Posts Tagged ‘Facebook’

New Policy Change in Facebook Advertising

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

There has been a new change in advertising policy in Facebook. This is because there are too many advertisements saying that they will give out items for free but the fact is that the user will have to spend some money whether they like it or not to actually get these items.

There have been a lot of complaints about fake advertising that is en masse in Facebook. This isn’t just happening in the North American region but to every other region across the world. Fake advertising can put off a lot people in Facebook and it is about time that the company takes serious action against these scammy advertisers.

The new policy will involve removing all false advertisements as well as ads that received a lot of negative feedbacks. Facebook will be a lot stricter when it comes to its advertising section. This new policy will take effect by the end of 11 March. Advertisers that continue promoting these false ads will get penalties such as the loss of beta tools or in the worst case scenario, the loss of their advertising privileges.

Google Now Indexes Facebook Fan Page Updates

Friday, February 26th, 2010

A new buzz around the SEO world is about no other thing that Google. The number one search engine now is said to be indexing Facebook fan page updates. This is another step made by Google to ensure that it will be one of the best real time search engine on the planet.

Previously, Google also indexed both MySpace and Twitter member pages but with Facebook, it is different, the search engine giant only indexed fan page updates. This may be because Facebook has close connections to its competitor, Microsoft Bing.

With this latest update by Google, there will be a lot more web owners that will start their own Facebook Fan Page knowing that it will be noticed by the search engine. This latest act by Google will also paves way for new SEO marketing methods.

Top 3 Social Networking Sites

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Social networking sites are vital to the success of any sites. It allows the owner to gain access to millions of people around the world. With proper advertising, a site can be very successful with only the help of these social networking sites. Therefore, it is best to know which of these sites are the most used on the Internet.

#1 – Facebook

Launched in February 2004, Faecbook may be one of the most successful sites on the Internet. In fact, it is so successful that it has become the second most viewed site on the planet. Next to only Google based on its Alexa ranking. Advertising on Facebook is easy as well as flexible. Depending on the budget and the settings for the advertisements, it can be very lucrative as well.

#2 – Myspace

MySpace gave birth to some of the most famous artists on the planet such as Secondhand Serenade and many more. Advertising on MySpace is possible with the correct amount of money. On the other hand, users can also interact with other MySpace members and potentially get a lot of visitors through that method as well.

#3 – Bebo

Founded in January 2005, Bebo is another famous social networking site on the planet. There are millions of members inside the network which the user can potentially advertise to. Users can also create their own advertisement provided that they have enough money as it can get quite costly especially with all the advertisement from corporate companies.

All in all, through these sites alone, the user will be able to advertise to potentially hundreds of millions of members. With proper advertising method, it can surely put any site to great length.

YouTube – how to build your personal brand

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Building-YouTube-brandIn today’s business when the world has changed into a global village with the everyday advancements in the field of technology. The rapid increase of Internet users across the globe is also growing with every passing moment. Social networking sites have grabbed the attention of millions of users in no time. Individuals and businesses want to build their brand to get maximum visibility in a short span of time. Building your personal brand using various websites is very useful like LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook but there are some websites which increase your brand visibility in the most effective manner. In the following article we’ll focus on building your personal brand using YouTube.

Building your personal brand via video is one of the most effective medium because of its content type and interactive nature. YouTube has brought the facility and leverage to everyone to broadcast one’s favorite videos.

Branding your profile

Branding your personal profile on YouTube is not difficult to do. You have to decide how to make your existing brand consistent with your newly created YouTube channel. Choose wisely between multiple face and single face channels as this might affect your branding effectiveness.

Choosing a channel name

Choosing a channel name on YouTube for your personal brand can greatly affect the overall impact of your branding efforts. You can choose the channel name as your business name or full name or any keyword for which you are doing your branding activities. In order to create a channel on YouTube, you have to register yourself first as a user and then you can create the channel as desired.

Setting up your profile

Setting up your profile and filling it out is very crucial as it may help people and other users in the community to locate you. This way you can reach to millions by only giving a single URL which best describes your brand.

Customizing your channel

In order to view your channel as it stands you need to log in to your account and select the option ‘switch to player mode’ (which is on top right on your account information screen). This will display the newer layout where people can choose your latest brand videos and watch others.

Title and tags of the channel

On the ‘Edit Channel’ option click on ‘settings’ to give your channel an appropriate title. It will be more effective to give your channel a title which best reflects your brand. For example ‘Tim’s SEO tools blog’. On the right you need to specify the tags for the content of your channel. These tags will be used while people will use search engines to look for a specific brand.

Once you have set up your profile for your brand and other customization. Focus yourself to creating amazing videos.

Create amazing videos

By keeping in mind the phrase ‘content is king’ you have to create videos that are really interesting and have something to watch for people that they have not seen before. You must keep in mind that your brand videos are worth spreading if they are unique and different.

Producing video content

Producing video content is very important part of building your personal brand using videos. You have to take several videos of the same concept and then select the best one that fits your content. In the description part of your brand video you need to post a link back to your website. This way you can make people visit your site who might not have heard about your brand before. Once you have created 8-10 videos you can start promoting your videos.

Promoting your videos

You are required to spread your channel and videos everywhere like facebook, twitter, Google reader and your blog. You can also embed your videos from YouTube to your existing website or blog.

With YouTube channel and video facility you can reach to hundreds and thousands of visitors within days. You can share your videos to a vast majority of people and can give a boost to your brand. Thanks to YouTube channels and videos.

SocialGo

Friday, December 4th, 2009

social-goThere are millions of people that are registered to social networking websites such as Facebook, Friendster and MySpace. These sites allow people to keep in touch with each other. Users can upload their photos, music as well as watch videos and send comments to each other through these social networking sites. People that live far from each other can get connected through these sites. These sites revolutionize communication in a way that everyone can stay connected no matter where they are.

SocialGo is a social networking website builder that allows anyone to create their own version of Facebook. This site is mainly targeted to those that would want to create a social website for their own community. For example, one of the websites that were made through SocialGo is The Word Cloud. This site caters mainly to writers that wish to group with each other in a single site.

There are four main packages available for the site and each with their own pricing. The free package offers every standard feature of the site including advertisement and to remove this, users can choose the starter pack at a price of $4.99 per month. These two option features a small storage and bandwidth. The premium package on the other hand has almost every feature available except the branding removal and to do this, an additional charge of $19.99 per month will be billed to the customer. The highlight of the site is the concierge package costing $149.99 per month. Users with this package will have the branding removed as well as a free design made by SocialGo. This package offers a higher storage capacity as well as bandwidth as compared with the other three packages.

SocialGo is one of the best solutions to those that would wish to create a social networking site for their own private community. It is easy to set up and is priced reasonably as well.