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Google Changes Search Landscape With Introduction of Search, Plus Your World

On Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, Google made its most radical and forward step into true Social Search with the launch of Search, plus Your World. Your World, as described in the official Google blog post, changes search results for individual … Continue reading

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One Move That Would Guarantee Google+ Beats Facebook

For the past three months, I’ve been trying to rationalize how Google+ would become a serious threat to Facebook. I’ve considered the success that Google+ has experienced in the short term, boasting 25 million users before going to beta as … Continue reading

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Google Launches Google+ Pages: Insight From GroupM into Why Strategy is Critical; Immediate Steps to Take For Your Business

If you think a brand’s strategy for the Google+ social network platform is a simple as cranking out a Twitter strategy or driving likes and engagement on Facebook, think again. 100 days after kicking off brands who jumped on the Google+ … Continue reading

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The Common Characteristic of Winning Digital Companies

Google recently held its annual partner event, Zeitgeist. During the event, I was moved by speakers who focused on hope, opportunity, and personal and professional passion. This is the epitome of what Google is, at its core, when you strip … Continue reading

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Can Google Embody the Mantra of Its Social Network

With Google+ formally moving into beta, also known as the Google equivalent of full-market release status, it’s time to determine what role Google+ should play for consumers. Is it a cure to Facebook fatigue? A different way to do social, … Continue reading

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Will Search Shift the Social Battlefield Between Facebook and Google?

The Clash of the Digital Titans has finally arrived. There’s Google, from its lofty perch as the search giant, and there’s Facebook, which from its social throne, has taken the mantle of display inventory kings. These two industry titans now … Continue reading

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Google's Unhealthy Obsession With Speed

At the recent Google Inside Search event, the online advertising and search giant introduced several new features specific to mobile and desktop search. Google product events always have a curious cadence and this event was no different. Between raucous employees … Continue reading

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How Google +1 Could Impact Your SEO

This article offers perspective from GroupM Search on the SEO implications of Google’s +1 feature. It is a follow up to a POV published by GroupM Search on 3/31/2011 about the strategic implications of +1 and its meaning for brands … Continue reading

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Google +1: The Strategy Behind the Latest Search Innovation

On Wednesday, March 29, Google rolled out a new search product innovation called “+1.” +1 is designed to allow users an opportunity to recommend ads and pages they have found to be useful. Doing this will enable other Google users … Continue reading

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+1 – Google’s Answer to Facebook’s Like Button

Today we received the announcement from Google about the release of “+1”.  At the tail end of 2010, I wrote a post highlighting the inclusion of social data into the search mix, in which I stated that Google, while behind … Continue reading

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