Microsoft, Google integrating Twitter

Twitter... it Can Improve your rankings...Twitter is more instant than email or web releases!

Did you Know?
There are now 350,000 publishers from the White House to CNN to John Cleese pumping out almost 600,000 feeds and generating around 5,500,000 clicks to your sites every day.

Google Analytics Integration
Twitterfeed now adds special 'UTM' tags to each post that it publishes. Google Analytics can read these tags and integrate the information into its reporting. You'll be able to understand how people clicking on your posts from Facebook differ from those clicking from Twitter and track the complete path of their visit to your site.

Check out Twitterfeed for your social networking www.twitterfeed.com

Google wave - the future of collaboration?


Can Google Wave Change the Future of Content Management?

Having my own google wave account, I am setting aside some time to share information with others that have an account. I cant wait to see what it offers - and how we are going to use it in the future!

Inside the new Google search - how you need to adapt - Business news, business advice and information for Australian SMEs | SmartCompany: "Internet giant Google has just introduced changes to its searching process that will allow users to refine search terms into narrow categories.

While the new search functions are primarily designed to help users, they will present a number of opportunities and challenges to companies' search engine optimisation and reputation management strategies. The changes also reinforce the idea that on the web, content is king"

An effective online discussion enables the online community to create knowledge in a social environment. A summary of the characteristics of a good online discussion are:

Have an Effective Moderator (person who initiates conversation...ie the blogger?)
Encourage users to introduce themselves
Create a Community of Practice

For a classroom environonment,you can also:
Clearly link criteria for an acceptable response with any grading criteria
Use user-friendly language and humour
Provide helpful directions for technical support
Keep the length of message short (75-150 words, for example)
Develop clear naming conventions (topic or subject lines to help you and students manage the messages-for example, include Message 1, Message 2, etc. in the name)
Lurkers are communicated with directly via personal e-mail

Lagging conversation is re-energised
Supportive e-mail is used by the moderator to supplement online discussion
Activities are designed in order to foster interdependency and weaving of ideas.
Develop directions that will lead users to think about the topics in a way that generates and demonstrates understanding.

Guest discussants are invited
Do provide an alternative space for very informal discussion (Gossip or Coffee Shop)


What do you think?