Ask.com Reinvents Itself with a Focus on Community Q&A
84Share 0diggsdigg Ask.com is taking a new direction and attempting to refocus their search strategy around a more social experience, including an improved question-and-answer offering. The beta version of Ask.com comes with a new interface and is designed to provide a more semantic search experience. It includes a Q&A product that pulls from 500 million [...]
The X Factor marks the start of TV becoming social
Media consultant Gary Hayes discusses the Twitter buzz around shows such as The X Factor and its implications for TV’s future. Social media and television are becoming more and more intertwined. In the UK a Twitter storm accompanies shows like The X Factor: every weekend keywords related to the show occupy half of Twitter’s global [...]
Should You Hire a “Certified” Social Media Consultant?
I recently got up on my soapbox on my personal blog and ranted about a new, pricey certification program that is being offered by a social media association that has recently cropped up, one of many that are claiming to be able to certify social media expertise. My main beef wasn’t that there was a [...]