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Social Signals in Search – Timeline

September 25, 2011 1 Comment

Over the next few weeks, I will be writing about “Social Signals in Search”. The fact is, what you do in Facebook, Twitter and Google+ directly affects search. How your site is found, indexed, and displayed is connected to social. I will dive into some of these specific areas moving forward. For now, I am [...]

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The Search Battle on TV

May 25, 2011 2 Comments

It seems Microsoft and Google have revved up the online battle on television. Last week, Microsoft announced that Bing query results will have more Facebook integration. The hope is having your friends as influencers will persuade users to switch from Google to Bing. In conjunction with this announcement, Microsoft followed up with two commercials showing [...]

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Bing Likes Facebook

May 17, 2011 2 Comments

Bing search queries will show products and websites recommended by Facebook friends.

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Bing and Google to Integrate Twitter in Search

October 21, 2009 1 Comment

Google and Microsoft announced today they are working with Twitter to improve the user experience. Both search companies plan to integrate “real-time” tweets into their search results. Microsoft’s announcement is found on their search blog: “…today at Web 2.0 we announced that working with those clever birds over at Twitter, we now have access to [...]

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Bing is missing the point. It’s not the destination.

June 8, 2009 1 Comment

Microsoft’s Bing is the latest so-called “Google Killer” to hit the Twitter trends buzz. There was also recent push at SMX Advanced that Chris Smith discusses on SemClubHouse.com. No doubt there is a strong marketing effort by Microsoft to get people talking about Bing. In that sense, it was, and is a successful marketing campaign. [...]

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