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The New Facebook Viral Bandwagon

{ Posted on Aug 05 2010 by Pixelrage }
It sprang up a few times on my Facebook front page. Someone "likes" some witty statement as seen on "♥". Erm...what the hell is ♥? Curiously I investigated, and was pretty surprised at what I found. Read More »

How to Monitor and Track a Social Media Campaign with ViralHeat

{ Posted on Jul 20 2010 by Pixelrage }
Your ever-expanding portfolio of social media sites is undoubtedly taking a lot of your time up in the past year or so. The attractiveness of a Facebook Page, Youtube account or Twitter RSS goes without saying, but what are they ...Read More »

Which Social Bookmarking Button Should You Use?

{ Posted on Jul 09 2010 by Pixelrage }
One of the dilemmas that many webmasters face these days is which social bookmarking buttons or services they should decide on and use prominently within their pages. The simple fact is that they all “target” a specific user base, so, ...Read More »

Facebook to Compete with Yahoo Answers

{ Posted on Jun 11 2010 by Pixelrage }
Yeah, this is no joke. I logged in to Facebook today and saw a special link for a Facebook beta program entitled: "Apply to be a beta tester and get the first look at upcoming Facebook products." Upon clicking ...Read More »

The Fun’s Over with Facebook Community Pages

{ Posted on Apr 12 2010 by Pixelrage }
One thing that ticked me off in the airport was checking my email to see the following auto-email from Facebook: "Your Page has been recategorized as a Community Page." Uh oh. I've heard about the Community Page rumor in early ...Read More »

What Still Annoys Me About Twitter

{ Posted on Feb 04 2010 by Pixelrage }
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Simply put: there's no way to hide people you're following. There would be drastic pros and cons to Twitter allowing this feature - but can't there be a better way to get things done? Read More »

Cottonelle Rips Off Famous Facebook Poll?

{ Posted on Jan 18 2010 by Pixelrage }
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This totally blew my mind. A television commercial for Cottonelle advertised the "Cottonelle Roll Poll," which basically borrows a concept that has gone viral seemingly forever-ago on Facebook: the infamous poll asking if you install your toilet paper to roll ...Read More »

HGTV and Food Network’s Campaign of Love

{ Posted on Jan 10 2010 by Pixelrage }
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Right now, about three million Cablevision customers haven't had HGTV or the Food Network for exactly a week due to a contract expiration. As you can imagine, this has caused a complete uproar. The two widely popular shows are suffering ...Read More »

Implications of Stupid Facebook Pages

{ Posted on Dec 23 2009 by Pixelrage }
Yesterday, a friend who is a casual social networking user directed my attention to this utterly ridiculous Facebook Page. The two of us constantly rag on these dumb pages as they show up day in and day out on our ...Read More »

Stagnant Ning Accounts to be Deleted

{ Posted on Nov 25 2009 by Pixelrage }
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If you've ever created a Ning social network, chances are that you have an email waiting for you right now. Ning announced that it will be doing a site-wide cleansing of stagnant accounts on December 18, 2009. If you haven't ...Read More »