This week has been fairly quiet on the social media front however here is my top 5 stories in recap -
1. Google pull of out of China
After months of speculation Google have redirected their search engine to Hong Kongese domain www.google.com.hk.
2. Facebook blamed for outbreak of Syphilis in North East of England
This made many newspapers in the UK and hit numerous worldwide websites, “Health experts” at NHS Hartlepool suggest Facebook makes it much easier to meet new people. Here is the Telegraph article.
3. Foursquare gets a map overlay from Bing
The mobile based location check in service has exploded this year. Microsoft’s ever increasingly popular decision engine (search engine to you and I) is in the process of creating a service which integrates tips straight from the 600000 Foursquare user’s. I can only imagine the increase of functionality throughout the year. Personally speaking I can see uploaded pictures and check in’s available in the very near future.
4. Twitter turned 4
Happy belated birthday to the micro blogging social network Twitter. Many social media websites and guides created dedicated posts for the 4th birthday celebrations.
Here are a pick of the best
Mashable
Examiner
Happy birthday in pictures from Daily Booth
5. Facebook like button to break out across the web
The 400 million Facebook users cannot hide away from the like button. Well it has been released over the past couple of days that at the F8 conference, Facebook will be rolling out the like button so bloggers and web site owners will be able to have their articles and posts automatically published in their feed, on their wall etc. I can see this working much deeper than retweet or the Facebook share button.
And a special mention to Lady Gaga, this week she hit 100 million views on Poker Face. You could call her the queen of viral, Lady Gaga hits one hundred million (billion in America) views on her video Poker Face. Whatever you think about her she and her management are marketing geniuses.
Danny Denhard
