Hottest News on Social Media

Google+ Feature Enhancement for You Tube and Chrome

  • November 7th, 2011 by SEM Contributor

Google is adding new features to it’s newly launch G+ in social networking to make it more interesting and competitive to others members in that sphere like facebook. Latest one of such feature is addition of YouTube and Chrome.
Earlier users can play Youtube videos in the hangout feature of Google+. Now they have upgraded it to one step further… Read more

Interesting Social Media Statistics, Especially For Businesses

  • October 31st, 2011 by SEM Contributor

Social media has truly taken the world by storm and most of the world has welcomed it with open arms and has actively participated in it. Social media sites like Twitter, Facebook and Youtube have flourished into societal norms and are an everyday occurrence in the lives of people. Social media statistics show evidence of this and there are some… Read more

Red Bull, Social Media Case Study

  • October 24th, 2011 by laustinseo

Red Bull is a brand that is well known worldwide. The international energy drink was created in 1987,
and since then it has come a long way. Red Bull has also done a terrific job when it comes
to adapting to the world around it. As a result of this, Red Bulls’ revenue reached £3,315,580,515 in 2010, whichRead more

Who Invented YouTube?

  • October 18th, 2011 by SEM Contributor

YouTube was created in February of 2005 as a video sharing website. Today YouTube has millions of members and millions of uploaded videos each day.
It was invented by three former Paypal employees and since sold to Google Inc. for $1.65 billion.

Steve Chen

Steve Chen was born in Taiwan in 1978 and eventually immigrated to the U.S when he… Read more

5 Most Popular YouTube Videos of All Time

  • October 13th, 2011 by SEM Contributor

YouTube is the most popular video sharing site in the world, and as they say about New York, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. The most popular YouTube videos are constantly changing as new artists and film makers begin to rack up hits and the popularity of the former hits declines.
At one time, comic… Read more

YouTube Phenomenon: Barely Political

  • August 29th, 2011 by Damian Davila

If you think that Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga or Kesha dominate YouTube, you are wrong!
Type in YouTube Glitter Puke and you’ll find a video with over 82 million views.  The Key of Awesome is part of the comedy network Barely Digital, which is a branch of Barely Political. Barely Political was launched in June 2007 with the debut video… Read more

Is Your Business Social Enough?

  • August 22nd, 2011 by SEM Contributor

In a day and age of ever-growing social media, how much importance does your business place on this subject?
Marketing one’s company is more important than ever given the struggling economy and the fight for every business dollar. Is your company positioned to take advantage of the social media revolution?
If you are not currently using social media or are… Read more

Research Essay: Do Ads Work on Social Network?

  • August 8th, 2011 by SEM Contributor

Friends to Fans and Followers: To generate brand awareness for its Old Spice fragrance line, Procter & Gamble invited Facebook users to “Turn Up Your Man Smell” by becoming “fans” of its products. Within a week, the brand’s fan page had more than 120,000 new fans. Not content merely to draw fans to its Facebook page, the Red Robin restaurant… Read more

The Hidden Psychology behind Rebecca Black’s Friday

  • April 29th, 2011 by Annie Wallace


Traffic has slowed to a crawl. Everyone’s peaking their heads over to the other side of the highway, where two cars are entangled in a mass of metal. You shake your head at all the drivers slowing down and rubbernecking, but you can’t help taking a quick peak as you drive by.
It’s that “it’s so bad I just… Read more

Free Video Streaming Sites Besides YouTube

  • March 24th, 2011 by SEM Contributor

YouTube dominates the world of online video sharing.  Unfortunately, most of the videos uploaded to the site are (frankly) not worth watching.  Sure, there is an occasional viral video that catches the eye of millions, but most are of no interest to a mainstream audience.
That’s a shame for those YouTubers who come to the site to watch music videos,… Read more