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Egypt Blocks Internet Access
Published January 28, 2011 by HarshaForget blocking of youtube, facebook, twitter & other sites. For the first time in the internet history, Egypt has blocked access to internet except for the Egyptian stock exchange website which is still accessible. Tunisian style inspired revolution has been feared in Egypt & social networking sites help spread the information easily. Fearing it, Egypt seems to have blocked access to all the sites. SMS has also been blocked. This is for the first time it has happened in the world & shows the impact of internet on the economy & the society. Several important lines pass through Egypt & might also affect the global internet traffic.
allfacebook.com & booshaka.com for all the info on Facebook
Published October 29, 2010 by HarshaWith a 500 million member strong facebook, getting all the information about the popular deals, brands, movies & others in facebook is difficult. It would help to know the popular trending topic in facebook for the marketers. Allfacebook.com & booshaka.com provide some of the top information about the facebook trends along with the stats as well. This helps marketers on how to effectively spend their ad budgets. Facebook is also becoming a major referrer of traffic. With crowdsaver promotions, these websites help know the top deals available.
Optimizing Facebook Profile, Fan & Group Pages
Published September 7, 2010 by HarshaWith Facebook being the top social networking site & also a major source of search, it is essential to optimize the facebook profile, group & fan pages. Users are looking for information in facebook & searching through various keywords. Facebook has more than 500 million members. This provides a great base of users. Hence a properly optimized page will help drive the traffic. Campaigns, offers & other special features with rich content make the pages info rich. Also the pages should be promoted to increase the fan base. All the information should be given in the pages with keyword rich text. Google is also displaying the information from Facebook in its search pages & a properly optimized fan or profile page would easily make it to the Google search results. Several companies are launching promotions through facebook only & to increase the conversion for these promotions it is very essential to have a clear strategy of how to make the pages attractive to the users & search engines. Also facebook pages should be promoted in other marketing activities as well. This helps spread the word of mouth about the pages.