Millions are hopping onto the social networking bandwagon to stay connected with their friends and family members. Many use these platforms to share their personal ...]]> 03 Mar 2010 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=NjA= MySpace’s plunge in popularity from the heydays of 2006 when they were considered the most visited social networking site in United States has been rapid with each passing day. 2009 was a ...]]> 24 Feb 2010 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=NTk= Search giant Google generated maximum possible ‘buzz’ in the social networking space ever since they came up with its latest social feature Buzz last week. Unveiling of Google Buzz, ...]]> 18 Feb 2010 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=NTg= Community building involves a process of creating a band of followers with a common interest around a product/brand, blog, or site online. It’s an ongoing process where members of the ...]]> 12 Feb 2010 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=NTc= Popularity of Bit.ly is massive in the URL shortening space. It’s touted the most-sought-after option for web users when they use the social networking sites, especially micro-blogging ...]]> 15 Jan 2010 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=NTY= Social networking sites have become a way of life for many of us. In fact, it won’t sound like a far-fetched exaggeration to even suggest that most of us can’t seem to think of life ...]]> 09 Jan 2010 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=NTQ= Irrespective of the size, success or popularity of a community, content moderators are, at all times, expected to exercise extreme care and caution to ensure every user-generated-content is ...]]> 05 Jan 2010 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=NTM= Social media sites are fast emerging as a must-visit destination for business houses. It’s the desired route every corporation wants to take to market their brand. Even internet marketers ...]]> 28 Dec 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=NTI= The manner in which Facebook has been surging ahead in popularity worldwide could be a serious pointer that its competitors may have a plenty of catching up to do if they are harboring ambitions ...]]> 22 Dec 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=NTE= One of the earliest social networking sites, Friendster is all set to be sold to MOL, a Malaysian online payment firm, and industry experts  see this as a forward looking move considering the ...]]> 14 Dec 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=NDk= Social networks are increasingly becoming a hub for organizations to promote their brand. Use of social media platforms seems to be the brand building mantra for the companies, irrespective of ...]]> 08 Dec 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=NDg= Sustaining social networking sites can never an easy proposition, especially if you are not able to work out an effective monetization strategy in the long run. Even the three major players in the ...]]> 04 Dec 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=NDc= Engage Brands provides you the wherewithal to build a vibrant community facilitated by a band of followers who share a common interest surrounding a brand. It doesn’t matter whether you want ...]]> 30 Nov 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=NDY= There’s always a lot of curiosity generated in social media space as to when micro-blogging service Twitter is going to make money. Well, we could soon see that talk getting a stamp of ...]]> 25 Nov 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=NDQ= How does it feel when you are at the top at one time and when you no longer hold that position? Quite obviously, the feelings wouldn’t be the same. Social networking site MySpace has ...]]> 20 Nov 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=NDM= Most brands, especially the new entrants, embrace social networks as part of their brand awareness campaign. And for all these startups, or even the well established corporations, social ...]]> 13 Nov 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=NDI= If you think Twitter is the way to go, you weren’t exactly out of place. That’s because the micro-blogging service has become a sort of can’t-do-without-it kind of thing for ...]]> 10 Nov 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=NDE= Google’s social networking site Orkut recently went into a makeover mode. The move was hardly surprising as Orkut has been working towards regaining lost ground from rivals Facebook and ...]]> 06 Nov 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=NDA= With every passing day, more and more organizations are embracing social media to promote their brand. In an era where there is cut-throat competition to acquire a slice of the market pie, ...]]> 02 Nov 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=Mzk= Different websites use different types of moderation for running their online communities. But generally speaking, there are four categories of moderation.

12 Oct 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=Mzg= It is asked sometimes whether Content Moderation is required for an online community to emerge successful. Well, to put things in perspective, it’s safe to assume that any online community, ...]]> 06 Oct 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=Mzc= For any interactive environment that enables consumers to publish content to connect directly with a brand, the risk element can never be ignored. That’s primarily because the user generated ...]]> 05 Oct 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=MzY= Conducting polls on social networking sites are increasingly becoming a regular feature among users. But, one user-generated poll, conducted on leading social networking site 29 Sep 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=MzU= Leading social networking site Facebook has unveiled a new Lite version of the site for users with slow or poor internet connections. ...]]> 21 Sep 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=MzQ= Surfing social networking sites has become a way of life all across the globe. Actually, there isn’t any age group that doesn’t get hooked on to these sites. The craze for using such ...]]> 18 Sep 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=MzM= Facebook’s rivals may be quite far from swapping at their heels in terms of grabbing the social networking market space, but that hasn’t allowed them to be complacent.
In fact, ...]]> 17 Sep 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=MzI= For long, search engine giant Google was considered as a sworn enemy in many quarters of the news industry. But all that may change soon. In a move that ...]]> 15 Sep 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=MzE= The trend of marketers looking to give their brands that ‘wow feeling’ through the social networking sites may be fast catching up in contemporary times, but a new research carried out ...]]> 14 Sep 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=MzA= U.S. search engine giant Google may be making all the right noises all across the globe, but in China, they haven’t been able to replicate ...]]> 11 Sep 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=Mjk= For all those ardent audiences of YouTube who are more accustomed to watching free full-length movies on the largest video site, this may not sound like music to their ears.
