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9 Tips and Resources for Brands using the new Facebook Timeline

by Nate Devore Marketing
9 Tips and Resources for Brands using the new Facebook Timeline

Facebook is giving brands until March 30th to completely transition to the new timeline for fan pages. It’s important for your business to understand the changes and learn how to make the most out of your fan page. Facebook has completely removed the “forced fan gate” option where you could require ...

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Facebook Timeline Dimensions Cheat Sheet for Brands [PDF]

by Nate Devore Social Media
Facebook Timeline Dimensions Cheat Sheet for Brands [PDF]

As you probably know, Facebook made the decision to bring the timeline to brand pages last week. In addition to numerous other changes,  the way you design your fan page has completely evolved. I decided to create a Facebook timeline dimensions “cheat sheet” to make it easy for you when re-designing ...

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New Google Plus Page Analytics Coming Soon

by Nate Devore Social Media
New Google Plus Page Analytics Coming Soon

One of the issues for brands when it comes to adopting and using Google Plus is the lack of in-depth analytics and other features available. But Google wants to change this. Google+ for Business is a new site dedicated to showcasing the current and future features of Google+. Among those features? Analytics. ...

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New Pinterest Infographic shows huge potential for marketers

by Nate Devore featured
New Pinterest Infographic shows huge potential for marketers

If you didn’t know already, Pinterest has become a major social media powerhouse in recent months rivaling Google Plus, YouTube, and Twitter. Over the last year, Pinterest has seen a 2,702.2% increase in traffic. The average time users spent on Pinterest rivals Facebook, Twitter, and even YouTube for time spent. 28.1% ...

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Facebook Removes Custom Default Landing Tab Feature and Replaces it with Timeline

by Nate Devore featured
Facebook Removes Custom Default Landing Tab Feature and Replaces it with Timeline

Facebook is finally rolling out the new changes to Facebook fan pages bringing over the timeline layout released earlier for personal pages. Among the many changes, the most notable change is the removal of custom landing tabs or “fan gates” where marketers could offer something in return for a “like” before landing on the wall. This method ...

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Google Algorithm Updates, Panda 3.2 and Why Design Matters

by Nate Devore Marketing
Google Algorithm Updates, Panda 3.2 and Why Design Matters

You’re probably tired of hearing about the updates for Google’s Panda Algorithm. 2011 was the Year of Google Panda and there is no turning back (sorry!) This week Google rolled out another update to it’s panda machine learning algrotihm called Panda 3.2. This update was considered “minor.” A few days ago, Google also released a ...

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New Bookmarklet Adds More Social Networks to Search Plus Your World

by Nate Devore SEO
New Bookmarklet Adds More Social Networks to Search Plus Your World

When Search Plus Your World launched, I talked about how this was a paradigm shift in SEO. It’s Google’s attempt to create a social search engine. But the problem a lot of us have is that Google is biased to Google Plus. When you search for movies in Google, you see ...

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Using Google+ Ripples to Analyze Content and Find Influencers

by Nate Devore Blogging
Using Google+ Ripples to Analyze Content and Find Influencers

Do you know where to find influencers to share your content with? Influencers are people who have a large following and can potentially make your blog content spread virally. These people are usually power users and can help if you are just starting online. With Google+ Ripples you can identify potential ...

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Google Rolls Out Personalized Search: A Paradigm Shift For Google and SEO

by Nate Devore SEO
Google Rolls Out Personalized Search: A Paradigm Shift For Google and SEO

Google just announced MAJOR changes to the way Google Search displays results. In the coming days, Google Plus will be completely integrated into our favorite search tool delivering completely personalized search results. I originally found out via Louis Gray on Google Plus (you should circle him). Remember when Google announced the ...

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Google+ Brand Page Status Updates Showing in Search Results [news]

by Nate Devore Social Media
Google+ Brand Page Status Updates Showing in Search Results [news]

Often times people ask, “why do I need Google Plus?” The answer: it’s Google silly! Sooner or later, Google will start integrating their new social network into their flagship products like Google Adwords & organic search. Oh wait, they just did this… I’ve been saying this since the first rumors started ...

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