Facebook & Bing Cohabitate – “I wonder who the kids will look like?”

Bing Adds 5x More Facebook Content to its Search Results Posted by Pamela Vaughan | Article Courtesy of:  HubSpot Just a couple days after Facebook's hyped up "secret" announcement was revealed to be Graph Search -- which, powered by Bing, uses social signals to try to create a truly social search experience within Facebook -- Bing has announced that its search results will now feature 5x more content from users' Facebook friends, including status updates, links, and comments. … [Read more...]

Social Media Tips

8 Small Business Social Media Tips From the Pros By Cindy King Are you looking for some social media tips to grow your small business? We asked eight small business pros for their hottest social media tips. Here’s their advice for you to take your business to the next level. #1: Show Them the “Real You” Ed Gandia Use Facebook to show prospects, clients and customers the “real you.” Sure, provide the occasional business tip. Or link to your new blog post. But that’s what everyone … [Read more...]

Taking a Look at Bing Powered Search

5 Reasons Search Marketers Shouldn't Discount Bing Article Courtesy of:  Jon Schepke of Search Engine Watch If you’re a search marketer, it may be time to take another look at Bing. According to comScore's July 2011 U.S. Search Engine Rankings, Bing’s U.S. market share in explicit search has held steady at 14.4 percent for the past two months, up from 14.1 percent in May. As Bing also powers Yahoo’s search results (which got a slight bump in July, accounting for 16.1 percent of … [Read more...]

2011 Ranking Factors Guide

SEOMoz has just published their 2011 Ranking Factors Guide, which is the essential reference for search marketers to learn about the new or changing factors shaping their world. While the entire report is very large, I've pulled out some of the most important details to our readers, based on the questions and discussions that I see on a daily basis from HubSpot customers and fans. If you're interested in reading more of the report or looking at their raw data, you can find it on SEOMoz's site … [Read more...]