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Microsoft and Google search results to feature Twitter Tweets

October 21, 2009

Microsoft search engine Bing inked a deal with Twitter that includes tweets in search results. Microsoft announced the deal onstage at the Web 2.0 Summit today. The non-exclusive deal made it easy for Google to piggyback on the Bing announcement with their own announcement of a commitment to feature Tweets in search results. Significance of [...]

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Facebook Fan Boxes bring Social Networking to your Site

July 8, 2009

To say I’m excited about Facebook Fan pages would be the understatement of the year. Ever since Google extended social networking to your Web page with Google Profiles and Google Connect I’ve been waiting for Facebook’s response. Finally, Facebook goes beyond the Walls It’s taken a while, but by using Facebook Fan Boxes (Embeddable Facebook [...]

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DMO’s can learn from Google Labs City Tour

June 25, 2009

What is Google City Tours? Google has launched a new Labs innovation called Google City Tours. The premise is that Google knows what the attractions are in each region and can provide maps with links to attractions and provide relevant multi-day itineraries that help you explore the city Why Google is no threat to DMO’s [...]

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Google was NOT invited to the Twitter Party

May 7, 2009

Ever learn of a great party that you weren’t invited to? That’s how Google must feel about the conversations happening inside Twitter every minute of every day. It’s a closed party and Google Search bots can’t see the conversation. How we talk about Search When people talk about looking something up on the Internet they [...]

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How much market share will Twitter take from Google?

February 18, 2009

What do you think of Twitter as a search platform? For those paying attention Twitter is changing the blogosphere and the way relevant web content is determined. A little bird tells me that Google stands to lose market to searches on the micro-blogging Twitter platform in 140 characters. It’s clear that Web 3.0 is the [...]

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Easiest Way to get to the first page of Google Search Results

February 1, 2009

According to a report on search engine results from Forrester Research: “on the keywords for which Google offers video results, any given video in the index stands about a 50 times better chance of appearing on the first page of results than any given text page in the index.” Not only is video invaluable to [...]

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Google spreads it’s social networking sauce

January 18, 2009

Google Friend Connect now allows folks to connect using a variety of OpenID tools. This can’t help but make it easier for folks to network with others on blogsites that use Google Friend Connect to help people connect with others across a variety of blogs and Web sites. Learn more about the value of Google [...]

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Google Profile & Google Connect are Social Networking Game Changers

December 5, 2008

Google Profile and Google Friend Connect Take Social Networking beyond the Walled Garden Google has slowly added more and more services to google accounts. In essence, the creation of Google’s Friend Connect alongside Google Profile is a social networking game changer. Your social profile goes with you wherever you go! This is in stark contrast [...]

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Dance with Google

September 24, 2008

I just stumbled upon Google’s Submit your Content page.  It’s an invitation to join the Google Ball.  Like Cinderella’s glass slipper, this page offers the keys to get your site princely attention from the big G. The page offers links to all the ways your business can ensure your Web content isn’t a wallflower.  Get [...]

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Google Website Optimizer Tests Landing Pages

April 17, 2008

If you are considering making changes to your Web site, but don’t want to lose what might already working, consider giving Google Optimizer a try.  The free tool will help you design your site to experiment with different page designs.  Google randomly shows different versions of your page and helps you see which page design [...]

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