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Is Google Buzz Worth All This…Buzz?

February 9, 2010
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As expected, today Google announced a new social feature integrated into Gmail called “Buzz”.  This is yet another effort Google has made to get more involved in the growing trend of social communication.  Their past efforts in social networking (Orkut, Jaiku, Dodgeball, etc.) are largely considered to be failures.  Will Google Buzz be a success?  [...]

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Favorite Articles and Popular Tweets of the Week – 2/5/10

February 5, 2010
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The weekend is just around the corner so here’s the weekly roundup of our favorite articles and most popular tweets (based on clicks).  Enjoy.
Our Favorite Articles of the Week

4 Essential Tips for Social Media Success in Your Career – Amybeth Hale from AT&T breaks down the common characteristics of 17 successful professionals with respect to [...]

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Why Bing Should Be on Your Local SEO Radar

January 22, 2010
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The Apple vs Google battle is the break Bing needs
For the moment, you can forget about the combative history between Apple and Microsoft.  Rumors have been circulating about Apple using Bing as the new the default search engine on the iPhone. If this happens, Bing search will immediately become relevant due to the iPhone’s dominance [...]

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Is Twitter The First Result For Your Name on Google?

January 18, 2010
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How 8 characters of code can make your site more relevant than your Twitter profile
Have you googled your name lately?  If so, there’s a good chance your Twitter account or another social media account is displayed as the top result.  While this may seem like a positive thing if you’re making an effort to build [...]

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Powerful Features Added to Google Place Pages

January 15, 2010
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Post updates and badges are the latest additions
For those of you unfamiliar with “Place Pages”, they are the local search listings displayed when a user searches regionally for businesses.  Yesterday, Google announced their most recent changes to Place Pages at their Google LatLong Blog.  While the changes may go unnoticed by many, at least one [...]

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Favorite Articles and Popular Tweets of the Week – 12/18/09

December 18, 2009
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Once again, I am now including my most popular tweets (based on clicks).  Now you can see what I found most useful in my reading and what my followers found most useful on Twitter.
My Favorite Articles of the Week
1) 10 New Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know
With all the fuss created by Facebook’s recent [...]

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Google’s New Real-Time Search is Too Easy

December 9, 2009
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Will Google and Twitter find a way to curtail the inevitable spam?
After seeing a demonstration by Jeremy Jones on Google’s new real-time search, I decided give it a test drive myself.  In the following screencast, I show how easy it is now to get a tweet displayed on the first page of Google.

As you can [...]

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