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Twitter to introduce 10,000 character limit on tweets?
The start of 2016 has seen the social media marketing world in a frenzy as Twitter appears to be about to allow much longer updates to be shared. The much-rumoured change would be to swap from the current 140 character limit, originally introduced to allow for SMS updates on your mobile phone, to 10,000 characters (roughly 1,700 words).Twitter hasn...
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The most popular Google searches in 2015
Want to know what became the most popular Google searches in 2015? Each year, the company has released a collection of the top terms that users have typed into the search engine, and in 2015 they've now separated the data into 20 different categories for the UK.And although you can probably predict the top terms for some categories, there are a...
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What is the future of Google+?
Trying to predict the future of Google+ is still difficult, despite a massive redesign currently being released to users. The social network was launched by Google back in 2011. Initially seen as a potential competitor to Facebook, Google+ evolved to become a social layer which ran across all Google services, including Youtube. But after 4 years, e...
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Set Special Holiday Opening Hours with Google My Business
Google My Business now allows you to set special holiday opening hours as part of your company listing. That means you can make sure potential customers know when you're open for business over Christmas, New Year, and any other public holiday. It's also great to be able to inform customers about limited opening hours if you're taking a ...
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Members-only ad-free Youtube Red launches
Youtube is launching a new membership service which allows viewers to watch without adverts for a monthly subscription cost. From next year it will also include original members-only content. As Youtube Red launches, it may change online video viewing for a large number of people.Youtube Red will work across your computer, phone and tablet, and wil...
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Top Tips for Pinterest Marketing
Have you considered using Pinterest to market your business? With more than 100 million users, and over 50% of those outside the U.S, it's time you should. Especially with our top tips for Pinterest marketing.Especially as Pinterest is a social network geared more towards business and sales than almost any other. It's a pinboard for images ...
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New Study Shows Importance of Online Customer Service
We all know how good customer service makes us feel about a company. It's one of the experiences that can turn a problem into a positive, and help to keep us purchasing from a brand.It's something that's core to what we do at the Smart Domain Group - and is often mentioned as one of our most noticeable attributes in the feedback we get ...
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The 6 Big SEO Myths You Should Ignore
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) has been around a long time in internet terms. Website owners started exploring how to get their sites recommendation by search engines in the mid-1990s, even before Google launched (1998). It was 2002 before Myspace arrived, 2004 for Facebook, and 2007 for the iPhone to appear.That's one reason why so many SEO ...
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LinkedIn to Make All Groups Private and Launch New App
LinkedIn has become a valuable social network for recruitment and job searches. Since 2004 it has also had LinkedIn Groups which enabled professionals to network and discuss business and common interests. To make them more useful, a new iOS application will be released on October 14th, 2015, and on the same day all Groups will become private.The iO...
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Facebook Launches Business Page Verification
Facebook has launched a Business Page Verification service which will give you an official check mark of approval. The grey checks are then displayed next to your business name, and will apparently help you to appear higher in Facebook search results.It's a useful service as there are now 45 million business pages on Facebook, and there are oft...
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