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How to fix the new G+ layout with Stylish
// Well, “fix” is a relative term. You might like the new look and feel of Google+ so you can stop reading now. But while I’ve initially loved it, I have been mounting up some serious problems with it. So much, that while I’m not a big fan of the various solutions to customise the [Continue reading]
Social media cross-posting with Friends+me
// I’ve recently posted about Fotostat (http://bit.ly/g-fotostat ) , a new service for cross-posting within several social networks, with focus on images. I have been using it with great success for a site I manage. But if your main network is Google+, you are out of luck, because Google has only given write access through the G+ API to selected third-party [Continue reading]
Blogger and the Holy Grail of unified comments
// So yesterday Google announced a further integration of Google+ comments and Blogger. If you enable the related setting, if your Blogger post is shared on G+, any comment on the G+ post with your post will also be shown in the page of the Blogger post in the comments section. This is a Holy [Continue reading]
Full size photo uploads: G+ winning the tech war on Facebook
// In the latest #googleplusupdate, you can now upload the full-sized photos and G+ will serve them accordingly: Initially you get a reduced (but great quality) version but you can zoon and pan to see more detail! How to have this: To enable full-size desktop uploads, just visit your settings at https://www.google.com/settings/plus, and check "Upload [Continue reading]
Social media cross-posting with Fotostat
// I’ve been expanding the number of social networks I use, almost like an addict lately :) So I’ve been looking for a way to administer my addiction in an easier way. I had an automation between G+, Twitter and my WordPress blog (so I was only posting on G+) and additionally was cross-posting to [Continue reading]
Draft: cloud text-editing for any anything anywhere
// I’ve written about #Draft already a few days ago http://bit.ly/g-draft when it was “just” a web-based text #editor for #Dropboxand Google Drive with version control and collaboration features.But I need to write again as a #Chrome extension was released that redefined how you can use Draft. I’ll just copy the developer’s (+Nathan Kontny) description: [Continue reading]
Twitter Cards: Engage!
// Just 6 days after my submission for inclusion on the #TwitterCards program, I got in and in the screenshot you can see the result: whenever someone tweets a URL of my blog, an “expanded view” will be available with a title, short description, thumbnail, my name and #Twitter handleIt also works on the mobile (iOS [Continue reading]
Improve links to your site on Twitter with Twitter Cards
// Announced since last July, Twitter Cards is Twitter’s equivalent (or “answer” if you like tech drama) to the Open Graph. By defining a set of #meta #tags in your #HTML code you can provide instructions to #Twitterin order to display an “expanded” preview of your page, when your page’s URL is included in a [Continue reading]
Tracking shares before they happen (or even if they don’t happen)?
// A tricky question poped up in my Quora home page: Is it possible to check, if somebody requested your site’s #meta #tags ?The logic behind this is that you could track social shares even if the user doesn’t complete the process (load’s up the URL on Facebook or a sharing widget) and then quits. [Continue reading]
Quora, a Google+ blogging alternative?
// I generally detest article headlines that pose questions rather than provide a definite position, but I’m undecided on this one.Recently, #Quora upgraded their Boards feature, renaming the Blogs. The standard features include: - a quora.com subdomain of your choice - set a title, logo/avatar image and #blog description - choice of set of basic [Continue reading]
Twitter is actually IRC, with less features
// Want proof? Here you go :) http://tweetchat.com/room/ircOne could say that it’s a step backwards from #IRC because you need a special interface like tweechat to avoid always mentioning the name of the room (hashtag) you are writing in. And of course you can’t have a private room. Or really good moderation tools. Or… ;)
Cross-network social media engagement analysis
// Did that sound complex enough? :) Statistics and trying to do comparisons can often be misleading as just seeing the numbers below can prove. The numbers are from a test +Wil Wheaton did: he asked people on #Facebook and #Google + to following a list to his blog as a test on how much traffic [Continue reading]
History: G+ Activity Log for the rest of the Web
// I recently wrote http://bit.ly/Vx6wiE asking for a #Google+ activity log, a page where you could see all the posts you +1ed or commented on. The problem is, if someone doesn’t interact with the post after you, you can’t easily find it. It turns out something like this is on the works. +Shamil Weerakoon pointed me to [Continue reading]
Free eBook: Social State
// In celebration of Community Manager Appreciation Day, +Esteban Contreras’s new book "Social State: Thoughts, stats and stories about the of social media in 2013" is available #free of charge just for today! The book contains lots of great information and insights on #social #media, making it a great read! Get it on the links below:- [Continue reading]
Where's the Google+ Activity Log?
