From the monthly archives:

August 2010

Facebook Chat to Drop Support of IE 6

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As of September 15th, Facebook Chat will no longer be supported in IE 6 (Internet Explorer browser version 6). Facebook Chat, Facebook’s answer to instant messaging, is the little popup you see every so often in the bottom right corner of your Facebook profile that lets you chat with other Facebook friends while you’re logged into Facebook. Facebook Chat was launched just 2 years ago, and is now used by people all over the world as an easy, instant way to communicate and stay updated.

 by Roohi Moolla on August 26, 2010 · 0 comments

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How To Use the Google “Wonder Wheel” Keyword and Search Tool

What is the Google Wonder Wheel? It’s a great search and keyword tool to find related keywords and search terms, and to see what you look like to others when they search for you on the web. This is a quick look at how you can use the Google Wonder Wheel to look for related keywords to any topic you type into Google, and to see the results in both a visual “wheel” as well as the standard search results list.

 by Roohi Moolla on August 24, 2010 · 0 comments

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WordPress Workshop Part 5: All About Video

All About Video: WordPress Workshop Part 5 – (PDF) This is Part 5 in an 8-Part webinar series on WordPress. In this webinar, we looked at video, why it’s important for blogging, how to use video effectively, good vs. bad video, and 3 ways to embed video into your WordPress Blog or Website. Click here to see Part 1 – An Introduction to WordPress

 by Roohi Moolla on August 24, 2010 · 0 comments

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How To Get Your WordPress Blog Found in Google Search Results

Google Heat Map

SEO Basics for WordPress View more presentations from Roohi Moolla. Optimizing your WordPress Blog for Search Engines Getting your WordPress blog or website found by search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing means optimizing your blog using Search Engine Optimization (SEO). In WordPress, it’s fairly simple, but before you begin, you need to understand the basics: What is SEO? Why does SEO matter? How do search engines rank your blog or website? What SEO techniques will improve your ranking?

 by Roohi Moolla on August 24, 2010 · 1 comment

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Twitter launches “Twitter Tales”

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Twitter recently launched “Twitter Tales” –  a new way for people to tell their stories a couple of days ago consisting of articles that highlight creative individuals and businesses who are using Twitter in innovative and interesting ways. Categories include Humor, Life and Community. The first stories are from @natashabadhwar ( Life), a mother/filmmaker/photographer/writer from New Delhi who sees Twitter as a form of self therapy, @caltrain (Community), a crowd-sourced Twitter account where people can help others avoid pitfalls on their daily commute, and @thebloggess (Humor) who provides a witty and honest behind the scenes look into her blog writing. Take a look, maybe you’ll [...]

 by Roohi Moolla on August 19, 2010 · 0 comments

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Facebook Releases New Places Feature Today

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Facebook announced the release of their newest feature Places today, a new way for people on Facebook to let people know where they are, see where their friends have checked in, and discover places nearby. If you’re a Facebook user, you now have the option to share your location by “checking in” whereever you are – and let friends know where you are too. You can see if any of your friends have also chosen to check in nearby. To get started, you’ll need the most recent version of the Facebook application for iPhone. You also can access Places from touch.facebook.com if [...]

 by Roohi Moolla on August 19, 2010 · 0 comments

tagged as , , , , , , in Business,Communication,Entertainment,Facebook,FourSquare,Marketing,Mobile,Reviews,Social Media,Technology,Web 2.0

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More changes to Facebook pages

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Starting August 23, Facebook is making changes to Facebook Boxes and Tabs on Pages. 1. Boxes – on both profiles and pages, boxes will be going away, including the “Boxes” tab. Application info sections will also be going away. 2. Application Tabs – All custom tabs will be narrowed to 520 pixels. This means that if you’re a Page Admin and you’ve created a custom tab, you need to visit your tab now for a preview of how your content fits in the new layout, and make adjustments as needed. All profile and Page tabs will be resized automatically beginning [...]

 by Roohi Moolla on August 15, 2010 · 0 comments

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“Twitter: The Movie Trailer” – Spoof of The Social Network Movie

Twitter Movie Spoof

Love it!! For those of you who’re looking forward to the release of the Social Network movie, the story of the rise of Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg, as much as I am, this is a hilarious take-off by Rated Awesome for “The Twit Network” on the movie trailer. For best results, watch the Social Network trailer first And one more thing – great background song “I can Tweet” by the Gregory Brothers. “I want to tweet it all…” Download the full song here:http://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/o6tyzy

 by Roohi Moolla on August 14, 2010 · 0 comments

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WordPress Plugin Basics

WordPress Plugin Basics - How-To Install, Find and Choose a Plugin

This video is for those of you who are just stepping into the world of WordPress and want to know how to enhance your blog or website with more features. Plugins for WordPress are powerful little components that can really add some oopmh to your site, and they come in many different flavors. This video is about 12 minutes long, and covers the fundamentals of plugins, including a definition of a plugin, how to find plugins, and how to choose a plugin and decide if it’s an appropriate plugin for what you need to do. You can also click on [...]

 by Roohi Moolla on August 11, 2010 · 0 comments

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WordPress Workshop – Part 3: Adding Structure and Content

This is the 3rd in an 8-part series on WordPress Fundamentals. In this webinar, we covered the basics of how to add structure and content to your WordPress blog or website, including setting up posts, pages, and adding images and other media to your posts. Click here to view as a PDF Click here to see Part 1 – An Introduction to WordPress

 by Roohi Moolla on August 9, 2010 · 1 comment

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How To Embed a Google Map in a WordPress Website/Blog

Google Map Embedded in WordPress

 This video provides instructions on how to embed a Google map into a page on a website or blog that’s created in WordPress. For those readers who don’t like to watch videos (it’s less than 4 minutes ), here are the written instructions, long and short: Long Instructions: Login to your Dashboard and under Pages,  click on Add New. Give the new page a title e.g. “Map”, and then Save the page as a Draft. Open up a new tab on your browser, then go to http://www.google.com. Click on Maps at the upper left corner of the screen. Type in [...]

 by Roohi Moolla on August 8, 2010 · 0 comments

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What to Tweet to Create Your Personal Brand

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Now that 106 million Twitter accounts have been set up, it’s a great time to distinguish yourself from the rank & file. Building an online presence — whatever the platform — is, in fact, under your control.  People using the “Global Whiteboard,” i.e. the Internet, must keep in mind that “Whatever you post can and will be held against you.” So if you want to grow your online reputation by prudent and intelligent use of Twitter’s microblogging technology, you do need to be deliberate: Plan a Tweeting Strategy that will help you build relationships, grow a community of followers, find [...]

 by Shari Weiss on August 6, 2010 · 0 comments

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Top 7 Tips for an Effective Website aka Your Website is Not an Island

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Even if you have a strong social network and are Tweeting, Facebooking and channeling all your online social personas, your website is still your online ‘destination’ for your business. It can be anything from a simple blog to a full-featured website with a shopping cart and sophisticated backend database, but whatever it is, it still needs to reflect you, your company, your business and your goals. Think of your website as the central hub for your social channel network – the ultimate desitination where people can find out who you are and what you’re about. How effective is your website [...]

 by Roohi Moolla on August 5, 2010 · 0 comments

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