Facebook Updates Fan Pages – Ruins Current Marketing Materials

Yesterday Facebook announced and implemented its changes to the terminology used to become a "Fan" of a "Fan Page". In turn ruining all current marketing materials owners of fan pages use that reference anything related to becoming a fan, or being "FANatic", much like some t-shirts I had printed for a local fan page I manage. Fan Pages are now simply known as "Pages" and instead of becoming a "Fan", a person simply "Likes" a "Page". Here's...

I was lucky enough to get an invitation to Google Wave from a friend of mine, and in the last couple of days, I've been exploring the features it contains. While I'm not extremely impressed with it yet, I can foresee some big uses for Google Wave coming about. 1. Forum Integration With Google Wave's ability to imbed Waves into existing websites and allow for comments within each embedded wave, this could be a very awesome change for forums. ...

I'll be leaving for school for the military next weekend and the only thing I could think about was how I won't be able to write blog posts for the following two weeks that I'd be gone.  I was even asking for guest posters, but after no one seemed interested in guest posting, I started trying to find another way. I guess I could always write 2 weeks worth of articles and schedule them, but I'd rather spend the time with my family before I lea...

Much of the focus put on Wordpress plugins revolves around those that are most popular.  Those that you use just because everyone else is. While most of the popular plugins are very worth having on your blog, there are some plugins that aren't talked about as often, but they help give character to your blog and put focus on the all of the small details. Here is a list of the 7 Wordpress plugins you didn't know you needed: 1. Exclude Pages...

Imagine yourself, laying on the beach, checking out the beautiful... water, when you spot the girl of your dreams walking toward you.  So you whip it out and pull on it, making it longer. Then your wife steps up beside you as you hit the camera button and wait for the picture to be taken. With the XShot Camera Extender, you can be in the picture too.  Instead of reminiscing about vacation days long gone, looking at all of the photos where yo...

Does your small business need a makeover?  Mine sure does, and if you want a chance at winning a makeover, all you have to do is visit the new AT&T Small Business InSite. Here's my entry into the contest: What Is AT&T Small Business InSite? AT&T's Small Business Insite is a fresh, new Web destination designed by and for small business owners. AT&T realizes that as more and more small business owners begin th...

I left BlogHer 2009 in Chicago a little over a week ago with more than just a car-load of swag bags.  I left with some knowlege.  Knowlege I got from the best session at BlogHer... the "Gadgets of Blogging" session. The "Gadgets" session covered most of your basic gadgets you would use for blogging, whether at home or on the go, but it also briefly touched on some more advanced things, like specific products that may be better if you wanted ...

It's been said many times in passing remarks that Twitter is a better search tool than Google, and it seems like Twitter is taking those comments to heart. They've changed their homepage with the main focus on search. I think Twitter has big advantages over Google: The time it takes to index something of importance is just as fast as someone can type it. Google uses algorithms to index content.  Twitter uses real people that don't ca...

There is a reason wordpress has been so successful as a blogging platform.  It's easy, and the wordpress creative team actually listen to and implement ideas for changes to the platform. The layout and functions of wordpress itself was created by bloggers just like you. But as powerful as Wordpress is as a blogging platform, what makes it even more powerful is its versatility. The Versatility of Wordpress With it's powerful plugin featur...

In the world of blogging, we all know the higher your ranking in the search engines, the more traffic you tend to bring in.  We also know that one of the ways to increase your ranking is by creating content.  The more content you have, the more "pages" you have, the higher you will rank (of course backlinks also play a role - but I only want to focus on your content at this point). But creating content has always been a long and sometimes te...

For this week's "Gadget of the Week" we take a look at a product of futuristic proportions.  The iRiver Wave Home. iRiver's Wave Home makes phone calls over the Internet, browses the internet, and plays video games, and photos on a seven-inch 800x480 touchscreen display.  A wi-fi video phone wedded to a 1 GB entertainment-spewing box small enough to sit on a kitchen counter or a bedside table, this thing fits in well with flying cars, trips ...

Twitter has quickly become one of the greatest social media sites the world has ever seen thus far, and for the early adopters, it will mean great things. Twitter has become so popular in fact, that many books are being written by it's more prominant and understanding users. One such book by Murray Newlands (a Twitter Ebook), called "How To Twitter Successfully & Gain Followers", helps to guide those new in the Twitter scene to a better...