A week ago we announced: Deathmatch: Spoke vs. Plaxo.  May the best online contact manager win.

The Winner is in by a knock out!  Plaxo crushed Spoke on every count.

We are just going to put Spoke out of its misery here.  No need for a two week evaluation the result are clear (click here for original contest).  All thumbs down for Spoke and all thumbs up for Plaxo.  Let the Lions now enter the Colosseum to clean up…

The basic promise of both services is to automate contact management.  To primarily help you keep your contacts up-to-date.  Both services extend their offerings in different ways and we did not try to compare services head to head, although how they extend their offerings does show up as aspects of the evaluation criteria.

Methodology used for Deathmatch Read more »

STDs.  No one likes to talk about them.  But do yourself a huge favor, protect yourself from iSTDs right now.  iSTDs, or Internet Socially Transmitted Diseases, are not just malware or virus attachments to eMail.  The biggest looming threat on the internet are diseases contracted through Social Media sties.  Most notably Facebook.   What are they and how you must protect yourself: Read more »

Facebook will drive more search innovations than Google.  You heard it here first.  Why? Read more »

Google Places joins Facebook and why you should care!

To market effectively you need to be on the Map.

Earlier we shared How to Put Yourself on the Map!  Read it!  In a new push for Google they have joined Facebook to promote their new “tags” offering.  Tags is a way for Google to charge you money for preferred Map Listings.  It is more of a Directory Concept toward advertising.  A hybrid approach more similar to YP or Yahoo than traditional Google.

More on Tags later and much more on Google Places for Business!  In the meantime, flip over to Facebook and “Like” Google Places for Business so you can stay up-to-date.  While you are there please “like” (fan) http://www.facebook.com/Business.Help  Link for Google Places for Business found here. Or click through the Page Badge below:

Don’t worry, be Happy!

Bumper Sticker!  You heard me; Twitter is the new Bumper Sticker.  Yes, most people spam Twitter with Narcissistic updates on their every move (please, we simply are not that interested Ashton…); however,  Social Media is growing exponentially and Twitter seems here to stay.  (I cannot believe I’m writing this…have never been a Twitter fan).  So why am I writing this? Read more »