Social Search Comes to Google

Social media continues to make waves as search is placing more and more emphasis on the social aspects of the web. Last week Microsoft announced partnerships with Facebook and Twitter, only to have Google make the same announcement hours later. Now, Google is expanding its use of search by announcing the launch of social search. [...]

Microsoft to Integrate Twitter and Facebook Statuses

Several sources are stating that Microsoft is looking to sign deals with both Twitter and Facebook that will incorporate status updates to the search engine’s results. While nothing has been announced officially (Mashable reports an announcement is expected later today), it definitely turns the tables on search. For one, Twitter has been perceived as a [...]

Digg Looks to Monetize Clicks

Digg has been busy in the last few months trying to incorporate ads into its homepage. In addition to its Sponsored Digg Ads, Digg is currently testing a new type of ad that matches articles both old and new to their related ads. According to TechCrunch, “[n]ot only [do the ads] link back to the [...]

Twitter Taking Steps to Stop the Spam

Although Twitter is best known for its simplicity, there tends to be clutter within Twitter that might cause users’ messages to get lost in the shuffle. However, as Twitter grows, it’s taking steps to prevent from things such as spam accounts and duplicate links from taking over the Twitterverse. Last week, Twitter introduced a new [...]

YouTube Sees One Billion Daily Views

YouTube announced today that it has reached one billion views a day, an impressive feat by any site. Why is this important? As the second largest search engine, YouTube is where anyone with video should spend time. This is especially the case as search is moving closer and closer to incorporating universal search results within [...]

Yahoo! and Google Revamp Mobile

The number of mobile web users is steadily increasing, as is the need for more accessible and simplified mobile web pages. Mobile users are on the go and need bits of information more quickly than the same users would if they were browsing from home. Search sites such as Yahoo! and Google see their users’ [...]

Twitter Brings Changes, Relies on Developers

Developments are coming to Twitter as the microblogging phenomenon gives its users more chances to enhance its services. There are several changes coming to Twitter including labs for experimental features as well as a new Geolocation API. Both announcements have the potential to give Twitter a great advantage in the social media sphere. Twitter’s labs [...]

Delicious Adds New Features

Social bookmarking site, Delicious has announced its addition of several features to its site. Delicious’ updates come with emphasis on real-time search, analytics and mobile. For example, Delicious will let users search for results within minutes. The new graphs can track where links are shared to and how (e.g., via Twitter). ReadWriteWeb writes that Delicious [...]