If a report in ...]]> 08 Sep 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=Mjg= It is difficult to imagine life without internet. Such has been the presence of the World Wide Web across the globe that a lot of our day-to-day life activities have come to be depended on it. ...]]> 08 Sep 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=Mjc= Social networking sites are not just soaring on the popularity graph with each passing day but also enabled users to make social networking a more educative experience.
Many teenagers are ...]]> 03 Sep 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=MjY= If you think posting photos/videos in social networking sites are a way to take a dig at someone, think again. Take this: two Azerbaijani bloggers got themselves on the wrong side of the law after ...]]> 03 Sep 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=MjU= Reading blogs may be a good habit to inculcate, but you might not realize that the blog you just read and posted a comment on it, could pan out to be a supply line of  spam having links ...]]> 02 Sep 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=MjQ= It’s official now. The buzz that was generated about internet auction site eBay keen on selling off Skype saw its logical conclusion as news trickled in about eBay selling a majority stake ...]]> 02 Sep 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=MjM= There’s little doubt that social networking sites are fast becoming a way of life for people all across the globe. Usage of social networking sites are, in fact, becoming a fad in ...]]> 02 Sep 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=MjI= Rumor mills have gone into an overdrive about internet auction site eBay-owned Skype being put ...]]> 31 Aug 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=MjE= It’s becoming a quite a disturbing trend to see people use social networking sites for all the wrong reasons. Keeley Houghton, from Malvern, Worcestershire, is the latest to join the ...]]> 27 Aug 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=MjA= The recession is showing signs of easing out in U.S. and hiring seems to the buzzword for ace social networking company Facebook as it gird ...]]> 25 Aug 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=MTk= A recent study of the social networking and micro-blogging service Twitter has revealed that nearly half of Twitter messages are ...]]> 24 Aug 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=MTg= Link Building has emerged as a useful pathway for drawing ‘increased’ traffic to a website. Link Building involves a process of creating inbound links to one’s own website, which ...]]> 21 Aug 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=MTc= Liskula Cohen has sashayed down the ramp with a great amount of success and has also graced the cover of 20 Aug 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=MTY= The use of social networking sites was taken to a ‘new level’ but for all the wrong reasons. The Daily Telegraph ( 19 Aug 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=MTU= News Corp.-owned MySpace is close to acquiring social music service iLike. According to ...]]> 19 Aug 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=MTQ= Search engine giant Google attracts greater loyalty from its users, who conduct more searches a month than those on Yahoo and Microsoft, ...]]> 19 Aug 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=MTM= How do you top the most original and popular showhome concept? Metropolitan Home, the definitive resource for modern design, and Showtime Networks, producer of award-winning TV series, are ...]]> 18 Aug 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=MTI= Chris Messina may be bagging some coveted leading man roles on the big screen ('Julie and Julia, 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona,' the forthcoming 'An Invisible Sign') opposite some fine leading ladies ...]]> 18 Aug 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=MTE= Workplace frustrations will always be there. What’s significant is how you cope with it and not let affect you. More importantly, one has to be careful in not washing your office linen in ...]]> 17 Aug 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=MTA= For the sex offenders in the state of Illinois, it was a piece of news they could have done without. It was a development that could have only spelt disappointment and frustration. 14 Aug 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=OQ== New York-headquartered Universal McCann, a full-service media communications agency, recently published the Wave.4 Social Media Tracker ...]]> 14 Aug 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=OA== Ace social networking site Facebook has reportedly tested a simplified version of its social network service with faster load times called 13 Aug 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=Nw== The rapid growth in stature of social networking websites has caused a great deal of unease among the job portals, reports a leading news agency. The ‘unease’ is clearly understandable ...]]> 12 Aug 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=Ng== In a development that may not exactly sound like music to the ears of internet giants Google and Twitter, leading social networking company Facebook made public its decision to buy FriendFeed, the ...]]> 11 Aug 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=NQ== A Chicago apartment management company is suing a former tenant over a Tweet. Horizon Group Management LLC filed a lawsuit on Tuesday claiming Amanda Bonnen of Chicago defamed the company in a May ...]]> 11 Aug 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=NA== In a bid to encourage civil servants to tweet more, the British government has come out with guidelines for its departments on using the microblogging service.  The guidelines will urge ...]]> 30 Jul 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=Mg== Content moderation involves deciding what user-generated content to publish and what to delete. This process allows a content moderator to essentially keep an eye on content in a space and take ...]]> 20 Jul 2009 http://www.engagebrand.com/blog-details.php?b=MQ== Search Engine Optimization is touted as possibly the most significant pathway in marketing your brand’s website online. Organic (no paid advertising) Search Engine Optimization is your ...]]> 20 Jul 2009