Not Free social media data

Why say "FREE" when its not? Annoyed that its being marketed as free when it is in reality a "7 day free trial". That is really misleading and it just pisses me right off! Not good, especially as it mentions nothing about that until you complete the signup process when it asks you to choose a preferred subscription plan.

Wont be using it or recommending at all now.

in reference to: Get Free, Real-Time Social Media Data and Charts from ViralHeat (view on Google Sidewiki)

FaceBook will eventually kill your blog or website

I like this outlook Jay as calling it now means that we can think hard about it before it happens or make moves to prevent it but in all honesty I find it very unlikely that it will occur. FB will become the social network as Google is to Search and then the technology will advance and a new "breed" of established sites will evolve. God knows what those will be.

Alos 500 million users (minus boring people with no firends) is nothing to be sniffed at but still, theres 6,000,000,000 internet users worldwide (http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm) and across cultures FB is facing stiff competition form the likes of QQ in China. even though Google has had probs there it still has penetrated the global market more than FB as far as I know!

Regardless, Google cant operate with websites to index and FB can only satisfy a small amount of the desire for information consumption that is outside the realm of "social". After all, it is a social network aimed at connecting and that will never change I would guess, but sometimes, I need to go to an expert to read their opinions or thoughts and thats why the blog or the personal website will never die.

Gonna be an interesting one to watch anyway!

*I have to apologise to you Jay as I think I have had this post open in a tab on my browser, for like two weeks or so with the intention of commenting, hence I might be messing up your analytics a tad! Whoops!

in reference to: 3 Ways Facebook is Killing Your Website | Social Media Marketing | Social Media Consulting - Convince & Convert (view on Google Sidewiki)

Facebook places problems

Facebook Places seems like a right nightmare! Seriously though, this could result in some expensive divorce cases or people getting fired if its abused. I think I might change my settings now... back in a bit. Nice catch Samir.

in reference to: Mess With Your Friends Using Facebook Places - Samir Balwani (view on Google Sidewiki)

disclosure always in social media

Not really affected by any guidelines or regulations here in Europe (yet) but are covered by some common sense and decency.

Then again, sometimes its nobody else's businesses how or why you decide to mention, RT or promote something and what relationship is in place with it. At least, that's how more privacy orientated people I know view it

I guess i will just assume that anything mentioned about a product or service that costs money will be done in some sort of affiliation and then if I click it or move forward then I do so because I trust the referral. Otherwise... why would I click it in the first place or even be there reading it.

Strange subject and gonna be fun watching how this develops.

in reference to: Disclosure Always (view on Google Sidewiki)