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You’ve probably heard the news already. Google is making search more social with their new Search Plus Your World. Basically, results from or recommended by people in your social network (meaning Google+) are given high placement in rankings [...]

Social media helps you stay in touch with friends and family. You can use social media tools to stay on top of news and updates from your favorite companies or celebrities. You can use social media to promote [...]

Whether you’re an affiliate who makes money promoting other people’s products or you run an affiliate program of your own, you can’t escape social media. Social media tools like Twitter or your favorite social network can both help [...]

Social media enables us to share our every thought on a whim, with anyone from friends to fans we don’t even know. That doesn’t mean we should share freely all the time. Some things other people don’t want [...]

Near the start of each month we bring you a look back on the last few weeks in the search and social media industries. Here’s some of the social media and search engine news that caught our attention.

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How do you choose people or businesses to follow on Twitter? Do you submerge yourself in a comfortable echo chamber, only conversing with likeminded individuals? Do you look for lively debates? Do you simply want to follow someone [...]

Social media is definitely one of the most widely discussed aspects of Internet marketing today. However, most companies take a shoot from the hip approach and make it up as they go. What companies really need to do [...]

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Print Marketing has been around for centuries. These days most companies have some form of print marketing standard that is in place. It might be as simple as colors that [...]

Facebook. Privacy. We ought to know by now those two words don’t go together. And you’ve probably heard about the new “See Friendship” tool in all its stalker-friendly glory. Basically, by default, you can view one-on-one Facebook communications [...]

Facebook is the currently the darling of all social media sites. Now that MySpace has been branded “low-class,” Facebook has surged in popularity, and the member status updates help the site function like one big conversation. [...]