stoweboyd:

Google continues to say that others’ analysis of public use of Google+ is a distortion of actual use — since much of the use of G+ is supposedly private — but Google will not share the data:

Exclusive: New Google Study Reveals Minimal Social Activity, Weak User Engagement - Austin Carr via…

The conversation of Mobile in Recruitment has been rightly been dominated by the idea of companies using mobile as a channel for Employer Branding or as a platform for the distribution of jobs.

Perhaps less well publicized are the ways in which mobile applications can be used by resourceful recruiters as sourcing tools – to identify, attract & engage candidates. I’ve been using a few of these apps for the past year or so on theIphone 4 and I want to bring you up to date with my fave’s so far.

The Twitter news map of Britain

What are the most influential news sites across Britain? Inspired by Forbes’s news map of America, we wanted to see how it works over here. Url-shortener Bitly - used by thousands on Twitter and Facebook - has shared data which shows above-average clicks for each of the major UK news websites, and where those clicks happened. It doesn’t show total traffic - but it does give a picture of how we consume our news via Bitly. Click a news site on the left to see its spread across the country - and share that view with your friends

So I’m here to tell you that, despite the ridiculous budgets and unlimited resources, small business has a huuuge advantage over brands when it come to social media.