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Google and Facebook privacy policies remain confusing to most users

Have you struggled trying to figure out what’s best for you with Facebook and Google privacy policies and settings? Despite considerable noise raised about the privacy policies of both companies, most people still find them confusing.

A new survey released today by global strategic branding firm 
Siegel+Gale
 (
www.siegelgale.com
) revealed confusion and frustration among consumers regarding Facebook and Google privacy policies. The survey of more than 400 respondents found that users have little understanding of how Facebook and Google track and store user information and activity, and how information is shared and with whom.

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5 tips for more effective business writing

pen‘Business writing’ is writing for business purposes. This includes articles, blog posts, 
press releases
, emails, letters, reports and resumes.

Each of these different types of writing has its own rules and preferred format. However, the main point is that business writing has little to do with creativity; you are not writing a novel, a friendly missive or a chatty family newsletter.

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Basic Shell Commands For Bloggers

The system of shell commands is one of the oldest languages for systems communications. Computers have been able to access command line prompts since the very early days of electronic computing, even before Operating Systems were fully developed. Now in mid 2011 it’s clear to see how fast we have evolved.

For tech enthusiasts and bloggers understanding some basic shell commands can save you a lot of time. Understanding how to interact with the terminal and write command line statements to perform tasks is such a huge topic. By no means should you expect to fully understand the discussions here on your first try. But if possible spend a bit of time researching and putting together the knowledge of using a Command Line Interface.

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Top 25 Google Chrome Extension for Bloggers

Google Chrome is now one of the most popular and widely used browser. Apart from its ease of use, one of the things that make Google Chrome so popular is the plethora of amazing extensions it offers. You

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Digital publishers data-collection inconsistent, ineffective

roundtableWhile nearly all participants in a study, from the Council for Research Excellence, of digital publishing data-collection practices engaged in some form of user-data collection, there is no common “data owner” – a department, individual or function – charged within these organizations with controlling the publisher’s user data.

In some cases, these functions are dispersed among different departments, individuals and/or data components.

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Types of Posts and How to Successfully Combine These on a Web Design Blog

Having a blog could be dangerous because, for many of us, the entire process of administering and maintaining can turn into an addictive task, one not being happy until a new post is published; moreover, the addiction may be acute and one will wait for the first reaction of the readers impatiently. Certainly, it’s not too difficult to become a blogging addict and, surprisingly, personally I do not consider it to be very negative (of course, it isn’t that good to have this “quality” but, compared to other problems, it is not the worst thing in the world). In fact, there are two sides of the same problem: if someone is skeptical, that person will have the tendency to say that spending too much time on a blog is a disaster and this “illness” needs to be corrected, but an optimistic person would say that the addictiveness is only a big passion and that is all.


Types of Posts and How to Successfully Combine These on a Web Design Blog

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15 hallmarks of effective small business websites

 Often those tasked with looking for a new 
small business website
 will place a great deal of importance with very unique designs.

There is nothing wrong with a website that is very attractive, but if the goal of your website is to attract new clients and assist existing clients, then an austere design with great content to help guide consumers and businesses with an interest in your market to your website.

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State of the PR industry: social media has gone mainstream

social mediaSocial media marketing has become a mainstream PR tactic, measurement and evaluation are on the rise, and the use of wikis and virtual worlds have become nearly extinct. Those are among the findings of the  USC Annenberg Strategic Communication and Public Relations Center’s seventh biennial Communication and Public Relations
Generally Accepted Practices (GAP VII) study
.

This year’s report is the largest and most comprehensive study of the most senior communicators in public and private corporations, government agencies and non-profits in the United States.

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Socially engaged companies see four times greater business impact

social mediaCompanies that fully embrace social engagement are experiencing four times greater business impact than less-engaged companies, according to a new study conducted by PulsePoint Group, a management and digital consulting firm, in collaboration with The Economist Intelligence Unit.

The research identifies six types of socially engaged enterprises and provides insights for organizations that want both to measure themselves against peers and find the right strategy for improving business and economic impact from their investments in social engagement.

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Guidelines on Writing Effective Blog Post For Readers

A compelling article or blog post never falls short of reader’s expectation. For any writer, be it  design, fiction, sci-fi, biographer, journalist, analyst or even the homegrown blogger, the ultimate aim is to reach out to their readers.When a reader comes across information that caters to his/her need, the writer’s aim to reach out is fulfilled. Today, the online community connects and shares thoughts and opinion by blogging, tweeting and so on. In this post we will discuss some points that can help you to write a better blog post/article.


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