Big law’s relationship with social media is changing. Above the Law and Good2BSocial have collaborated, once again, on a review of how effectively big law firms use social media. They found AmLaw Top 50 firms have “substantially improved social media performance across the board.”
Leading to this overall jump, the firms that were the best
Have you experienced an increase in social media search requests? As attorneys become more likely to turn to social media during their informal discovery processes, I have found an uptick in questions like: “could you please do a social media background check on this person?” This is a growing information need I believe law librarians are excellently suited to fill, and really the next generation of public records search requests. Through conducting these searches and by leaning on the expertise of others I have put together my own toolkit on tricks to use. Below I list methods incorporating Google advanced search terms to conduct searches on Facebook quickly and with high relevancy (Part 2 of this series, where I discuss using advanced searches in Twitter, is available here).
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The world is addicted to social media. It’s safe to assume that if you’re reading this, you probably use Facebook orTwitter—you might be obsessed with social media and post pictures of your to-be-devoured food and your workout schedule on a daily basis or maybe you dabble in it to keep tabs on your loved ones. No matter the level of your involvement, you are familiar with how the services work, but are you doing everything you can do to make your tweets and posts as impactful as possible?
Continue Reading The Science of Social Media
An interesting post on Facebook‘s official blog this morning touted “A New Chapter in Reading with Friends“. Being librarians and avid readers, our interest was immediately piqued. The news that followed, was interesting to say the least. The Facebook has expanded its instant personalization offerings in a new partnership with Scribd.
Do you love reading the news online but are sick of the crazy and often irrelevant commentary that so often follows it today? Anyone who is wondering what is wrong with the world today just has to look at the lack of civility when it comes to how people comment on news sites. There is
In a much anticipated announcement yesterday, social networking powerhouse Facebook fired another shot hear around the world. Make that the online world of “checking in”. With the unveiling of Facebook Places, the company enters the hot and volatile war for geo-location supremecy.
Facebook Places is designed to let users include their location in their
During its third annual f8 Conference for developers and entrepreneurs, Facebook announced a new platform full of features designed to up the ante in the race to dominate the social web. As if the social web itself could get any more “social”, the folks at Facebook are revamping their own offerings and partnering with other
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