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Two New Google Developments

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Again, that doesn’t sound like much, but this is a popular feature on Facebook and the fact that Google+ is adding the feature means that they are serious about competing in the social arena. Keep saying that Google+ isn’t competing against Facebook. That’s right, keep saying it. Google’s New Tablet.

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Would An Online Presence Save Your Business?

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In simple terms, you cannot blame the online world for taking away your business if you not also online competing with them. Book shops are a great example. Book sales have been contracting for decades, yet the online sales of books have steadily grown.

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How To Tell Who Your Competition Is Online

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Small business owners often have difficulty understanding who they’re competing against online. If they don’t have a website, then you aren’t competing with them. If you sell books, Amazon is your competition. It’s much easier off line. Online, it’s a bit more tricky than that.

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Android Marketing For Local Small Businesses | Small Business.

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You’d be competing only with offers for 60 places. In New York City, you’d be competing with 770 offers. Anyone searching for offers in the Minneapolis area (if you’re in Minneapolis) could find you easily on their Android Latitude app. Or what if you were in Austin? That’s not bad.

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UberMedia, Mixx, And Twitter | Small Business Mavericks

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If UberMedia actually does purchase Tweetdeck and competes directly against Twitter, will they incorporate Mixx into the fray as well? And any competing microblogging service is going to have an uphill battle against Twitter. That’s UberWild! There are some big variables there.

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Are You About To Lose Your YouTube Presence?

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Can you imagine competing against the likes of Ashton Kutcher and Oprah Winfrey for attention? If you think this is no different than competing against the Big O and the Big A on Twitter, think again. A nasty rumor is spreading, according to WebProNews , that YouTube is considering paying celebrities to provide video content channels.

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Facebook Experiments With Real-Time Advertising | Small Business.

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It has a competing advertising model. As well it should. The social network is now the most trafficked website online. But there is another reason to fear Facebook too. For the longest time, serious advertisers online went to the pay-per-click line, and Google was the beginning of that line. The alternatives were Yahoo!