Whats New:

• Photo thumbnails are larger now and all have same size, which make it look better.

• The old photo albums display 20 photos per page, while the new photo albums would display up to 200 photos per page.

According to Facebook, the new changes wont slow the browsers, because photos are populated on the page while you scroll down.

What do you think of Facebook’s new photo album designs? Either you can post in the comment here or send them your feedback: http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=ui_photos

You can check Cleartag’s photo albums here: http://www.facebook.com/cleartag?v=photos

Linkedin should be an essential part of your online marketing and branding strategy, here are some ways to leverage the network’s features:

Profile:

• first step is to join and complete your profile.
• Use your headline wisely
• Upload your photo
• Add your keywords to your specialties.
• Add links to your website, blog and twitter. Please use relevant keywords or your company name instead of “My Company” as anchor text.
• Ask your staff to join and complete their profile.
• Ask your clients to post  recommendations if they are satisfied with your work and get their permission to use these recommendations/testimonials in other media.

Groups:

• Join active groups in your region and industry.
• Join the conversations, start and reply to topics and try to add value.
• Create your own group(s) for your niche.
• Send Weekly or Bi-Monthly newsletter to your group

Contacts:

• Connect with people with similar interests, from same region and in your industry.
• Invite your email contacts, friends, business associates to join and connect with them.

Answers:

• Try to answer questions related to your niche at least once per month.
• Don’t be afraid to ask! but don’t spam or abuse that.

Applications:

This screenshot shows the featured applications, with their description.

The WordPress application will import your wordpress blog, and the slideshare will import your presentations. You can click on Applications on the left sidebar in your Linkedin to see them all.

Companies:

Another relatively new feature from Linkedin is the Companies profile, which is still in Beta.

• Add your company with complete profile.
• Search for service providers in specific industry or location.

What are your thoughts about linkedin?

Google is now trying to implement Facebook’s most used tools into IGoogle with an expectation that social networking sites will fade out one day and what will remain are popular names.

I wonder where this competition will lead the social networking platform…

To get started, click on the image below to register.

It is good to use your real name, or one of your keywords as a user name. After you register, you can:

• Invite your friends by entering your email and password
• import your bookmarks from your browser
• and add buttons to your browser to make it easier to submit your bookmarks.

Why you should register:

• It is web based, so you can check and manage your bookmarks from anywhere.
• Submit and share your website (s) and blogs as it can help build links and drive traffic to your website.
• Social: you can discover interesting sites bookmarked by others, and network/connect with people who share same interests.

Do you like this post? Submit to Declicious.

Amazon.com has 14497 titles about twitter.

What is Twitter?

If you have not heard yet, Twitter started as a microblogging tool that allows people to post short messages of 140 characters via web, their mobile or a desktop application. However, due to spontaneous growth, twitter became real time social networking and search tool.

You can click on the images below to open your twitter account.

You can follow Cleartag on http://www.twitter.com/cleartag

Why use Twitter

• Engage in conversations and get instant answers.
• Promote and drive traffic to your blog and website.
• Provide support to your customers
• Use it as a sales channel to provide special offers, Dell made 3 million USD just from twitter.

To help you get started, get~ 300 new followers with very easy and very fast, click on the image below.

What do you think about twitter? Post your comments.

P.S.: follow us on twitter to get a free copy of our State of the Web: http://www.twitter.com/cleartag

Facebook is a social utility to connect people with their friends, family, co-workers and anyone with common interests.

It began in 2004 as a closed network for students.

Today, Facebook is available in 56 languages and has over 275 million registered members.

The social nature of facebook made it an effective platform for viral marketing.

The rules have changed.  With Web 2.0, average users now have the power to incite change.