Twitter Buzz, Facebook Ads, Google AdSense, Speedlink 34:2012 – iBlogzone.com

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a great week. One of the most talked about news this week undoubtedly comes from Twitter’s “apparent” moves to bring users closer to their own home. Recent announcements include, among other things, Twitter removing the “via stamp” from web clients, and blocking access to find friends on other services such as Instagram , Tumblr, etc. If some of you were using that “via stamp” as a means of improving your online reputation and/or branding, that’s gone.

Twitter.com just stopped displaying app names in tweets; here’s why po.st/OpYchG (Hint: Your apps are going away, dudes.)

— Jolie O’Dell (@jolieodell) August 27, 2012

In addition, they have announced the launch of their “Twitter Certified Products” program. Three certifications are now available, these being, engagement, analytics and data reseller certified partners, respectively. For now, there are only 12 official partners announced, Hootsuite, being the only app certified for sending tweets on dedicated streams. This is really bad news for all those Twitter clients, services, developers, etc., that are relying on Twitter for their business. Anyway, based on all these uncertainties, I will probably steer away from any 3rd party client, free or paid, that are not “certified by Twitter. What do you think about this move?

But its not all about Twitter. Ecommerce store builder Limited Run recently claimed that “80% Of Facebook Ad Clicks Were From Bots“, a scary thought. While there is no “confirmation” (no denying either) about this from FaceBook, this kind of news can not simply be ignored. Anyway, if you run or thinking of running some ads on FaceBook, you might want to read that article first, just in case.

And finally, I am sure that you heard about Google’s announcement to soon “take down” sites that have received repeated copyright notifications, from the SERPs. Just in case, you should know that they are drilling hard on this and will go the extra mile of “banning” AdSense accounts that are equally infringing copyright material. On an official announcement, they say, … “We’d like to take a moment to explain the AdSense policies regarding copyrighted material and provide some tips on how to comply with them.”

BTW, don’t forget to watch SEOMoz’s video below about “Ten Painless Tactics To Earn Attention On Twitter – Whiteboard Friday”.

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