Category Archives: Technology

Tech-related topics that don’t belong to one of the more specific areas

How to add a custom IFrame App to Your Facebook Page

By Scott Thomas | Published: March 8, 2011

Many B&B’s, small lodging properties, and other small businesses have taken advantage of Facebook to reach their clientele, and have made themselves look very professional doing so, with custom pages on their Facebook page. Most of these custom pages were built using Facebook’s FBML app, which was quite feasible for developers, but somewhat intimidating for [...]

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New Facebook Pages – What to Expect

By Scott Thomas | Published: February 11, 2011

After the “accidental” slip of Facebook pages a few weeks ago cause so much uproar (navigation moved to small text on the left side of pages, no more ability to designate the landing tab, etc.), we suspected that a major change to the appearance of pages was about to appear. Last night it did.

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Analytics simplified – GA Evolution

By Scott Thomas | Published: February 2, 2011

From conversations with innkeepers at some recent conferences, we know that innkeepers understand that web analytics are important, and they are searching for ways to use and understand them, but are not finding that to be an easy task. We were looking at tools that provided some additional capabilities for Google Analytics, and came across [...]

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A Christmas Gift from Facebook

By Scott Thomas | Published: December 24, 2010

First some background – if you already know what this is about you can jump ahead to the how-to section. Many (perhaps most?) businesses these days have a Facebook page (once known as a fan page), where those interested can “Like” them, and interact with the business. Not too long ago Facebook added Place pages. [...]

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Claimed your Google Place Page Yet? If not, someone else will!

By Scott Thomas | Published: December 9, 2010

As if you needed another reason to claim your Google Place page, the most compelling reason yet has now appeared. It is ridiculously easy (unless or until Google has fixed it) for a scammer to claim someone else’s Place Page if they have a mailing address in the same town as the business. Don’t believe [...]

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