Breaking donw Twitter's new Home page

Thursday, July 30, 2009 - from WebPro News

Huge emphasis on search and trend analysis 

On Tuesday, we told you about the launch ofTwitter's new homepage. The revamped design sports a sleek look that is pretty easy on the eye. But, once you get past the pleasing aesthetics, you'll also see that Twitter has added a search capabilityand popular topics, which in turn could mean an influx of Twitterers. 

 

It should be noted that most Twitterers won't ever see the new homepage, unless they logout of course. But, the new layout isn't for the "everyday Twitter user", it's meant for the non-tweeting crowd, or those that don't see the use for it. Recently, WebProNews featured an article, "The Average American Still Unfamiliar With Twitter", which discussed this very topic. It seems as though Twitter hopes the new homepage will help herd in some of the non-Twitter users. 

Read More >>>

The Most Important Social Media Strategy for Making Money

By Chris Crum - Sun, 07/26/2009 - 08:52 for WebPro News

WetPaint CEO Talks Business Social Media Use

Earlier this week, WebProNews reported on a study from WetPaint and the Altimeter Group, which indicated that brands who engaged with customers more through social media performed better financially. Judging from our comments, there is a lot of skepticism about the accuracy of this information, but Wetpaint CEO Ben Elowitz shared some further insight with WebProNews about how companies can most effectively utilize social media.

Elowitz also talk a little bit about the ENGAGEMENTdb site, which was announced along with the study. On the site, businesses can match their own social media efforts up alongside those of successful brands.

WebProNews: What do you think is the most important way for a company to utilize social media to have the biggest impact on revenues?

Read More >>>

Twitter Corrects Follower & Following Counts

By Jeremy Muncy - Sun, 07/26/2009 - 08:51for Webpro News

Numbers plummet as a result of the cleanup

Recently, Twitter announced that they were cleaning out spammers and addressing "data inconsistencies". What does this mean for you, the Twitter user? You might see a significant drop in your following and follower numbers.

Did your Twitter follower count take a hit from this cleanup? Tell us.

Below you can see my modest counts pre-cleanup and post-cleanup. By the looks of it, I had 40 spam Twitter accounts following me. Excuse me while I go wash my hands:



Read More >>>

Facebook Now Has 250 Million Users

By Jeremy Muncy - Fri, 07/17/2009 - 03:59 for WebPro News

100 million users added since January!

It was just mere months ago that Facebook announced they had 200 million members worldwide. Well, today they've passed another milestone...250 million people are now using the social networking site.

It should be noted that back in January Facebook only had 150 million users... feels kind of funny saying only 150 million.

Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, updated the company blog with the following:

"So today as we celebrate our 250 millionth user, we are also continuing to develop Facebook to serve as many people in the world in the most effective way possible. This means reaching out to everyone across the world and making products that serve all of you, wherever you are—whether through Facebook Connect, new mobile products and the other things that we are building. We're grateful to have all of you with us, and we look forward to helping connect the next quarter billion people on Facebook."

Read More >>>

testing

testing