Google number one but social media sites are gaining groundIf you were wondering whether all the fuss about Social Media Optimization is worth the effort, take a look at these figures from Hitwise.Google drives the most online retail visits- 14.93% - but there is a rapidly growing pool of traffic to be had from social media sites such as MySpace. The number of visits … [Read more...]
Social Media Optimization: which sites matter?
Is there life beyond Del.icio.us?An excellent post this week from Read/Write Web compares the social bookmarking sites and concludes that there are two dominant players - del.icio.us and StumbleUpon. The rest of the pack, including Yahoo MyWeb, appears to be substantially behind. Note: This comparison does not include social news sites like digg. Watch for a future post … [Read more...]
Social Media Optimization
How to make your website social media friendlyOver the past few weeks there has been a fascinating meme developing around the concept of social media optimization. This is one of the ideas we will be talking about at the first meeting of the Social Media Club in Los Angeles on September 28th.Here is the list so farIncrease your linkabilityMake tagging and bookmarking … [Read more...]
