Social Sites Surpass Email Usage

Using Analytics To Track Results

Knowing how well your Web site is doing is obviously important and in the session "Tracking and Results Analytics" the panel focused on the best ways to measure success. Coverage of the PubCon South conference continues at Webproworld Videos. Stay with Webproworld for more notes and videos from the event this week.

Listen and Think Before You Tweet

Recently I've discussed how businesses can use Facebook and Twitter to drive traffic to their sites, and even looked at some specific examples of how local businesses here in Lexington, KY are using Twitter.

Google Maps Blends UGC Into Search Results

The search results traditionally provided by Google Maps might best be described as "straightforward."  They were fine so long as users already had a good idea of what they were looking for; they were rather less useful for browsing.  But the blending of user-generated content into the results should change all that.

CEOs Say The Darnedest Things

A year later, a Microsoft and Yahoo assault on Google still can’t be ruled out. Steve Ballmer says he’s still interested, and even though Yahoo’s new chief won’t kiss and tell, her apparent lack of confidence in her company is telling enough. And what does Google CEO Eric Schmidt have to say to potential MicroHoo, search, and Twitter competition? Good luck, kids.