Facebook and its mind-boggling changes dominated the weekend, where we looked into the Timeline, expressed our opinions about the new features and reassured everyone that all that extra bling isn’t going to cost us a thing. Running underneath all that Facebook newness was the anticipation of …
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New data from Experian Hitwise show a dramatic increase in traffic over the week since the service opened to everyone. Visits to Google Plus increased by 1269% last week. The site received 15 million U.S. visits, up from 1.1 million the week before. Google Plus went from ranking 54th in Hitwise’s Social Networking and Forums category to ranking 8th in just one week.
That’s not all the traffic, either. These stats don’t include mobile users or visits from the ubiquitous black Google toolbar. The data still show that Google Plus is disproportionately comprised of “influencers” and “early adopters” compared to other social networks, but the removal of invitations seems to have jump-started visits to the service. According to Paul Allen’s estimates, which have been on track in the past, Google Plus currently has around 43 million users.
Today’s customers wanting products and services on their own terms, specific to their needs – when, where and how they choose. But the problem that bedevils many companies stems from the way they…
When I encounter someone brand new to the Mac, either a new client or someone who reaches out to me via email about switching or having recently done so, this is the text file I send. I thought it would be nice to share this with the world. Perhaps it will be useful to you or those you love.
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