Social Sites Surpass Email Usage

Social networking and blogging have become more popular than sending email, according to a new report from Nielsen. More than two-thirds (67%) of the global online population now goes online to visit social networks and blogs. "Social networking has become a fundamental part of the global online experience," says John Burbank, CEO of Nielsen Online.

Gmail Tasks Lab Gets New Useful Features

Back in December, Google introduced a new feature in Gmail Labs called "Tasks" that provides Gmail users with a window to keep track of their...tasks (go figure). Today, they have announced a couple new features for Tasks. Users can now easily move a task (along with its sub-tasks) to another list by clicking on the arrow (or using Shift-Enter) to the right of the task,…

What the Most Popular Brands on Twitter Are Doing Right

Digital brand management agency Electric Artists is tracking the most popular brands, celebrities, media outfits, and television networks based on category, handle, latest tweet, and number of followers. They also include short notes about how each is using Twitter. The brand category is host to a pretty diverse group. The top ten based on number of followers consists of: 1. Zappos 2. Whole Foods 3.…

Rubel Shines The Light On Social Search

Every so often a blogger will provide me with an “Uh, duh” moment, what some might call a minor obvious epiphany, something I should have thought of already. Steve Rubel gets the credit for that this time, in a Micropersuasion post about Twitter and Facebook’s impending impact on search.