Facebook, Google 1+, Twitter and other social networking sites have had a major impact on web hosting. While in times past it was enough to have a website, most companies now have accounts on all the social network sites mentioned above, along with a blog and YouTube account. Anyone who wants to create an online retail site or profitable blog or website will need to take advantage of social media and all that it has to offer.

Facebook

Facebook has hundreds of millions of users. A business that wants to engage with potential clients in a friendly manner should open up a business (not personal) Facebook page. This page can be used for advertising special offers and discounts. It also allows a business owner to have friendly conversations with clients and potential buyers.

Google 1 +

Google’s new site may not be as popular as Facebook, but it already has tens of millions of users. Google has also promised that Google + sites will get good search engine ratings. This means that a business that wants to get higher search engine ratings for its website or blog should create a Google + account.

Twitter

Twitter is one of the most popular forms of social media. Many people turn to Twitter to find out the latest news and a business will want to target such individuals by creating a Twitter account to go with the business website. There are many Twitter applications that can be used in conjunction with this form of social media, in order to help one space out tweets, keep track of tweets, follow and unfollow people and more.

YouTube

YouTube is yet another very important form of social media. It is owned by Google and so Google gives relevant YouTube videos good search engine ratings. No matter what type of website or blog one has, he or she can make one or more videos relating to the site and then post these on YouTube with a link back to the site.

Anyone who wants to have a successful website should consider these forms of social media indispensable. Web hosting without social networking sites is simply not successful as it once was. In order for a website to gain a lot of traffic, it should have social network sites that help to back it up.

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According to the digital marketing intelligence company comScore, use of Twitter has doubled over the past twelve months. The company’s latest research shows that Twitter.com attracted almost 93m users in June 2010, a year-on-year increase of 109%.

Clearly the relentless growth in the use of the social networking site shows no signs of slowing down. Significantly, more and more businesses are starting to exploit Twitter’s commercial potential – Dell Outlet being amongst the most successful with almost 1.6m followers.

If you haven’t setup a Twitter account yet, now is the perfect time – more and more of your customers are already using it.

Setting up an account is quick and simple – of course, you can always get help from your web hosting company if you need it. In fact, your web hosting company or your web developer should also be able to integrate your Twitter account into your blog and Facebook page.

Certainly, as a web hosting company, we are seeing an ever-increasing number of our own customers exploiting social media including Twitter. Join them today and start a dialogue with your customers.

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