With more rumors circulating again over the past week of a possible twitter buyout, I decided to reflect on my interactions in the twitter community and what I like and dislike about it. It’s no secret that I am a bit of a twitter fanboy and have been using the service since it’s early beginnings. However there are still a few mistakes that I see users, both old and new, making on a regular basis. So I have compiled a list of the seven most common faux pas that that users commit on the popular social network.

1. Constant Self Promotion

Everybody who has used twitter knows this guy. Whether it’s another “Social Media Consultant” schlepping their services or the corporate big wig tooting his own horn, bragging is not a form of communication. Twitter is all about sharing thoughts and conversation. Constantly trying to make yourself look important is not only egotistical, it’s one of the quickest ways to get yourself ignored.

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Many of our older clients at envoca have expanded their online presence over the years and asked us to build multiple web properties for them. These include mini-sites for one- time promotions, company blogs, separate sites for non-profit branches of a company, and so forth. Often the question comes up of whether we can leverage these separate sites for SEO value by interlinking them together.

The answer to this question is yes but explaining the actual value is much more difficult. The short answer is that Google almost always knows when two or more sites are owned by the same person. In fact, it is actually very difficult for the owner of two or more sites to hide the fact that they are owned by the same person or organization. Therefore, the value you get from linking two of your own sites together is much less than the value you get from a link from an external site.
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Envoca Design opened their newest office in McKinney TX.

{Nov 4th 2010, MCKINNEY TX} New Branch of Envoca Design, The Local Search Optimization Company, Marks Firm’s Expansion.

Envoca design announced the opening of a new Texas office that will be led by Director of Sales Deborah Forrister. The office is located in historic downtown just off the main square at 129 S Tennessee St # 100, McKinney, TX 75069.

“I am honored to have the opportunity to work with businesses in McKinney TX,” said Deborah. “McKinney is projected to grow to the 3rd largest city in Texas over the next 20 years and I am confident that our services will resonate with local businesses and am looking forward to launching our presence here.”

Envoca’s search engine blog can be found online at: http://www.envoca.com. To set up an appointment or to inquire about a website review, please call: (972) 363-1013.

We are asked on a regular basis here at envoca to build blogs for our clients. In my opinion, there is really no clear choice for which is the best blogging platform. While the majority of our clients get setup on WordPress as a great, well-rounded choice for blogging, it is important for us to note that there are a number of great alternatives out there as well. All of the following blogging platforms are free for anyone to use for both personal and commercial purposes.

Blogger

blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/blogger-logo-150×150.jpg” alt=”" width=”108″ height=”108″ />The blogging platform built by the founders of twitter before they worked at Google is a good choice for the code-shy beginner. This platform’s advantages are ease of use, a substantial support community, and the fact that it takes very little time to setup and use. There are many pre-built templates available and because it is owned by Google you get the assurance that your site will seldom do down for reason beyond your control.
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