Will Google Apps Breathe New Life into Google Plus?

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You may laugh, and admit it: you laughed, but this has been a pretty common feeling about Google +, Google’s latest attempt at social networking. When it was new and exclusive (invitation only), many were anxious to check out what the fuss was about. The early adopters were tech-minded folk who got giddy over such things and my stream was filled with links to articles on how to understand and …

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Wednesday, November 2, 2011 @ 12:17 pm by Nina

Taking the Long View on Google+

Google+

Everything that has been written about Google+ early on has been around the feature set, what it does or it doesn’t have. What really has interested me thus far is taking a step back and looking at what has gone right and where this is going. While Google has had many missteps in the social space, which I am not going to document here, they have gotten some things right …

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 10:28 am by Kevin
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Could Facebook Beat Google in Social Search?

Through our experience of managing countless Facebook and Google advertising campaigns, we’re in a unique position to truly understand the revenue generating engines of these two web giants.  With the recent “search focused” changes to the Facebook user experience, there is little doubt that Facebook has its eye on becoming an all encompassing social search engine. However, from both a revenue and relevancy perspective, we believe the current Facebook advertising …

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 7:59 am by Tim

Optimist on Buzz

For us, @KevinRose the creator of Digg, is one of the brightest stars in the tech space.  With all the nay-sayers hating on Buzz and wondering if this was a failed attempt/launch by Google, it was interesting to hear him go on a rant about why Buzz is paramount to Google’s future and why they quickly decided to push it front and center (no labs).  He believes, releasing it post labs, …

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Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 6:22 am by Tim

How Many is Too Many?

The average person can quickly get bogged down by the hundreds of options for developing a social presence.  Just yesterday, Google tossed their hat in the ring with Google Buzz, this foray into social networking clearly combats the success of Twitter and Facebook. I thought John Battelle captured the essence of this confusing move best in his blog: The reality is, Facebook has won the social graph war. Google taking on …

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Thursday, February 11, 2010 @ 9:03 am by Tim

Google Buzz Review

Could  the mobile web really be bigger, better and faster than the PC web? With Google’s smashing fourth quater numbers, it opens the door for them to talk about the next wave of innovation”mobile will be the No. 1 growth area in the next year, with significant revenue to accompany the widespread uptake of mobile devices that can handle data”.  Its no secret how much consumers depend on their Smartphones for …

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010 @ 2:03 pm by Tim

Social Media vs. SEO

Over the past 6-12 months or so, there has been some serious rivalries between the marketers who believe SEO is dead and those that do not.   Obviously, social media is exploding and turning the web into a very different place than it was 3 or 4 years ago.  Static web content is like newpaper, day old news, or even worse year old news.  Whenever the SEO vs Social debate …

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Friday, February 5, 2010 @ 6:26 am by Tim

Google Voice: One Number Rings All

As Google continues its exploration to own the life cycle of the mobile consumer.  Yesterday, they announced a web app for the iPhone and Palm WebOS devices.  I’ve been running Google Voice for months and this new web app is a tremendous upgrade and brings the experience full circle.  This is a great example of how an HTML5 app can provide fast and flexible service directly over the mobile web. …

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010 @ 6:50 am by Tim

Is Social Media Changing Your Search Habits?

Do you find yourself using traditional search engines less and less?  Are you using the Bing search functionality in Facebook?  How often do you find yourself using Twitter Search? The answers to these questions may surprise you, as users continue to flock to major social networks as their main information portal.  Everything from news to comments, IM to email, videos to pictures, the web is a very different place than …

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Friday, January 22, 2010 @ 8:48 am by Tim