A Blog Makeover!

As you might have noticed, the Viadeo blog is looking a little bit different. We’re proud to announce the launch of our re-designed blog!  Originally started in October 2009, our blog covers key themes including social media, branding, marketing, tech developments, recruitment and job-hunting – and most importantly, Viadeo top tips and insights. We decided to go for a redesign to give you, our readers, better functionality and access to exciting posts and news. Across the top of the home […]

Viadeo’s MySQL Meetup with Daily Motion, Virgin Mobile & Paybox!

Last month, Viadeo’s Paris headquarters hosted an exciting event about using MySQL. MySQL is the world’s most popular open source database and it’s a critical part of Viadeo technical architecture, because of the incredible amount of data we manage! The event was sponsored by Viadeo and co-organised with LeMUG.fr – the French speaking MySQL User Group organization which facilitates meetings around MySQL. The main aim of this meet up was to share knowledge through case studies and discussion and hear […]

Hunting with Visual Content? Our Top Image-Based Search Engines and Tools…

As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. When you’re going about your day, how often do you spot people, images and places – and wish you had a way of plugging a picture into a search engine to find out more?

With the proliferation of visual content on the web, the traditional search process based on keywords has begun to lose relevance. The web has moved away from a traditional text-based content – instead we’re used to a more dynamic web 2.0 full of rich images and visual content. In addition to this, there are now lots and lots of applications and sites that enable us – and indeed encourage us – to create, edit and share images.

Are We All Copywriters Now – Writing Effectively for Social Media – 5 Top Tips!

When there are over 200 social media platforms and your online contact list spans everyone from your mother-in-law to your CEO, how can you make sure that in the deafening chatter online, your voice stands out clearly but also appropriately? Here are our top five tips to writing effectively across the platforms you use.