More

Attack of the Quechup Fem Bots!

Skip to full story below the image Most social networks grow through people finding friends or people they relate to. In some cases, people will friend others solely for the purpose of expanding their reach and exposure (usually for marketing purposes). But what happens when … Read More

Facebook’s “Social Ads” Mess With Your Head

So I kept seeing Rex Hammock’s picture associated with an ad in the right column of Facebook. I couldn’t make sense out of it until I finally stumbled upon Social Ads in my Facebook privacy settings. Going to Settings > Privacy Settings > News Feed … Read More

Protecting Yourself From FTDs

You feel safe here right? Like this is a nice, happy place where you can come and not have to worry about being judged for who you are. I want to make sure that you do feel safe here before we really get down to … Read More

How To Protect Your Privacy On Facebook (Screencast)

If you’re like me, you’ve been experiencing an influx of new friend requests on Facebook. Some of them are old friends from school or from places you used to live, while others are from people you barely know. If you’re experienced with social networks, then … Read More

AMC Hates (Then Hearts) Twitter for Rogue Mad Men Promotion

It still amazes me how old school thinking (mainly about copyright) still interferes with the ability to allow fans to advertise for you. The most powerful and cost-effective form of advertising on the Internet today is user generated marketing. Anytime you can get — or … Read More

7 Social Media Websites and Their Impact on SEO

“The problem with social media is… there are more people writing it than reading it.” Mixx After being granted a credibility boost from the New York Times recently, it seems like Mixx is here to stay. The underdog of social networking, Mixx has a smaller … Read More

The Ultimate URL Shortener and Redirect List

Excessively long Internet links (URLs) have been with us since the onset of the Internet. College websites are notorious for having long URLs to their content — especially URLs that are difficult to remember or type. Search engines have also played a part in promoting … Read More