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Social Media – Part of Your Web Strategy?

It depends on what you are trying to achieve with your site, but for many sites, the answer is increasingly ‘YES’. Social media (mainly Facebook and Twitter for the purposes of this article) have become increasingly pervasive. Recently I read that one minute of every eight spent on the Internet, is spent on Facebook. If the purpose of a web site is to communicate, then identifying where other people are – is a good start.

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Facebook ‘now linked into the largest commerce ecosystem’

eBay announced yesterday at Innovate, its developer conference, it will integrate Facebook’s Open Graph 2.0 into its global commerce systems to create social shopping experiences. These systems will be part of X.commerce , a new business unit that also includes PayPal and Magento. “Facebook is now linked into the largest commerce ecosystem,” X.commerce’s vice president and general manager Matthew Mengerink said. This is significant because it allows Facebook access to eBay’s 25 million sellers and 97 million users, who make an estimated $60 billion worth of transactions on its site annually. “Technology is changing the way consumers shop, and eBay Inc.’s integration with Facebook will make shopping social for consumers and retailers worldwide,” Mengerink said in a statement. “Retailers and developers need a technology-driven global commerce partner to help them engage and connect with consumers anytime, anywhere.

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Google takes real-time search (and Eric Schmidt) to Google+

Google may have looked as though it was already firing on all social cylinders with the launch of Facebook-rival Google+, it’s +1 button and an improved Google+ app for mobile. But Mountain View’s taking its social initiative even further by bring real-time search (and former boss man Eric Schmidt) to Google+. According to CNet.com, Eric Schmidt joined Google+ just as the firm added real-time search to the social network, which gives users the functionality to watch a live feed of Google+ activity around a searched-for subject. The update also integrates Twitter-like hashtags to make it easier for users to search for interesting content feeds. In an official Google blog post, Vic Gundotra, the senior vice president of Google+, explained that users would now benefit from real-time search and improved hashtag support, which should allow them to better follow breaking news, sporting events and similar interest items on Google+. Even though the development has widely been tipped as a natural progression (search is Google’s core business after all) and an extension of Google’s September social search updates , some tech pundits have speculated that the move has been designed to specifically hurt both Facebook and Twitter. It could be a prescient dig at the social duo, especially as Facebook streamed its first football match this year and as Twitter established itself as a go-to breaking-news source following the assassination of Osama Bin Laden

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Port City Automates Google Base

Website and eCommerce design, development, hosting and online marketing company, Port City Web, has achieved Microsoft ISV status for the development of software that will automate the delivery of product content from the ProductCart shopping cart to Google Base.

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Truveo Search Platform Upgrades API

Truveo has made significant upgrades to the technology platform it currently makes available to website operators through its video search partner program, including improved analytics for tracking video search usage, as well as enhanced performance.

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Search Engine Corpate Division Opens

Search Engine Corp. has debuted its launch of a new Corporate Search Solutions Division, to incorporate a new revenue model with a no-cost custom-built and branded search solution to its portfolio.

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DoubleClick DART, Debuts at x+1

DoubleClick has debuted its new DART for Publishers solution, to assist companies through the new ad serving solution. The new solutiuon has been incorporated by the [x+1] predictive targeting firm.

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Etelos, Joins Google Enterprise Professional Program

Etelos open source, on-demand Web 2.0 web hosting applications firm, has joined the Google Enterprise Professional program, to simplify the development process, while providing developers with access to new technologies.

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BlueLithium to be Sold to Yahoo!

Global Internet company, Yahoo! Inc., has entered into an agreement to acquire global ad network, BlueLithium, for approximately $300 million in cash. According to comScore Media Metrix, BlueLithium is the fifth largest ad network in the US and second largest in the UK with 145 million unique visitors each month.

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Book Search from Google, Upgraded

Google refines search engine solution for its Book Search, with new feature, to assist readers with searching the growing online digital collection, and for indexing organized book information.

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