Social Media Articles

Posted - 5th March 2010 in Social Media

The 10 billionth tweet has been posted on social media site Twitter.

by Tom Mason

Posted - 3rd March 2010 in Social Media

Facebook could generate revenues of $1 billion in 2010. An in-depth report has shed light on the social network's finances.

by Richard Frost

Posted - 27th February 2010 in Social Media

Manchester Twitter users have been affected by a spate of phishing attacks this week. Twitter has responded by issuing some simple security tips.

by Richard Frost

Posted - 4th February 2010 in Social Media

YouTube is 'looking at its options' after its 10-day film rental trial generated over £6,000 for the company.

by Tom Mason

Posted - 3rd February 2010 in Social Media

The founder of popular music site Spotify has revealed that social media referrals provide the majority of traffic to the application.

by Tom Mason

Posted - 29th January 2010 in Social Media

Social Search, the new feature from Google, has launched. The tool allows users to view content from online contacts in SERPs.

by Tom Mason

Posted - 27th January 2010 in Social Media

Twitter has unveiled a new feature showing what topics are hot locally. Users can choose from a list of countries or cities.

by Richard Frost

Posted - 22nd January 2010 in Social Media

HubSpot has released the third annual State of the Twittersphere report. The study investigated the growth and reach of the social media service.

by Tom Mason

Posted - 16th January 2010 in Social Media

Twitpic claims to have made £430,000 in 2009. The Twitter app's business model is built on advertising.

by Richard Frost

Posted - 29th December 2009 in Social Media

Facebook has enjoyed phenomenal growth in 2010. But the world's largest social media network could face major obstacles in 2010.

by Richard Frost

Posted - 22nd December 2009 in Social Media

A YouTube-specific URL shortener has been launched. The service, youtu.be, is designed to enhance YouTube's social media profile.

by Richard Frost

Posted - 18th December 2009 in Social Media

Twitter has been the victim of a hacking attempt. Visitors to the site were redirected to a third-party domain.

by Tom Mason

Posted - 8th December 2009 in Social Media

Social media will gain a bigger online profile thanks to Google real-time search. The new feature is rolling out globally over the next few days.

by Richard Frost

Posted - 1st December 2009 in Social Media

Women engage with online networking sites more than men, a new study indicates. Of the 19 social media sites analysed, 16 had more female users.

by Richard Frost

Posted - 28th November 2009 in Social Media

Research has discovered that the online encyclopedia Wikipedia suffered a drop of 49,000 volunteers over a three-month period.

by Tom Mason

Posted - 16th November 2009 in Social Media

New research has revealed the times at which most tweeting takes place. Here, we look at how the data is useful to social media marketing teams.

by Dan Nolan

Posted - 13th November 2009 in Social Media

LinkedIn and Twitter have entered into a new partnership. It allows social media users to post tweets and LinkedIn status updates simultaneously.

by Richard Frost

Posted - 11th November 2009 in Social Media

Approximately 44 per cent of consumers follow corporate tweets to find deals. A Razorfish report also suggests two thirds make purchases after encountering brands digitally.

by Richard Frost

Posted - 7th November 2009 in Social Media

Facebook has stepped up its efforts to block deceptive ads. The social media giant has disabled two ad networks that repeatedly violated its advertising policies.

by Richard Frost

Posted - 29th October 2009 in Social Media

Brands are not effectively marketing themselves on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The Connected Brands Index suggests social media engagement is a weakness for big business.

by Richard Frost

Posted - 17th October 2009 in Social Media

Twitter is trialling a new feature which allows users to recommend a number of different followers in one specific group. The new feature is said to make 'following' other account holders simpler.

by Tom Mason

Posted - 12th October 2009 in Social Media

Spanish, French, Italian and German translations of Twitter are in the works. The micro-blogging tool is relying on crowdsourcing for its foreign-language vocabulary.

by Richard Frost

Posted - 7th October 2009 in Social Media

Almost half of large companies allow access to social media. The survey also reveals one in five permit use solely for business purposes.

by Richard Frost

Posted - 25th September 2009 in Social Media

Social media marketing is gaining mainstream acceptance, new figures suggest. Total year-on-year adspend has more than doubled in the last 12 months.

by Richard Frost

Posted - 14th September 2009 in Social Media

Popular social news site Digg.com has altered the way external links are valued. The site now blocks the flow of PageRank to any site suspected of being spam.

by Tom Mason

Posted - 11th September 2009 in Social Media

A change at Twitter has significant digital marketing implications. Co-founder Biz Stone says alterations to the Terms of Service "leave the door open for advertising".

by Richard Frost

Posted - 8th September 2009 in Social Media

Maytag has unwittingly illustrated the power of social media. An irate Twitter user recently urged her 1.2 million followers to boycott the domestic appliance brand.

by Richard Frost

Posted - 13th August 2009 in Social Media

There has been another rise in visits of social networking sites among 15-24 year olds. But the overall time spent on these websites has declined.

by Tom Mason

Posted - 10th August 2009 in Social Media

Facebook is used by 83 per cent of the biggest US advertisers. The social media website's marketing approach has proved popular with businesses and customers.

by Tom Mason

Posted - 7th August 2009 in Social Media

A cyber attack, which took down Twitter, Facebook and LiveJournal, is blamed on the Russian government.

by Tom Mason