Posted on April 12, 2013 7:50 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Advertising | Content Curation | Google+ | Marketing | Publishing | Social Media | Trust | Twitter
(c) Can Stock PhotoIt has been a busy week in the digital/social world. With everything that has occupied our attention over the last week (Facebook Home, for example, and word that investment companies are pouring money into Google Glass app development), you may have missed some other interesting stories. These are some that I found particularly interesting. I save the…
Posted on March 21, 2013 6:21 pm by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Brands | Google+ | Search
During a Google search today, I was struck by how few of the results from brand sites included Authorship Markup—a Google feature based on an HTML 5 feature that indicates the author—in their content.
To be fair, I don’t see much use of Authorship Markup for individual bloggers in search results, either. Those you expect to have implemented the Google search enhancement have done so,…
Posted on March 15, 2013 11:22 am by Shel Holtz | Instagram | Visual Communication | Brands | Facebook | Google+ | Research | Social Media
There were plenty of big news items this week, making it easy to overlook some smaller, less flashy reports that were overwhelmed by all the coverage of the papal election, the new Samsung phone and several other stories. Still, there’s value in knowing about these, so let’s get right to them. As always, I collect the stories from which I select the Wrap…
Posted on January 4, 2013 9:04 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Brands | Business | Facebook | Google+ | Measurement | Social Media
(c) Can Stock PhotoHere’s the wrap-up of great posts and momentous events from the first week of 2013. If you’re interested in the complete listing of all the content I collected over the past seven days, visit my link blog at LinksFromShel.tumblr.com.
The reporting of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s investigation into Google centers on Google’s big…
Posted on November 23, 2012 11:59 am by Shel Holtz | Brands | Facebook | Google+ | Marketing | Research | RSS | Video
(c) Can Stock PhotoI hope all of my American friends and colleagues had a warm and fulfilling Thanksgiving. I spent mine in Las Vegas, where my wife’s brother and his longtime girlfriend are getting married on Sunday. The news doesn’t stop for holidays or family gatherings, though, so here’s a somewhat abbreviated edition of the Firday Wrap. As always, you are welcome to tap…
Posted on October 18, 2012 10:05 am by Shel Holtz | Books | For Immediate Release | Google+
Google+ is Google’s social network, launched publicly in September 2011 following a three-month beta test phase. According to its Wikipedia entry, as of September 2012, it has a total of 400 million registered users of whom 100 million are active on a monthly basis.
In What the Plus! Google+ for the Rest of Us Version 2.0, author (and unashamed Google+ evangelist) Guy…
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