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From The Information Age To The Connected Age " GigaOM

Buzz Marketing for Technology

The table below, taken from Web Worker Daily’s upcoming book “Connect! Microsoft represents the Information Age, while Google hints at the shift towards the Connected Age. Microsoft (Information Age) vs. Google (Connected Age). Microsoft (MSFT) exemplifies the Information Age. Companies do too. 5:36 PM PT.

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The Unfortunate Investment of Social Media (and its Consequences)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In comparison, here’s another anomaly (for its time). These are the users who are familiar with networking on Digg (finding friends with similar interests) and checking not only the front page of Digg but the Upcoming page as well (which is far more important). My feelings are that Digg shouldn’t punish the top users.

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Social Search at LinkedIn Beats Google - ReadWriteWeb

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Our upcoming launch of VendorCity tackles this problem head-on. I completely agree with the usefulness of the search features in LinkedIn but I dont really understand the comparison with Google Search. This may or may not be a good place to answer questions, but the title of this piece is misleading as is the comparison with Google.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Key Takeaways from #SMAZ

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Static FBML Facebook transition to iframes – experts discuss the upcoming changes. While 91% of internet users comparison shop, 31% purchase offline. Google and Microsoft are examples of companies that do bad product launches. The four core digital strategies that should be used together: local, mobile, social, and search.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Less Than a Week to Blog World

Kikolani

The Darwinian evolution of Microsoft Windows – from 1985 to 2009. A map of online communities – a comparison of the 2007 to 2010 map of what social networks would look like if they were countries. Google by the numbers – did you know Google allows dogs, but not cats on site and other interesting tidbits.

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Do You Have the Guts to Expect Social Media Failure | Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Excellent comparison to A/B and multivariate testing, too. – Small Business Blog from Microsoft – Site Home – TechNet Blogs [.] But yet, companies want a step-by-step social media playbook from some other company that they can magically replicate. link] jaybaer I love your post. Great, great stuff. Well stated.

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Advice for a New Internet Marketer (or How to Spot Internet.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Normally, the front page consists of high quality content, though even the upcoming queue has good stuff that doesn’t always get promoted. Comparison shop. Something might be possible with asp, but not every SEO is a Microsoft MVP. There are hundreds of blogs on each specialty’s subject matter. Buyer beware.

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