14 post(s) written by David Somerville.

At a recent blogger event in Brighton, David Somerville, our very own senior social media strategist, presented a talk titled ‘Google+ and Friends’. His talk looked at where Google+ is right now as a social media platform and shared advice… Read more

After a week or so of speculation from the social media industry and tech press over exactly what Facebook would be announcing at it’s press conference today, we’ve just heard from Mark Zuckerberg that it’s called ‘Graph Search’…. Read more

Google+ launched Ripples over a year ago, so it’s not exactly a new feature. However, many people are yet to discover it, and probably even less people have realised how the can use Ripples for SEO. Here’s our quick guide to what Ripples is and the… Read more

Twitter tests new ‘Favourite’ terms A story on TheNextWeb reported this week that Twitter has been testing out an alternative for their ‘Favourite’ function. Most tweeters use Favourite as a ‘like’ but also as a way of bookmarking or saving… Read more

On Friday last week the great and the good of the SEO industry converged on Brighton for the bi-annual SEO conference, BrightonSEO. Some 1,700 places had been snapped up, making this the biggest event yet, further confirmed by the huge queue outside the… Read more

In honour of today’s autumn session of BrightonSEO, we’ve decided to make this week’s edition of the Friday Social Round Up have more of a ‘social search’ flavour. The stories this week have been selected by Scott Colenutt… Read more

BrightonSEO is back for the second time this year, with another sold-out event on Friday 14 September. A crowd of 1,700 attendees are heading to the Brighton Dome for another full-day agenda packed with some great SEO industry speakers. Fresh Egg are… Read more

FSRU Video 9 Klout changes algorithim On Tuesday this week, Klout announced that they had made a major change to the algorithm for their infamous Klout score. According to Klout, they have “improved the Klout score to continue giving you the most accurate… Read more

#FSRU Video 6   Watch us discuss this week’s social round up topics and more! Join the conversation on Twitter using #FSRU. The FSRU is also available to download as a podcast. TweetDeck and HootSuite updates It’s been a busy week for the two… Read more