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The world has gotten online (well, most of the world, Africa is getting there more slowly) and social networking has gone from consumer darling to corporate bugbear almost overnight. Does social networking have any redeeming features? Brainstorm decided to find out, posing the following question: Twitter – valuable tool or time-waster deluxe?

Great podcast from legaltalknetwork with co-hosts Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell who look at this important new phenomenon and suggest practical ways that you can find and manage your online reputation, while avoiding the most common pitfalls.

We thought it was a good time to cover the ever important topic of “Online reputation management” for the next few posts. Linking this back to your employer brand is an important factor to bear in mind.

Facebook was all smiles Tuesday and for good reason, reaching significant milestones in both user numbers and cash flow.

The global rise of Facebook is nothing less than astounding. In the month of June alone it gained 24 million unique visitors worldwide, compared to the month before, for a total of 340 million unique visitors worldwide. It is now the fourth largest site in the world, trailing only Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo sites, according to comScore (see table below). Facebook itself only officially acknowledges 250 million active registered users (but you don’t have to be a registered user to visit some Facebook pages).