Although search engines can be used to look up songs’ names, and with Facebook, you can keep track of your friends’ antics, search and social media can serve more important functions, too. And at SES San Jose, a session focused on using these resources to find missing persons.
Successful Social Media Implementation Comes with Motivations
It’s interesting to look at how the web has evolved and continues to do so. Social media (at least in its current incarnation) is still relatively young, yet we have seen a lot of evolution just within this aspect of the web itself. This is highlighted today especially, as we see competition in the real-time search arena really stat to heat up.
British Using ‘Common Sense’ Strategy For Social Media In The Military
Since we had a rather strong response to our coverage of the United States Marine Corps’ policy to not allow Marines to access social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter on the Marines’ network it seemed appropriate to see how this is handled ‘across the pond’.
Study Shows Parents Out of Loop on Social Networking
Interesting survey results come from Common Sense Media, which suggest that social networking is changing the very nature of childhood.
DoS Attacks vs. Social Media
Maybe you heard the sound of the world crashing down and people actually being productive at work yesterday while Twitter was unreachable. It wasn’t long before the full explanation came out—the popular microblogging site was the victim of a DoS attack.
Social Media Tapped to Find Missing Louisville Man
Update: A Twitter account has now been set up specifically for finding Robert Botts: @FindRobertBotts.
Original Article: A man named Robert Botts from Louisville, Kentucky has gone missing, and those who know him have taken to social media to help them find him. He’s been missing since Thursday, July 30. His car was found abandoned at an intersection in Louisville.
ESPN Placing Restrictions On Employees Regarding Social Media
Yesterday we told you about the social media restrictions that the United States Marine Corps has placed on its network. Many of you, including myself, hated to see this happen but considering what could potentially take place (security concerns etc.) it has its merits.
The Marines Get Banned from Social Media Sites
If there was ever a group of people that have to sacrifice in ways that I simply cannot imagine it’s the men and women of the US Armed Forces and in this case the United States Marine Corps (Semper Fi). These folks have volunteered to do a job that most of us would not do but ranks as one of the most important jobs any person could do. They make incredible sacrifices so we can complain about how rich people manipulate the Internet for more riches. Makes this all seem kind of insignificant doesn’t it?
Adopting Social Media For Internal Use
Results from an interesting study with a different spin on social media were released by Nielsen Norman Group. These things often look at social media adoption by businesses, but this one looks specifically at social media adoption within enterprise intranets.
The study found that many of the most successful social media initiatives on company intranets began as underground, grassroots efforts by front-line employees. They were later adopted and sanctioned by higher-level executives.
Twitter Most Linked to Social Site in Email Marketing
According to Email Data Source, Twitter has become the most linked to social media outlet in email marketing campaigns. Email Data Source collects, analyzes, organizes, and archives millions of marketing messages to provide competitive intelligence and analytics to the email marketing community.