When it comes to politics, topping the social media buzz charts doesn’t always mean you’re topping the polls, and nobody knows this better than Rick Perry. Social media monitoring platform Fizziology reports that Rick Perry is the most buzzed-about 2012 GOP candidate by a landslide, but he is also the candidate responsible for the largest share of negative buzz.
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With Buzz now behind Google, the company can enjoy the triumph of more than 40 million people joining Google+ with more accomplishments in the future. Clearly, Google aspires to create great products that changes people’s lives on a daily.
In the past year or so, social TV has blown up. People are checking in to their favorite shows, checking show rankings based on social media buzz, and even TV Guide has jumped on the social TV bandwagon. But does social media buzz really drive television ratings? A new study says yes.
What movies are you most looking forward to seeing this fall? Contagion? The Muppets? How about Twilight: Breaking Dawn? Social media research company Fizziology has put together a list of the top 10 most-buzzed about fall movies.
TVGuide.com just expanded their Social TV features with Social Power Rankings—a new, continuously updated chart that ranks television shows based on how many people are talking about them on TVGuide.com, Facebook and Twitter.
Move over Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber—social media is buzzing about some new celebrities this year! New data from social media monitoring platform Fizziology reveals the ten celebs that have seen the biggest increase in social media chatter this year. Some of the names may surprise you!
The buzz surrounding Google’s Buzz is officially over. The online search giant has reached a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over claims that it used deceptive tactics and violated privacy policies when it introduced the controversial social networking service last year.
How does an Internet search giant named Google tell users that it agreed to a settlement of $8.5 million over privacy breaches related to its Buzz social networking program. By Gmail, of course.
Most people think the key to going viral has something to do with the content of their posts, and while it does, they tend to ignore that one of the key elements to going viral is being memorable. If your latest post, your site or the image on your post isn’t something unexpected or new, nobody’s going to share it. I thought I’d use this principal to try something very different. One surprising way to possibly go viral and set yourself apart is to modify your ‘about us’ page or maybe change your ’404 page’ to be something viral. The fail-whale isn’t an accident. See below for some of my tips to go viral through unexpectedness. Read more
While Google Buzz has been Google’s best attempt at building a social platform that both users and developers can interact with, the company has faced some difficulty in gaining ongoing traction. The most significant hurdle was a massive privacy backlash following an issue which enabled new users to view those contacts who you speak with most frequently.
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