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Facebook IPO By the Numbers

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 05:30:06 +0000

While there will no doubt be tremendous demand for Facebook stock today, as it begins trading at 11 AM Eastern time, there should be plenty of it available. As David Angosti reported for Search Engine Journal, the social network raised its target IPO price range to $34 to $38. The move prompted a number of Facebook’s major stakeholders to increase the number of shares they plan to offer – and in some cases, that number went way up

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Ring in the New: Facebook Grows While HP Contemplates Huge Cuts

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 03:59:22 +0000

We already know that Facebook and its 2,000 or so employees are about to hit the big time. If you haven’t heard you must live under the same rock as SpongeBob’s buddy, Patrick, does. So rather than belabor an already over-reported “story” let’s do a quick comparison that today’s Facebook IPO brings to the forefront.

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Ring in the New: Facebook Grows While HP Contemplates Huge Cuts

Twitter Admits Not Everyone Likes the Bieb and Offers Tailored Suggestions

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:46:34 +0000

If you have ever signed up for a new Twitter account you have been ‘offered’ a list of suggested people to follow. Let’s just say that unless you intend to use Twitter for the most shallow and useless reasons (which, let’s face it, most do but I digress) that suggestion list is awful

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Ways to Win Customers and Influence Rankings – Whiteboard Friday

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:54:00 +0000

Posted by randfish Starting up your own consulting agency can be quite a difficult process and often times the most challenging step to your endeavour will be finding new customers or clients.

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Postal Service Moves Ahead with Massive Clossures

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:25:05 +0000

“We simply do not have the mail volumes to justify the size and capacity of our current mail processing network.” And with that, the Postmaster General dropped the ax on 232 mail processing centers around the country. We’ve seen it coming for awhile , but the Post Office is such a staple in our world that I don’t think any of us really expected to see it fail. Then again, think about all the things you don’t mail anymore

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Dish Network Risks Biting the Hands That Feed Them

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 09:33:22 +0000

Dish Network is giving customers what they want — commercial free TV. The next sound you hear is that of network execs screaming

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Google Launches Knowledge Graph, ‘First Step in Next Generation Search’

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Three new Google Search features are part of their “next generation search” project, Knowledge Graph. Info boxes, segmented results based on query context and suggestions based on popular queries negate the need to even click off the SERP for info.

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Twitter Allows Firefox Users A ‘Do Not Track’ Option

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:16:42 +0000

Twitter may further separate itself from the social media crowd by doing something that some might think is anti-social media (at least from a business point of view). That something is allowing users to opt in to a ‘Do Not track’ mode when using the Firefox browser. The New York Times Bits blog reports It’s no secret that Facebook is worth about $100 billion because it collected personal data about its users.

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Do Interactive Agencies Have A Bloated View of Their Capabilities?

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:42:02 +0000

Is anyone really willing to admit that in the Internet marketing space the hype from agencies is far exceeding the reality at this point?

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Mobile Sites: Choosing an Implementation Process & Strategies

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

No matter your approach, the mobile landscape is a tricky, expansive space of uncertainty filled with twists and turns that would give even the most solid minded developer or site owner points to pause. Here’s a guide to help you go mobile.

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Mobile Sites: Choosing an Implementation Process & Strategies