I thought I would start a Social Media News Roundup which I will publish each week with some links to interesting stories I find in the Internet.  Let me know what you think and if I should keep it going.

This set of articles come from a site I constantly receive email from with their latest articles and I always I keep an eye on them closely as the writers seem to have their finger on the pulse.

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Is Google Bad at Social Media or Really, Really Good at it? by Chris Crum of WebProNews (interesting name I have to admit)

Google often takes a lot of flack for not being incredibly successful with its social media efforts. Most recently, Caroline McCarthy and Tom Krazit tackled this subject in a CNET article claiming that “Google struggles with social skills.” I would not go so far as to say that I completely disagree with them. They make plenty of factual points that are simply undeniable.

Click here to read the rest of the article.

Here’s another article by Chris which may have some interesting implication for Microsoft’s Big search engine.  Does this mean Google should be worried considering the size of Facebook?  I’d like to hear your comments.

Microsoft and Facebook Adjust Their Partnership. by Chris Crum of WebProNews

Microsoft and Facebook have “enhanced” their partnership with each other. The two companies will soon be providing Facebook users with what Microsoft refers to as a “more complete search experience”. They will be providing full access to Bing features in Facebook. In addition, the Bing and Facebook connection will be extended globally.

Click here to read the rest of the article.

One last article, again by Chris Crum (no I’m not in love with the guy, it just seems he is writing a lot of interesting things about Social Media recently).  This article is a little older but it has a lot of relevance if you are still on the fence about how important Social Media is for your business.

Customer Connections Now Important for Google Results. by Chris Crum of WebProNews.

If you are one of those people still skeptical about the business uses of social media, you may be interested to know that Google’s Social Search is no longer just an experiment. Though it does have the beta tag on it, it is now mainstream. This is something we’ve all known would come sooner or later, but now it’s here.

Click here to read the rest of the article.

That’s all for this week.  Post comments below and let me know what you think.

Have a great week,

Ian

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