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Comment on Google Places Too Important To Overlook by Melanie Aaron

Melanie Aaron — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:54:24 +0000

With so many people attempting to manipulate rankings and public perception with posting either false or favorable reports, the public really doesn’t have much to rely on except word of mouth from those they know personally.

Regards,
Melanie

Comment on With Check-Ins Becoming Ubiquitous, Who Will Rule? by Aubrey Harris

Aubrey Harris — Sat, 29 May 2010 13:08:37 +0000

You know, for the life of me, I can’t figure out what these location based applications are good for. I can’t see who makes money on this idea…kinda like twitter…And, why do I want people to know where I am at all times? Sometimes *I* don’t even want to know where I am.And to get a good idea as to why you shouldn’t use location apps just visit the Please rob me site…that surely is an eye opener!Ed
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Comment on Can Your Facebook Profile Work For Business? by Anthony Muhia

Anthony Muhia — Sat, 29 May 2010 06:56:57 +0000

Thanx for the tip, I’m going to try right away. I’ve been on facebook for quite sometime but I’ve never realised so from the numerous features available.

Comment on With Check-Ins Becoming Ubiquitous, Who Will Rule? by Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 20 May 2010 07:50:50 +0000

Thanks for your comment Ed.

You’ll see in quick order just how important these apps will be socially, and to business. There is an unfathomable amount of money flowing into these right now and it should shortly start to shake out. Stay tuned and let me know what you think.

Jeff

Comment on With Check-Ins Becoming Ubiquitous, Who Will Rule? by Ed

Ed — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:29:59 +0000

You know, for the life of me, I can’t figure out what these location based applications are good for. I can’t see who makes money on this idea…kinda like twitter…
And, why do I want people to know where I am at all times? Sometimes *I* don’t even want to know where I am.
And to get a good idea as to why you shouldn’t use location apps just visit the Please rob me site…that surely is an eye opener!
Ed

Comment on Social Media 101: Three Keys to Success: Blog, Facebook, Twitter by Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:34:49 +0000

Hi John,

It was great meeting you. Thanks for your kind comments!

We are awaiting confirmation from the Chamber of that May 26 Social Media training date, but believe that’s correct. In the morning.

Aloha,

Jeff

Comment on Social Media 101: Three Keys to Success: Blog, Facebook, Twitter by John A

John A — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:59:05 +0000

Hi Jeff and Rob and thank you for the informative Social Media session #1 at JJ’s on Wednesday.

I heard someone with the Kauai Chamber of Commerce (the sponsor) remark that this event had one of their largest forum turnouts which means that this definitely is an area that everyone was anxious to learn about.

I believe I understood that session #2 is going to be on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 and I look forward to attending that session too. (correct me if I have the wrong date).

On a side note, I enjoy your very informative Hawaii travel website too (ww.beatofhawaii.com)

Comment on Google Places Too Important To Overlook by Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:21:03 +0000

Hi John,

Thanks for the comment and good points, with which I concur. At this point Google Places is primarily content aggregation, and there’s a lot of content to choose from. That doesn’t of course speak to the credibility of the content and review corruption. I will be writing another post on Beat of Hawaii this week that discusses those issues further.

Jeff

Comment on Google Places Too Important To Overlook by John Hogle

John Hogle — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:55:28 +0000

As a librarian, one of the drums I beat repeatedly is don’t trust any one or small group of reviews of any product, service, or place. Unfortunately, like Yelp, ePinions, and other aggregations of “consumer” reviews, Google Places is going to be compromised by several factors:

1. Lack of comparative expertise of many reviewers.
2. Sham reviews by owners, friends and family, or renting agency.
3. Lack of objectivity or relevance of perceptions by many reviewers.
4. Few reviewers with confirmable expertise (though even Rick Steves and Lonely Planet and Moon Publications reviewers have biases).

The only thing anyone can do is look at as many reviews as one can, assess the reviewer’s language and expertise, read between the lines, and make one’s own best judgment. The problem, though, is that many think this is too much work.

Comment on Google Places Too Important To Overlook by BEAT OF HAWAII AND BEYOND » Google Places For One-Stop Reviews

BEAT OF HAWAII AND BEYOND » Google Places For One-Stop Reviews — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:08:38 +0000

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