Year: 2010
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Bebo Shutdown or Sale Iminent – So Where Does All the Content Go?
AOL bought Bebo a couple of years ago. At the time they probably thought they’d got themselves a bargain. Bebo was doing really well in the UK and Ireland. It wasn’t doing so well in the US, but that could have changed.. Of course it didn’t change. Bebo’s traffic shrank and upstart Facebook came along…
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Fantasy Animals, Pets and Pretzels More Popular Than Businesses
If you frequent the “twittersphere” or Facebook you’ll often come across businesses and their staff trying to market their products and services to you. There’s nothing wrong with that. Of course, how they actually do it is another matter entirely … But how successful are most of their attempts to “tap in” to “social media”…
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Google Buzz Boosts Buzzword Bingo Industry
Image via Wikipedia Social Media gurus rejoiced this week with the launch of Google’s latest service – Google Buzz Expect to see plenty of “tempting” offers in the next few weeks from “experts” on how to “maximise” your “potential” using the latest Google service. Google Wave was meant to revolutionise the web, so Google Buzz…