Facebook Social Search: Grasping for that Third Pillar?
On January 15th 2013, Facebook planted it’s so called “third pillar” of it’s social network empire, “social” search…
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It’s all coming up Google?
When it’s my turn to tackle the SEO news for our blog I first look specifically at ‘technology’ news headlines for relevance, and then I usually filter it out a bit to nail a topic that our readers can relate to/find useful. Today’s news feed looks like I just went to Google’s news blog and […]
Google+ Goes Local With Zagat
Today Google launches Google+ Local. Google has integrated local Zagat scores and recommendations from your Google Circles and integrated the results into Search, Maps, and mobile and is available as a new tab from your Google+ screen. You can search for specific places or look for new ones to fit your mood. When you click […]
Google purchases Zagat – Answer to Yelp?
I will admit it, I have a very ‘frugal’ attitude towards information and the internet. So when Google bought Zagat it was the first I’d heard of the long running rating service. For those who are web-frugal like me, it may come as a surprise that this paid food review service has managed to go […]