 Tell a friend you’re not on Facebook and they are likely to scoff, look at you in disbelief, and proclaim that “something has to be done about this.” Because in reality, you are becoming part of the minority of internet users who have not conformed to the social network sensation. Facebook currently has over 400 million registered users, and for good reason. Access to friends, family, fan sites, interest groups and whatever else you can think of pertaining to the social realm has been made ever so easy by the website. So what’s the big deal? Myspace was huge, and look at Tom now, nothing but bands and webcam girls to be seen within his realm. Isn’t it just a matter of time until another college web genius starts another better social network to surpass even Facebook’s popularity? This time, maybe not.
While Facebook has taken some heat for its ever changing and loosely monitored security terms, the problems have not been enough to deter many, if any, of its users. With s steadily increasing and seemingly solid user base, one of the site’s key components has been realized for its incredible marketing potential. If you have an account on Facebook you’ve probably used it. Even if you don’t, you’ve most likely seen the icon countless times around the web. The “Like” button is now on more than 50,000 websites, providing Facebook with a “treasure trove” of users’ personal preferences and other data pertaining to absolutely anything that can be either liked or disliked.
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If you’re not into the gaming scene you probably don’t realize how influential the industry is on our lives. As nerds ourselves (a confession we are proud to share because we hope it instills some confidence in our capabilities managing your web design needs) we are a little more in tune to what carries over, everything from vocabulary (nearly the entire texting language) to a vast degree of technical innovation, programming and even design influence.
Even before the creation of email, computers were used to generate interactive gameplay. The evolution of gaming began as long ago as 1958 when a physicist for the Brookhaven National Laboratory, Willy Higinbotham (yes that was actually his name), modified an oscilloscope to play table tennis. The game was nothing more than a blip bouncing back and forth across the screen with two more blips used as paddles, but Higinbotham’s innovation caught on as people traveled to the lab and lined up to experience his creation. The gaming universe was born.
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 “Social networking”... what does that even mean? We learn growing up through our parents, professors and through plain common sense really, that “networking” is one of the most important ways to expand your opportunities and get ahead in life. Up until just a few years ago this meant bumping into someone new and then trying to remember a name, and hopefully phone number, long enough that you could get it jotted down in your little black book. Then, maybe, sometime several years later when you actually open that book to see who all you “know”, you realize not a single name looks even slightly familiar. And if you’re anything like me, you probably forgot the name the same second it was told to you and jotted down something like “that guy from that place”, which is a great heap of help when you can’t even remember what was for breakfast.
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Spore Creative, an online business solutions firm, launches consultancy on SEO |
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From the local coffee shop to a national corporation, everyone wants their business to be on top. Branding, advertising, and a product that represents the pinnacle of development are pivotal for the survival of any business. With all these things in mind, how can people get on the top without going into huge debt?
Spore Creative, the fastest growing online business solutions resource, is cementing businesses on Google and Yahoo. Spore Creative specializes in making sure a website never goes “stale” through Search Engine Optimization (SEO). SEO is a protocol that involves increasing the number of visitors or “traffic” to a website from search engines like Google, Bing, or Yahoo. This would mean changing a website’s content and programming to ensure search engines find it when a person uses search engines to find information about a business or services offered. Brandon Slack, President of Spore Creative, is a leading consultant in SEO.
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