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Google+ Will Undergo Intense Scrutiny: Will Competition Amongst Brands Ensue?

by Shabbir Akhtar on 15. Jul, 2011 in Uncategorized

A few days back, Christian Oestilen of Google daunted businesses for using Google+ with regular profiles. Because business pages were facing some issues for having a pattern similar to user profiles, Oestilen said that Google will shut down every such profile. However, he assured that by later this year, dedicated pages for businesses will be [...]

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Which Social Network Do You Use For Professional Networking?

by Shabbir Akhtar on 10. Jul, 2011 in Uncategorized

A new infographic has been published by Lab42 which shows the growing trend amongst social media users to use LinkedIn for better job opportunities. The infographic is based on a survey which has been conducted on 500 social network users, who have LinkedIn accounts.
The infograph shows that amongst the surveyees, 61 percent thinks that LinkedIn [...]

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Google+ For Brands Coming Later This Year

by Shabbir Akhtar on 07. Jul, 2011 in Uncategorized

Google has announced that businesses should not use ‘Google+’ until it becomes suitable for them. As of now, ‘Google+’ supports user activities only. If brands tend to use it, they will face certain problems. In a post, accompanying a YouTube video on Google+, Product Manager Christian Oestlien wrote citing a simple example, “It was kind [...]

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LinkedIn Social Ads To Leverage Follows And Recommendations

by Shabbir Akhtar on 24. Jun, 2011 in Uncategorized

LinkedIn is going to introduce two new features. In the official blog of the company, Ryan Roslansky wrote, “We’re excited to announce today that we plan to roll out changes to the advertising platform across LinkedIn which will surface actions from your network.” Among the two features, one is called Recruitment ad and the other [...]

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35.08 Mn Indians Are Active Social Networkers: Global Web Index

by Shabbir Akhtar on 23. Jun, 2011 in Uncategorized

Global Web Index, a market research service published an infographic which shows that differences in traditions and culture exist in the web also. A London based consultancy name Trendstream conducted a study about global consumer adoption of the Internet and social media, comprising of six layers of the research in 36 markets.
From each of these [...]

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LinkedIn India Now Has 10 Mn Users; Are You LinkedIn?

by Shabbir Akhtar on 21. Jun, 2011 in Uncategorized

The world’s largest professional network LinkedIn just reached 10 million users in India. It’s no surprise. Throughout the last year, many new people joined LinkedIn to stay in touch with the connections they make in their professional lives. As time has kept passing by, LinkedIn’s popularity in India continued surging.

The news was revealed by LinkedIn [...]

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Zynga To File For IPO In June?

by Shabbir Akhtar on 25. May, 2011 in Uncategorized

After LinkedIn, now it’s Zynga’s turn to go for IPO. Actually it’s the success that LinkedIn witnessed in the IPO, which drove Zynga to believe that they could also meet the same fate. And, because of that the social gaming company is looking to cash in on the upcoming public offering.
Kara Swisher from AllThingsD reported [...]

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Google Rolling Out Social Search Globally

by Shabbir Akhtar on 20. May, 2011 in Uncategorized

“Today, we’re bringing Social Search to more users around the globe,” read a blogpost on the Google Social Web Blog. The search engine behemoth had initially started the Social Search service in October 2009 as an experiment. Back then it was announced that Social Search would allow users to get search results based [...]

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LinkedIn Shares Soar At IPO

by Shabbir Akhtar on 19. May, 2011 in Uncategorized

The waiting is over and those who crossed their fingers, can now relax. After the IPO filling on January, today LinkedIn started trading their shares at NYSE (New York Stock Exchange). Earlier, LinkedIn said that they will issue 7,840,000 shares of common stock at a price per share of $45. But after the trading began [...]

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The Transformation From LinkedIn To LNKD

by Shabbir Akhtar on 19. May, 2011 in Uncategorized

If you see a new ticker symbol LNKD in any finance website, don’t get surprised. It’s the symbol for LinkedIn. On Thursday morning, LinkedIn began the initial public of their shares. Earlier they indicated the price per share could be as high as $45. The stake started at this price only, but then after early [...]

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