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Google+ Must Focus on Sharing With Purpose, Not Privacy
Google+ is getting some things right, but has one fundamental hurdle to overcome. In short, Google Plus needs to make sure it…
Gifting Online & Offline: Shopping and Behavioral Search
A look at some nuances within Google’s defined Shopping category of search query activity, and trended data for both the “gift” and…
Google+ in China: Banned, Slow, or Just Ignored?
Shortly after Google+ launched, reports emerged indicating that Google's new social project may already be banned in China. Google's fate was later…
Foursquare Hackers Turn New York City Into a Game of ‘Risk’
“World of Fourcraft” uses Foursquare's framework and Google Maps API, to create a social game social media marketers should look at for…
@Twitter Isn’t It Obvious? The Party is Over
With Ev Williams and Biz Stone solidly out of the day-to-day picture and Twitter’s positions of the last year, it seems the…
Google Adds +1 Button, Social Analytics Reports
Google Analytics and Webmaster Tools have been updated to allow for easier analysis of a all social actions on your site, how…
Google+ “Re-Share”: A Privacy Loophole
A loophole has been uncovered in the Google+ project that can completely break the built-in privacy protections. Simply by "re-sharing" content, a…
Blekko Gets Foodily to Help Eat Away at Recipe Spam
Blekko's big pitch for recipe searches is that they involve human curation. Now that curation has become more powerful with a new…
Google+ Invites Forced To Shutdown
Due to overwhelming demand, Google had to shutdown the invites to their newly launched social network. "We've shut down invite mechanism for…
‘Gayglers’ Visibly Support Google in Global Pride Parades
While there was some pushback over Google's perceived lack of support for Gay Pride Week, the company employees were out in large…