// So last night, I commented in a #community post. This morning I can’t find it. Unless someone replies to my comment or +1 it, I will never be able to find it. So how about an #activity #log, a (private or public depending on user choice) page where all comments I’ve made and all [Continue reading]
Married people who like prostitutes
// The new #Facebook Graph Search was an awesome idea +Mark Zuckerberg, bravo! :) The internet is going to be laughing (while being scared about it) at this for a few days (until we forget about it and continue publicly sharing our data without much thought) More fun searches at http://actualfacebookgraphsearches.tumblr.com/
Does writing in the WSJ mean anything?
// Short answer: probably not. A bit longer answer: I just had the pleasure of reading this article by +John C Dvorak on the Wall Street Journal’s Marketwatch http://bit.ly/WfVf1V In it Dvorak determines that #crowdsourcing will soon be over and provides 3 examples: 1) He went on a site and got a popup (which he didn’t know if [Continue reading]
Your most popular G+ photos
// A lovely use of the #Google+ #API : Go to http://www.googleplussuomi.com/thumbs.php?id=109098983561044225374 and replace the ID number with the number of your profile (you can figure out by going to your profile and seeing the address of the page). You will get your (public) photos sorted by popularity!Via +Klaus Herrmann and +Jeff Sullivan. Created by +Jari Huomo
Zoom! Enhance! Manhattan!
// Just trying for another time the latest #googleplusupdate that allows you to #zoom on big photos. This one is a 3.6MB 3000×1418 pixels panorama of Manhattan by Sergey Semonov that won the amateur catagory at Epson International Photographic Pano Awards. (More about it here http://bit.ly/VJGGTX) Thanks to +Gina Trapani for the link.
Zoom! Enhance!
// Google+ was already a great #social network for photographers but this new feature in the most recent #googleplusupdate is simply awesome. You can now: - use your mouse wheel to zoom in or out- click and drag to pan right, left, up or down Try it out!Note that this is 2000×1300 pixels screenshot of [Continue reading]
Hoax almost becomes true, hell will freeze quite shortly, please stay tuned
Hoax almost becomes true, hell will freeze quite shortly, please stay tuned // Dear +Mark Zuckerberg, I really like your development priorities. We still can not edit our status updates, but we can now pay you money so that our posts can actually be seen by people that used to see all our posts. Keep [Continue reading]
Dalai Lama is an ass
// 5 Million (5,053,638) followers and not 1 (one) following back? :-) Other than that, the guy is great, you should follow him ;) But on Google+ => +Dalai Lama
The Apple Manual on being a Human
// A big scoop for Gizmodo yesterday, with what appears to be the Apple manual on their Genius staff training. It’s a full instructions set on how to talk to customers in a civilized, friendly and empathic way, while at the same time not admitting that there might something wrong with an #Apple product and [Continue reading]
The Meaning Of Fake
//Here is how to make headlines for your social media management company1) Find a topic that’s causing traffic these days: let’s say… fake twitter follower counts and politicians in an election year2) Develop a tool that supposedly can identify fake accounts3) Instant success! Meet the Status People Fake Follower Check tool http://bit.ly/NlG47P You just give [Continue reading]
What the Plus! Free for 6 5 hours!
+Guy Kawasaki teamed up with +Samsung USA to offer his new book on #Google + What the Plus! as a free PDF download. What the Plus! is a collection of articles on making the best out of G+ Get it here http://yousend.it/whYuAr (the link will expire in about 5 hours, after that you can find [Continue reading]
Content worth sharing
What marketers can learn from cartoons Here’s an excellent (and huge!) article by +Tom Fishburne on creating content in the age of #social media As a cartoonist and marketer, I learned that there is a lot to learn from the simple cartoon. Cartoons are “content worth sharing”. Today I want to talk about 5 lessons [Continue reading]
Portrait of a LinkedIn user
Power Formula blog contacted a survey among #LinkedIn users. If you are into social media #marketing, check out the results:
Social Media tracking with ThinkUp
There are various solutions (with varying paying options) if you want to monitor your #social network efforts but there is also an open-source solution. +ThinkUp, led by +Gina Trapani, is a web application that can provide you statistics on your #Facebook , #Twitter and #Google + accounts and pages. Included are likes, reshares and responses [Continue reading]
Auto-post Google+ posts on Twitter
If you have left Twitter for Google+, here is a way to stay in touch: ManageFlitter http://bit.ly/xmb2tk is a freemium service for managing your Twitter account. In it’s free service it allows for copying your public Google+ posts on Twitter. The process is quite simple, you create an account with your Twitter credentials and just [Continue reading]