So many of us use social media to distinguish ourselves from the rest. We all do the same things, yet many of us are more successful than others. In professional sports, the same is true. In baseball, everyone goes to the plate, uses the same bats and balls, and tries to outdo their competitors. There are metrics put in place that allow the public to determine who are the most …
People around the world do trust the media, but to varying degrees. According to TNS, the good news, for Internet content producers, is that people now trust the information they get from online news—roughly to the same degree as news from television and information from friends. On a global basis, the most trusted information source was friends, with 42% of those surveyed saying that they trusted word-of-mouth recommendations. About an equal number trusted TV news (41%), online news (40%) and newspapers (39%).
Facebook launched the much talked and blogged about Facebook Connect. This is yet another system that lets members use their login information to access other websites, see what “Friends” are doing, and broadcast actions to others. Simply put, connecting Facebook to other sites will inherently make those sites social. That in turn, should make those other destinations more attractive to advertisers as traffic volume will likely increase through social …
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