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Posts Tagged ‘web 2.0’

For those of you who don’t know, your Facebook account has an email address that will send emails directly to your messages folder. Many people do not use this feature and in attempts to change that, Facebook has gone ahead and done you the service (or disservice) of hiding your primary email from your Facebook page and replacing it with your @facebook.com email.

“It’s annoying for people like me who do a lot of connecting with friends, fans and coworkers on Facebook” says Jerry Montano, a Hollywood-based musician who uses Facebook to connect with his over 5000 connections. “I purposely have a social-media-only email to keep track of those I contact through social media and I like it that way.”

How does this affect you? Well if an old coworker or childhood friend gets a wild hair and decides to find and contact you, they will only have your firstname.lastname@facebook.com to send you a message. This can pose issues for those who do not use social media too often as message may go unchecked for a long period of time.

For those like Jerry and others who want to change back their emails to their original it’s a fairly simple process to change back, to do so do the following:
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My dad runs a successful business. And he has done so without stepping foot on the Internet. How has he done that? (more…)

Google+ is quickly losing steam. But how could it keep up with the momentum it was building? In a recent article from Mashable, Todd Wasserman cites Experian Hitwise in saying that Google+ users are spending less and less time using the program since its limited release last month. Apparently the new car smell is wearing off faster than Google would probably like but that’s not the only reason people aren’t using the social networking upstart as much. For as social as Google+ is, it seems to lack a certain bit of connection between its inhabitants, what is it…
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Many business owners who have seen success from their company website in the past are now stuck in the world of Web 1.0.  Some do not feel a need to update their web presence and others do not understand how redesigning their website can result in increased traffic and sales.  With the Web 2.0 revolution, web designers and developers have gained the ability to present information and services in a simple and interactive format.  Websites that have a professional look, organized structure, and intuitive user interface are more appealing to customers and more likely to convert visitors into sales.

Yet website redesign is not as simple as it sounds and can result in a negative experience for users accustomed to the old design.  While there are many pitfalls surrounding redesign, there are also solutions to help you avoid these problems. (more…)

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