2011 TOP 10 MOST POPULAR EBOOKS

Nearly 1 million subscribers have chosen the most popular eBooks of 2011! Free-eBooks.net has just released this year's Top 10 Lists, classified by genre: No.1 - Quatrain, fiction by John Medler

2011 Top 10 Most Popular eBooks

HOW SOCIAL ARE YOUR PRESS RELEASES?

by Sarah Skerik, PR Newswire’s vice president of social media

Press releases are widely shared on Facebook and Twitter, but some social media channels deliver better PR results.

We’ve been thinking a lot about press release effectiveness, and digging into our data vaults, crunching numbers and teasing out the success drivers. On the heels of the deep dive into press release metrics we did with Hubspot, we recently completed an analysis with Crowd Factory, the company we use to provide some of the social sharing buttons you see embedded in press releases on PR Newswire.com. Key findings include:

1. Each press release share generates 2 new views; expands total audience by 70%.

Creating shareable content and enabling sharing capabilities through the relevant channels can dramatically increase the number of views for releases. PR Newswire and Crowd Factory found that each share generates an average of nearly 2 click-backs to the original press release. Additionally, sharing of press releases across social networks increases the total audience, or social reach, for this content by nearly 70 percent.

2. Press releases are shared more on Facebook, but Twitter sharing drives more traffic.

Among the three largest US social networks, Facebook is tops when it comes to sharing of press releases: 48 percent of press release sharing happens on Facebook, 37 percent of sharing happens on Twitter and 15 percent happens on LinkedIn.

But not all shares are created equal: in spite of Facebook’s greater popularity for sharing, each share on Twitter actually drives about 30 percent more press release views than a share on Facebook.

3. Multimedia press releases generate 3.5 times more engagement than text-only releases.

Not surprisingly, multimedia press releases that include photos, videos or audio generate more views, shares and clicks than text-only press releases. Adding a photo to a press release increases engagement by 14 percent; adding a video and a photo actually doubles the engagement rate. Press releases that contain photos, video and audio generate the most engagement, with 3.5 times more engagement than text-only releases.

COMSCORE RELEASES NOVEMBER 2011 US SEARCH ENGINE RANKINGS

comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the US search marketplace. Google Sites led the explicit core search market in November with 65.4 percent of search queries conducted.

US Explicit Core Search
Google Sites led the US explicit core search market in November with 65.4 percent market share, followed by Yahoo! Sites with 15.1 percent and Microsoft Sites with 15.0 percent (up 0.2 percentage points). Ask Network accounted for 2.9 percent of explicit core searches, followed by AOL, Inc. with 1.6 percent (up 0.1 percentage points).

More than 17.8 billion explicit core searches were conducted in November. Google Sites ranked first with 11.7 billion, followed by Yahoo! Sites with 2.7 billion and Microsoft Sites with 2.7 billion. Ask Network delivered 516 million searches, while AOL, Inc. rounded out the top five with 286 million (up 3 percent).


comScore Releases November 2011 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

FACEBOOK ROLLS OUT TIMELINE OF OLD POSTINGS

Facebook profiles are getting a new look and feel with the "Timeline" feature that puts all of a single user's updates in one package, making it difficult for users to hide from posts and comments they'd rather forget. For advertisers, the Timeline feature potentially offers a new way to target users.

Facebook rolls out Timeline of old postings - Related Stories - IAB SmartBrief

ARE YOUR CUSTOMERS FINDING YOU ONLINE? QUICK TIPS FROM THE SEO GODDESS | NETWORK SOLUTIONS SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

So you have a great website and you’re active across social media, but you’ve just heard of this strange thing called SEO: Search Engine Optimisation. But how can your improve search results to make sure your business remains at the forefront?

The SEO Goddess gives a few of her simple tips on how to optimise search by integrating all of your social web components.


Are Your Customers Finding You Online? Quick Tips From the SEO Goddess #12SMBTips | Network Solutions Small Business Blog

ENGLISH CONTINUES TO BE WORLD’S MOST INFLUENTIAL LANGUAGE

Research shows that English dominates both Internet and international business, making English training a critical component for success

TalktoCanada, the company trusted by Ernst & Young, Novartis and Saudi Telecom for English language training, is reporting that English continues to be the number one language for international business and succeeding abroad.

According to a study by Language Monthly*, there are 115 countries that use English as a main language. This number far outperforms French, which ranks second with 35 countries.

The combined population of countries using the English language is nearly 5 billion.

"Companies entering the international business world discover quickly that competition is intense and challenging if your staff do not master English. Whether you are selling to customers abroad, entering a joint venture, or managing foreign staff, it is critical that your staff undergoes some form of English training to succeed," says Marc Anderson, Managing Director of TalktoCanada.com.

Even China, with its population of 1.1 billion, is embracing English as a necessity to compete internationally. According to Premier Wen Jiabao, more than 300 million Chinese are presently studying English.

There are currently 326 million English-speaking users on the Internet (28.9%), and 166 million Chinese (14.7%)**. With the evolution of Social Media and crowd driven content, the English language is estimated to continue to grow.

TalktoCanada has helped hundreds of individual and corporate students meet their English training objectives since its inception in 2006.

With 100% of students online in locations such as Asia and Middle East, TalktoCanada performs English training online using WebEx or Skype.

For more information, visit http://www.talktocanada.com or if you are interested in a free corporate trial for interested companies.

Sources:

*George Weber, Language Monthly, 3: 12-18, 1997, ISSN 1369-9733

**"Internet World Users by Language," Internet World Stats (20 June 2007)

13 NICHE SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT | NETWORK SOLUTIONS SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

13 Niche Social Media Networks You Need to Know About | Network Solutions Small Business Blog

NEW PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT

New Product Announcement

Announcing the new Built-in Orderly Organised Knowledge device, otherwise known as the BOOK.

It's a revolutionary breakthrough in technology: no wires, no electric circuits, no batteries, nothing to be connected or switched on. It's so easy to use even a child can operate it. Just lift its cover. Compact and portable, it can be used anywhere - even sitting in an armchair by the fire - yet it is powerful enough to hold as much information as a CD-ROM disk.

Here's how it works: each BOOK is constructed of sequentially numbered sheets of paper (recyclable), each capable of holding thousands of bits of information. These pages are locked together with a custom-fit device called a binder which keeps the sheets in their correct sequence. By using both sides of each sheet, manufacturers are able to cut costs in half.

Each sheet is scanned optically, registering information directly into your brain. A flick of the finger takes you to the next sheet. The BOOK may be taken up at any time and used by merely opening it. The "Browse" feature allows you to move instantly to any sheet, and move forward or backward as you wish. Most come with an "index" feature, which pinpoints the exact location of any selected information for instant retrieval.

An optional "BOOKmark" accessory allows you to open the BOOK to the exact place you left it in a previous session - even if the BOOK has been closed. BOOKmarks fit universal design standards; thus a single BOOKmark can be used in BOOKs by various manufacturers.

Portable, durable and affordable, the BOOK is the entertainment wave of the future, and many new titles are expected soon, due to the surge in popularity of its programming tool, the Portable Erasable-Nib Cryptic Intercommunication Language stylus [PENCIL].

CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

CMS

Content Management Systems is seen as any system that helps you manage content – creating, storing, indexing, archiving, publishing and distributing content. 

A CMS is a system providing a collection of procedures used to manage work flow in a collaborative environment.

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Dynamic CMS that keeps people informed on a daily basis and is – at the same time – the online version of the magazine publication African Mirror inc. 

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Keep watching this space for the exciting developments for online Africa!