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Our Shifting Notion of Search, Social and Mobile.

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In 2000 Google was a 2 year old start-up still trying to create an identity and compete with Yahoo and MSN. Looking back at MySpace, it almost looks like pre-Y2k web Dev. We’ve definitely evolved and rightly or wrongly so depending on your point of view. Take for example search. Social networks are not what they used to be.

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The Battle (and Blending) of Social and Search Rages On

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Yahoo responded at its SearchSpeak event on Wednesday, saying they had incorporated social features into there email system over a year ago. They will copy the surface layer," said Larry Cornett, vice president of consumer products at Yahoo, on Google Buzz. Many in the blogosphere are calling it a "Facebook killer."

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Five Benefits to Using Twitter Â? Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

When email is unavailable, there’s almost always SMS. Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo! Answers Yahoo! Still, they were interested in my whereabouts and wanted me to email them.

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2 Social SEO Stories You Need To Read This Week

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10 Steps for Optimizing the Brand for Social Search By Brian Solis Facebook recently overtook Yahoo as the second most visited site in the United States. Below are two a good articles on the topic this week by Brian Solis and Lee Odden that I thought our readers would enjoy.

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Plutter Kite: The Ultimate Micro-Blogging Service

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Brightkite: Email and SMS – mobile web is definitely the wave of the future. Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo! Answers Yahoo! People don’t like to be disconnected.

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Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Facebook, Myspace etc are just the start. People will share content on mobile devices through IR/SMS/email. Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo! Answers Yahoo! It really worries me!

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5 Facebook Stories From This Week You Need To Read

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Facebook Outpaces Yahoo to Become No. 2 Site on Web By Jon Brodkin Facebook is now the second most popular Web site in the United States, passing Yahoo with 133 million unique visitors in January, according to new research. Yahoo lost the No. Here are 5 news items or blog posts from this week that I wouldnt want you to miss: 1.

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