Back on February 28, 2011, our Guest Blogger Weidong “Jim” Zhang wrote a blog titled “U.S. Businesses Need Face On These Top 5 Chinese Social Media Places.” Because China has effectively pushed its own social media platforms while suppressing foreign ones like Facebook, Youtube, etc., many U.S. businesses have been somewhat closed about exploring Chinese
…Read More
Why Yahoo! Merchants Shouldn't Ignore Google's Next Panda (2.2) Update
Pandas are typically solitary animals, but Google’s Panda updates are making an exception to that rule. Back in February, we reported on Google’s first Panda algorithm update (2.0), but since then there’s been a 2.1, and according to a recent Search Engine Land Blog, Google’s Matt Cutts has confirmed a coming 2.2 update. This sloth
…Read More
Can't Snatch Groupon, Then Google 'Em
Any company that won’t just roll over before Google’s goals of grandeur must be as sure of themselves as a mouse on a cheesy moon. We’re referring to when Groupon turned down Google‘s 2010 six billion dollar offer to purchase. Fast forward to 2011–Articles like Mashable’s Google to Launch Groupon Competitor, rang in the news
…Read More
Is Google's New Mobile "Wallet" Payment App a Sitting Duck?
With over 5 billion mobile phone connections worldwide, mobile transaction capability is at the vanguard of the internet commerce evolution. Mobile payment processing was innovated in 1997 in Finland via SMS, but has since then become more sophisticated with the development and mass-distribution of mobile smart phones. With the advent of smart phone technology came
…Read More
Twitter Follow & Google Plus One Buttons Hatch
On May 31, 2011, Twitter’s Blog displayed this very newsworthy announcement: “Introducing the Follow Button.” The button allows site visitors to “follow” a designated account without having to leave the page their on. This announcement was somewhat expected, but isn’t really earth shattering to the world of social media. However, it should create a new
…Read More
Ecommerce Shoppers Game System, Shed Consumer Impulse Image
Since the advent of behavioral economics, merchants have grown to assume that shoppers, or at least a hefty percentage of them will buy product on impulse, instead of using a more rational approach, as classical economics once suggested they did. New evidence, as featured in this May 27, 2011 Media Post article, is prompting the
…Read More
Twitter Owns TweetDeck, Now What?
The big TweetDeck sale was announced in recent news like this CNN Money article: Twitter Aquires TweetDeck, but what is not clear is how this move will affect users, if at all. Twitter has been known to growl and rush at third-party clients with the force of a pit bull. According to articles like Twitter
…Read More
Social Media Fallacy: No One Really Keeping Up With 150 Plus Friends, evidence suggests
While all the social media experts are chanting “engage, engage, engage” with more and more friends, social scientist anthropologist types, like Robin Dunbar (study circa 1992) might say: that’s fine, as long as the magic number (150) isn’t exceeded. Why? Because the neo-cortex apparently limits humans to being able to keep up with only as
…Read More
Hack Protection Tips For WordPress Beginners
First, to the hackers who love to read articles on how to thwart hacker attacks and then subsequently teach everyone the lesson that ANYTHING can be hacked: We aren’t challenging anyone to break WordPress. Just as there are tips on protecting your email or social media accounts, there are also certain practices which should be
…Read More
Yahoo! Store Platform, a Safe Choice for Ecommerce Merchants?
Internet security is on everyone’s minds these days. Nearly all entities (personal, business, NGO, and government) are affected when the criminal element penetrates system security. Some, like the Government of China, have gone to great lengths to freeze out any questionable, unapproved, or malicious content. Of course the reaction to such radical online fortification has
…Read More