According to Hitwise, Facebook was the number one search term for 2009. Google was number six. In 2009, Google received the most traffic for 364 days of the year. Facebook beat them on that other day. In March 2009, ClickZ published an article that stated more downstream traffic was coming from Facebook instead of Google [...]
Catch up on the previous days of my Facebook fast. In case you haven’t read the previous posts yet, I decided in December to have a Facebook fast from January 1 to January 15. These dates were slightly arbitrary. I prepared before I “left” Facebook in the following ways: 1. I posted a final update [...]
The days are going quickly. It’s hard to believe I’ve lasted four days without Facebook. Today, I was back to my regular work of SEO, PPC and copywriting. Since I was so busy, it was easy to avoid the Big FB today. I spent the evening reading Francine Prose’s Blue Angel. I drafted a poem. [...]
Please see my first post about my 15-Day Facebook Fast. Can I do it? Last night, I had a dream — a nightmare? — in which I forgot about the Facebook fast and logged on. I was struck with horror when I saw what I’d done. By now, the Facebook is leaving my bloodstream. The [...]
I’m continuing my promise not to use Facebook until January 15. I replaced my Facebook time with real-life events. We met a friend and took our children to a children’s play space in Maryland. I got to pet a bunny named Strawberry, eat pretend ice cream from a play kitchen where the kids were the [...]
In December, I decided to take a break from the photos, videos, updates, comments, messages, ads, friend requests, fan pages and groups on Facebook. On December 31, I already felt twitchy about giving up this addiction. “You haven’t even started yet,” said a friend. I decided to see what my mind would do without the [...]
Last night, I had the pleasure of organizing and attending DC Web Women’s Social Media Extravaganza with five DC-area social media strategists — Mayra Ruiz-McPherson, Beth J. Bates, Jill Foster, Jen Consalvo, and Terri Holley — presenting on a variety of social media subjects at TRAK Staffing in Washington, DC. An additional bit of excitement [...]
