Mashable: New Facebook Worm Spreading Via User’s Walls [WARNING]

http://mashable.com/2009/11/23/avg-facebook-worm/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29

Crazy ComScore Charts: LinkedIn Shoots Up Past Twitter

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/12/comscore-linkedin-twitter/

Mashable STATS: Has Twitter Flatlined Just Short of Mainstream?

http://mashable.com/2009/11/12/twitter-flatline/

Hundreds of Facebook groups hijacked

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10394058-2.html?tag=nl.e703

7 Ways to Get More Out of LinkedIn

http://mashable.com/2009/11/09/linkedin-tips/

Good advice!

Pew Study: Adults and Social Network Websites

http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/Adults-and-Social-Network-Websites.aspx

LinkedIn Flying High With 50 Million Business Users

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/14/linkedin-flying-high-with-50-million-business-users/

LinkedIn Surpasses 50 Million Users

http://mashable.com/2009/10/14/linkedin-50-millon/

50 million business professionals who have “opted in” to connect, share and network with other business users!

Dave Hatter interview on Fox 19 (WXIX), October 13th, 7:50am – Social Media Scams

I’ll be interviewed again on Fox 19 (WXIX) on October 13th around 7:50am on the topic of social media scams. This an important and ever changing issue because the large number of people using social media (~300 million on Facebook and ~47 million on LinkedIn) provide a target rich environment and hackers apply their evil genuis in creative new ways. Tune in and tell your friends and collegues who use social media to watch!

Here’s an example of what I’ll be talking about:

CIO Magazine: Facebook Warns Members About Rise in ‘419′ Scam

I’ll add the links we talk about during the interview here and will also add the interview to my library of interviews on my YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/davidlhatter.

Here’s a link to the Fox 19 web site to watch the interview:
http://www.fox19.com/global/Category.asp?C=151146&clipId=&topVideoCatNo=15048&topVideoCatNoB=109491&topVideoCatNoC=104760&topVideoCatNoD=141804&topVideoCatNoE=142722&autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=4208037&flvUri=&thirdpartymrssurl=

It’s also available on my YouTube channel.

Facebook Is the Most Valuable Source of (web site) Traffic [Stats]

http://mashable.com/2009/10/06/study-traffic-sources/

Good article if you want to learn more about how social media can drive traffic to your web site, which of course is a very worthwhile goal and major benefit of social media!