Category | Search Engines

If you've never heard of searchenginerapbattle.com, you're missing out on some truly entertaining search comedy.  On the website is a series of three videos of rappers representing the three major search engines, Google, Yahoo!, and MSN/Bing, and they are having a throw down rap war to prove which search engine really rules.  It's hilarious, and don't worry -- all the expletives are bleeped out so it's not much of a flowland.

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Over the past two years, having fan pages, events and groups on Facebook has been highly utilized by brand marketers to have a relatable social setting for current clients to interact and see what's new as well as increase brand awareness and attract fresh interest. With Google+ already reaching 10 million users after a month of being opening up its platform, you can only expect that brand marketers are clamoring to get in on the action, and many people feel that Google+ wouldn't be a complete social media site if it didn't have place, band and brand pages. Google is currently running test sites...

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Why is Google being investigated by the FTC? The FTC is remaining mum on the point, but Google feels that it is for practices involving its search and advertising practices. If this is the fact, the FTC has picked a decidedly significant time. After all, the FTC just finished its investigation of Microsoft. Furthermore, Google is also quickly losing its monopoly as a search engine provider. Bing and Yahoo have seriously cut into the monopoly once held by almost ten percent. Furthermore, Facebook is seriously hurting Google’s bottom line with Facebook searches. Google has opened Google plus in response...

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