Danconia Media Blog
At Danconia Media, we spend a lot of time researching marketing and web design trends so we can always stay current. Most of what we encounter is written for industry professionals, not regular businesspeople. This blog is meant to help business owners and managers seeking marketing and design information free of jargon. If you'd like to recommend topics for us to cover, please shoot us an email.
Twitter Starts Email Notifications for @ Replies, Mentions
If you're on Twitter, you have likely started getting email notifications whenever a user replies to one of your tweets or mentions your username. Twitter previously only sent email alerts when a user received direct messages or gained a new follower. The move is a clear attempt to make the service more user-friendly for casual users. Many replies have gone unnoticed simply because users don't know to log in to check for them.
Email Alerts for Facebook Fan Page Likes?
Facebook seems to be trying something new with its notification system for fan page administrators. Today, I've been getting email notifications whenever users “like” statuses, links or other posts on business pages. I have never received these before. The notifications could be useful for administrators who don't log into Facebook often, but may be overkill for especially active pages.
What is Scoville?
Open-Source vs. Proprietary CMS: Which Makes More Sense?
Content management systems (CMS) have become standard in recent years for companies that need to keep their websites updated. There are countless CMS's available. Some of them are free, while others carry licensing fees that are oftentimes thousands of dollars per year. Many have free basic versions for small and mid-sized websites and premium editions for enterprise-class sites.
Does Google's Latest Update Affect Your Website?
Last week, Google rolled out a major algorithm update that it says “noticeably impacts” 11.8 percent of queries. Mainly, the update affects websites whose content has been deemed as low-quality by Google's newly tweaked standards. The change is aimed at so-called content farms, which are massive databases of articles that often provide little or no value to readers and are merely a vehicle for PPC advertising.





