Each and every day, millions and millions of people all over the world will use social networking websites to connect with their friends they have probably never met or business contacts they have probably never seen. But many of these people will sometimes question the effects of social networking on our lives and wonder, which are the positive effects of this rather new technology. Continue reading Five Benefits Of Social Networking Site →

Often referred to as the “Facebook of France,” Copains d’Avant was France’s top social network. As late as mid-2010, Copains d’Avant had more members that the world wide social network giant, Facebook. Even though Facebook had more daily traffic, the membership numbers showed that Copains d’Avant would have staying power in France. Today, Facebook is solidly the number one social network in France, both in terms of members and in terms of daily web traffic. Copains d’Avant is now ranked number four. It seems that Facebook itself is now “France’s Facebook.” Is Facebook really better than Copains d’Avant? Could Facebook’s popularity in France be due to the site’s global popularity? Or is it a better site? The following review examines several features of both sites to see which one is the winner. Continue reading Copains d’Avant vs. Facebook Popularity →

Are you an artist that needs to build your portfolio for online social sharing?  Do you need a site that will guide you through the best and most efficient method to organize your work?  Then Behance is the perfect tool to create, edit, and share your media; whether you are an artist, poet, or writer the site has developed unique steps that will enhance your work.  Best of all it can be share among other sites beyond theirs.  Just as any social networking site likes its users to be active in the community; Behance encourages its users to find friends on the site which will increase your views.  The cool thing is that the images are key here and how you title and arrange each portfolio will be the key factor for those visitors to head to the original site. Continue reading Enhance With Behance (Social Sharing) →

U.S. Twitter users may have forgotten that “freedom of speech” does not apply in all countries.  The developers who created Twitter may have found out the hard way that censorship is something to be respected in other countries as well as their personal beliefs.  It is not necessarily up to Twitter on who is banned from using the service rather than the actual country’s web rules.  Continue reading Should Twitter be banned in other countries? →

Social media is all over the online space today. No matter what you do, where you go and what you use, it is always shared on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. Most of the Internet users spend at least an hour on social media platforms in a day. We know of the many advantages like connecting with people irrespective of the physical distance but are there any disadvantages of social networking sites that we are unaware of? Yes there are and this needs to be known to all of us. With a little care and awareness, we can still enjoy the social media revolution. Continue reading Disadvantages of Social Networking Sites →

Social media has become a popular way for friends and family to stay connected. But there are also many ways to use these tools for ways that you may not have expected.  Businesses and individuals are using these online tools to benefit their lives in many ways.

Predicting the Future

Social media is allowing some companies to predict the future in many ways. In natural disasters like wildfires, information from several social media sites can be aggregated or ‘crowdsourced’ and presented to those working on the front lines to give an overall picture of the situation. Continue reading Unusual Ways Social Media Is Being Used →

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Social media etiquette covers a wide scope of social conduct ranging from time spent on the site to the language being used to make updates and comments in the sites as well as other non pleasing habits such as stalking and being a common nuisance online. There is no written down code of conduct but it’s just through moral judgment and common sense that some rules should be followed generally when chatting. People need to live while minding about other people’s well being, it has been generally agreed that the following and some other common sense chatting tips should apply. Continue reading Social Media Etiquette →

A day does not go by where you do not hear about safety over the internet and how to protect kids online. With the major popularity of such website like Facebook or Twitter, adults are now starting to worry whether all this is safe or not. Read the lines below and learn how you can protect yourself on social networking websites. Continue reading How To Protect Yourself On Social Networking Websites →

Social media is a quick, effective way to reach out to many people with a single click. It helps in spreading a message to the largest number of people in the shortest time possible. Therefore, linking a site (personal or business) to your social media account helps spreading awareness of the existence of such an entity. It helps to bring traffic to the page; thereby increasing hits to the site which in turn is impetus to the business or site. There are few basic things that can be done to link the site to a social media account: Continue reading Basic Tricks to Connect Your Site to Social Media →

With the release of social media websites like Facebook and others, it has become a prime internet marketing tool for businesses. Using this can help you immensely. However, it is important that you are careful because it is also possible to damage your company through websites like Facebook.

Here are some activities that you should avoid doing to keep a solid reputation: Continue reading Things You Should Avoid Doing on Your Facebook Page →