BlackVoices Diversifies with Domains
by Angela
Like most of you I primarily use Quantcast and compete to measure the traffic of other websites. When someone happens to hook me up I use Comscore as well. BlackVoices.com looks to have had a huge dip in traffic on sites like Quantcast and compete. this is largely because they are not classified into a network, Comscore’s equivalent to a media type (M). being classified this way has it’s benefits especially if you are hard at work serving niches as part of your strategy. September Comscore numbers show that Black Voices is actually at about 4.9M unique visitors (October numbers aren’t out yet) classified as a media type. I chatted briefly with Tariq Muhammad today about Black Voices’ new strategy.
Read MoreHow to Follow Two-way Conversations on Twitter
by rahsheen
While Twitter is a pretty cool place for sharing stuff, it’s just about impossible to actually follow a discussion. I can’t count how many times I’ve seen two people carrying on a discussion about something interesting and was left scrambling to follow the thread of conversation. Twitter’s API does provide a way to see what a tweet was in reply to, but this does little to help you follow an ongoing discussion. Here are a few tips you can use to keep up with conversations on Twitter:
Read More5 Easy Ways to Test Your Website’s Usability
by Angela
Ever wonder you could be a fly on the wall and see just how your website’s visitors are interacting with your application or content? Join the club! Many of us do but don’t have big budgets for lengthy usability testing. Here are five ways to test your site’s usability easily, affordably and conveniently:
Read MoreTwitter Lists Gather Latest Info on Fort Hood Tragedy
by Lesly Simmons
Last week’s shooting rampage at a military installation in Fort Hood, Texas quickly became the top news story across the country, and several major news organizations used Twitter Lists to aggregate information coming from local news outlets after the shooting, including the New York Times, CNN, and the Austin-American Statesmen. The Times prominently displayed their [...]
Read MoreBET.com News Producer Tracy Stokes Dies
by Angela
The journalism world and Black Entertainment Television lost a true professional and friend Sunday afternoon when BET.com news producer Tracy Stokes succumbed to complications from kidney failure. He was 37 years old.
BET.com News Producer Tracy Stokes
According to his mother, Lilly Stokes, a retired teacher living in North Carolina, Tracy died a 4:07 p.m. Sunday at [...]
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