July 2011

Where is MySpace Tom Anderson – Google+

I’m missing Google+, I’ve been busy with life. I logged into Google+ tonight to see a post by The Tom Anderson from MySpace. Here is deal, while the technologist drive technology, the people drive the market share. I’ve logged into MySpace once in 2011 and yet when you Google my name, MySpace is in position #2 in the search results. Tom is making his place with regards to rankings and in my opinion he’s doing an outstanding job! Thanks Tom!!!

I’m a music lady and I love tunes, so it looks like I need to spend a little more time in MySpace! Now to fix my profile…sorry for the broken image.

Google+ Hangouts Server Timed Out

I pushed my way into my first hangout using Google+ with Chris Voss, Benjamin Hale and Matt Meeker. It was cool at first, but then I kept receiving server timed out errors.

It will be interesting to investigate the hangout feature more, but for now it looks awesome only in this video:

Let’s hope the hangout feature will continue to allow for people to share and collaborate. Otherwise, this hangout feature could isolate people and keep Facebook as the preferred platform.
Read about Revision3 & CU-SeeMe other video sharing platforms.

Social Media IPO – IZEA Shhhh

Sponsored Tweets, do you do them? Are Sponsored Tweets OK? In my opinion, sponsored tweets are good if you take time to review the advertisers landing page before you submit your authorization to tweet.

IZEA announced the completion of their initial public offering today (IPO) and I say, get on it! I’m saying this because I’ve danced in affiliate marketing for years and finally I’m actually making some money. I’ve been using IZEA Sponsored Tweets for a couple of months and I’m slowly growing advertisers to pay for my tweets. Following is my account statement:


As a publisher on Sponsored Tweets you have discretion to say yes or no to advertisers and this makes the sponsored tweet more acceptable in my opinion.

But know there are advertisers with landing pages using Lorem ipsum (could be a test not sure yet)

I’m making money tweeting and it feels good because I decide which advertiser to share with my followers. If I keep my average up, I will have $750 by the holidays :)

Google+ It’s not a Group It’s a Hangout

I remember when Groups first came out with Facebook and this was “The Feature”. I’ve been on G+ for a week now and I like the Hangout concept; similar to a group, but better, it’s REAL TIME!! It reminds me of 1995 when I would hangout on a CU-SeeMe reflector (server IP Address) named “The Biker Bar”. All my friends would be there and we would broadcasting black and white video using a 14.4 modems. It’s crazy the technology has always been available, but the infrastructure has lacked. I think I see a light and history will repeat itself, but this time with speed.

It's Not Facebook Group it's a Hangout - SWEET

Google+ Invites and Personalized Search

Navigating Google+ Invites

Unless you have an internal network of technology friends, it’s going to be tough to have access to Google+

I was an early adopter to FriendFeed and joined an Invite Group within the FriendFeed (now Facebook owned) network. It has been sometime since I logged into FriendFeed, but when I heard about invites needed to gain access to Google+ I went to my FriendFeed Invite Group! And Catriona Potts sent me an invite not just once, but twice. The demand for invites has grown substancially. From what I’ve gathered, when Google+ opened the service for beta it was easy to invite a user, but now its become a little more tricky. Once you have a Google+ account, check out this post about inviting friends with a gmail account to your Google+ circle of friends.

 

Evaluation of Google+

Following is my initial review of Google+ . As I continue to learn the technology and integration with Google SaaS I will post additional evaluations.
 

Personalized Search

 

When you are logged into your Gmail account and you search freely Google is tailoring (filtering) your search results to your behavior. I first noticed the +1 when I was doing keyword research for a client. I always google "google keyword tool" instead of going direct and I noticed Rand Fishkin name under the Google Keyword Tool personalized search result. I didn’t think twice about it because I use the "Social" search feature in Google Tools. But then Danny Sullivan showed up and this pretty blue +1 presented itself. Note, now that I’m on Google+ I don’t see the result below….

Google Personalization Google Plus

When everything is said and done, if you have a Gmail account, you will see search results differently than if you don’t have a Google account. I’m not going into IP and behavioral targeting in the blog post, but know it’s happening and here is a great TED video from Eli Pariser on the Filter Bubble.

 

Google+ (Plus) Killer to Facebook

  Simplicity of Design
 

Well, it was pretty easy to set-up my Google+ account with privacy in mind! When you start your account Google makes sure you think about your sharing privacy and practices. With Google+ you define your circles (groups of people) upfront which makes you think about your sharing privacy FIRST which is spot on to keeping things simple!

In my opinion it’s about circles of influence and the interface for Google+ brings this concept to life without adding applications like in Facebook.

Circle of Friends Google Plus

Simplicity of Integration with Blogger

I’m a WordPress girl my nature and I will always go for a hosted blog before a free blog because of the countless limitations to (Free) blogs. However this one feature is making me rethink my recommendations.

If you need an invite to Google+ leave a comment below and I will do my best to send you an invite.

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