We all remember the revamp of Facebook that led to the implementation of the timeline for Facebook users. Now, the social media giant has revamped its site again, this time aiming to make the entire platform more uniform in nature. This week Facebook launched Timeline for business, organization and brand pages. At the moment, businesses [...]
Here is the Facebook ID Card : this is actually a project invented by german artist Tobias Leingruber and called Facebook Bureau. “The FB Bureau is handing-out personal identification cards for a limited number of Facebook citizens, interested in alpha testing. With more than 800 million users Facebook is the dominant identity system on the [...]
Written on 28 Feb 2012 by Vincent AbryEvery 60 seconds, there are many many things happening in the Social Media Sphere. And especially a lot of visitors are coming. As a proof of how people love Social Networks, here are some incredible statistics. Every minute, there are 1,090 visitors on Pinterest, 2,000 Foursquare checkins, 3,125 photos uploaded to Flickr, 3,500 new connections [...]
Written on 28 Feb 2012 by Vincent AbryGoogle has some very impressive numbers when it comes to their online social media outlet: Google+. The Chief Executive of Google, Larry Page, is boasting that Google+ has seen a staggering 90 million people sign up for the site since its launch. But is Google really drawing people away from Facebook, or is it simply [...]
Seevibes just published an infographic about the most popular images of the 84th Academy Awards Ceremony shared on Twitter. For those who don’t know Seevibes, it’s a Montreal-based startup run by video blogger Laurent Maisonnave, that analyzes and measures Social TV and Radio Audience by interacting with the influencers in order to leverage the engagement, to [...]
Written on 27 Feb 2012 by Vincent AbryHere are some stats and facts about Pinterest, the growing Social Network. Average annual household income is $100,000 +. Average Time Spent on Site is 15.8 minutes. In comparison, for Facebook it’s 12 minutes, Twitter 3.3 minutes. Only Youtube has similar time : 16.4 minutes. Half of Pinterest users have children. 68% of users are [...]
Written on 26 Feb 2012 by Vincent AbryTwitter just passed the 500-million user mark today according to Twopcharts. With 10 new users per second, 40,000 per hour and 1 million per day, the social network has pretty huge numbers. 600 million member mark should be reached in mid-june 2012 (in about 107 days) according to twopcharts estimates (explanations here). Officially Twitter doesn’t [...]
Written on 22 Feb 2012 by Vincent AbryIt may seem like it’s late into the game, but it is never too late to enter the social media world. MSN is doing just that with MsnNOW – a social trends tool that is available to Facebook users via an application, Twitter users and on Mobile (via app). Instead of creating their own social [...]
Facebook is going to verify accounts for celebrities and people who have many followers. “Facebook, a service built on real names and real identities, will tomorrow start allowing prominent public figures to verify their accounts and then opt to display a preferred nickname instead of their birth name. Those with verified accounts will gain more [...]
Written on 16 Feb 2012 by Vincent AbryAfter the SEO Salaries, here are the Social Media Salaries in United States. Highest-paying cities are New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. San Jose is second on this list but didn’t even appear in SEO Top 20. Here are the average salaries (*) according to the position : -Blogger/Copywriter : $32,000 US/year -Social Media Specialist : [...]
Written on 13 Feb 2012 by Vincent AbrySince yesterday I have the new Twitter version in my accounts. I don’t know if I’m late or early but this new design is very different from the previous one. The content (tweets) is pushed completely on the right and the menus are on the left. The new design is nice but I must admit [...]
Written on 09 Feb 2012 by Vincent AbryFacebook new profile presentation known as Timeline is a big Fail according to a survey made by Sodahead (1327 votes). 70% of users don’t like the design, and 20% like it. These are pretty bad news because Facebook filed for IPO recently. What will happen if users are starting to deactivate or delete their account [...]
Written on 08 Feb 2012 by Vincent AbryLady Gaga‘s New Social Network is already open in private beta. To test the website, just enter your email and wait for the invitation on LittleMonsters.com. Mashable already tested the social network and it looks like an hybrid between Pinterest and Reddit. “Pop megastar Lady Gaga has pierced her powerful, digitally-willing paws deeper into the online world [...]
Written on 07 Feb 2012 by Vincent AbryHow is an average day on Facebook ? Here are some statistics on age, friends and engagement : [via]
Written on 05 Feb 2012 by Vincent AbryGoogle just updated its html code for Google + Badges (for Pages). If you have a G+ Page for a company, community, blog, website, etc… I can advise you to update this code right now because the size attribute is now deprecated. New attributes : -width=”” (is 300 by default) -height=”” (is 131 by default for [...]
Written on 02 Feb 2012 by Vincent AbryFrench Startup Semiocast just published a new study about Twitter numbers. As of January 1st, 2012, the social network has now 383 million users around the world. United States have 108 million accounts (half of them are active), Brazil 33 million (2nd position) and Japan 30 million (3rd place). Canada is no 10 with around [...]
Written on 31 Jan 2012 by Vincent AbryNew visual social network Pinterest is starting to change the face of social commerce, as reports Monetate, via mashable. “Pinterest, a two-year-old social bookmarking site that lets users collect and share things they like on the web, is driving increasingly significant amounts of traffic to retailers’ websites. The service enables users to create online bulletin [...]
Written on 30 Jan 2012 by Vincent AbryCathy Matthews and her group on video game Frontierville (Zynga) just broke the world record of most comments on Facebook with a minimum of people. “If you’ve ever played Frontierville before, you know: it takes a certain sort of person and it takes a lot of time. Cathy Matthews has spent hours harvesting digital crops and [...]
Written on 30 Jan 2012 by Vincent AbryGoogle Social Network Google + now allows teens [13-18 years old] to register. Bradley Horovitz, VP Google+ Product, just announced this in a post. Google will add some additional security rules to protect teens. For example, before a teen post something to public or to extended circles, he will have a red warning : Only [...]
Written on 26 Jan 2012 by Vincent AbryHere is what you need to know if you are a beginner with Social Media and want to start with Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Google + and Digg. via
Written on 25 Jan 2012 by Vincent Abry