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I've been collecting stats on the number of active Facebook users for over a year now - have a read and find out how the social network has done in 2008. read more »
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Industrial strength SEO - a good session featuring speakers Richard Baxter (Cheapflights), Gary Moyle, Neil Stickells and Dave Naylor. read more »
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SEO For web 2.0 sites - moderated by the lovely Vanessa Fox, featuring speakers Nathan Buggia, Tom Critchlow, Mikkel deMib (wild dress sense!) and Dave Naylor. Some interesting topics covered in this one. read more »
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Video Search and Blended results - featuring speakers Brian Marin, Ciaran Norris, Tom Wilde and the Shermanator on the moderation duties. read more »
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Stephen Fry has updated his website with lots of flashy web 2.0 elements - we have a look at what he's doing and why. read more »
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There are so many social book marking sites out there, so we understand how confusing it can be to ensure you choose the right one for you and your needs. So here is a breakdown of a couple of our favourites and how they can help you. read more »
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As Matt Cutts stated this morning, Google Webmaster tools has a new tool for finding 404 errors with links to them. But unlike Matt, we think you could gain a bit more juice from a few tidy 301s, as well as contacting the owners... read more »
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Journalist and budding comedian Andrew Collins gives me his thoughts on why Social Media ISN'T the second coming. I was very impressed at his mention of Google Analytics! read more »
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Why am I being asked to help translate Facebook in to this mysterious new language, 'English (UK)'. Are Facebook REALLY planning on translating the site in to proper English (like they did for Pirates last week) or is this simply an automated messag read more »
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As regular readers will know, I've been a Facebook user for over 18 months now and still find time to update my status on a regular basis. Despite being of no real value to me, I like to keep my friends updated as to my whereabouts / activities, tho read more »
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Google has impressed me today, this is potentially one of the biggest innovations to hit the search world in a while. Google is listening! read more »
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According to the guys over at AllFacebook, Facebook have now granted Google access to Facebook groups and events, extending the search engine's reach in to the previously login-only site. Whilst individual users profiles are still safely hidden (no read more »
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As regular readers will attest, I'm a big fan of Facebook and have been for a long time. But that doesn't mean I can't see it's flaws - and I've been told there are many. I can however only speak for myself, so I've put together my Top 8 list of Thi read more »
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It looks like the back-room nerds at 10 Downing Street have finally woken up to the power of Social Media, and in particular YouTube. And even better than that, they've upset the opposition in the process! read more »
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As regular readers will know, we keep a close eye on Facebook's active user figures on a regular basis round here, to monitor the movers and losers in the world of Facebook. Well, whilst updating the figures this morning I noticed they'd taken quite read more »
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If you start receiving strange friend requests on Bebo in the year 2050, there may be more to them than meets the eye. That's because 2050 is about the time that we can expect a reply from the planet Gliese 581c in response to messages Bebo is plann read more »
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According to the statistical wizards over at Hitwise, Facebook now receives almost 50% of all UK social networking site visits, showing massive growth this year compared with 2007. read more »
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As you'll doubtless know by now, Facebook are in the process of rolling out their new site design to the masses at the moment, and as you'd expect it's being covered widely in the press. But I thought I'd do my own little missive anyway, looking at read more »
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For the past few months, the people at Facebook have been slowly releasing more and more information about this summers profile redesign. As well as giving information to bloggers and brand advocates via secret preview events, they have been showing read more »
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It has become one of the most popular ways for people to express themselves and even for companies to get their words out online. The blogsphere is well and truly established and on a rampage. New blogs pop up everywhere and generally don’t last lon read more »
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According to an article in yesterday's Guardian newspaper, charities around the country are noting a shift in power from their own tightly-controlled organisations to unofficial brand advocates using social media to spread the word. Some charities a read more »
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Google keyword tool reporting numbers, not blue bars. It has changed back but have screenshots - is this a Google blunder or a sign of things to come? read more »
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I was catching up on some of the blogs I subscribe to just now, when I noticed some MAJOR hidden link spam which I would not normally have seen. The blog in question is the personal blog of film director Kevin Smith, "Silent Bob Speaks" and the link read more »
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As regular readers may notice, the Tamar Social Media blog has been a little quieter over the past three weeks. The reason behind this pre-summer lull isn't that we've all gone on lovely hot holidays, it is mainly due to my wife and I having our fir read more »
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...Probably not, but it seemed like as good a reason as any to go in to space! Looks like Mr Brin has made a deposit on an orbital space flight in 2011. Alright for some eh? read more »
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