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Yahoo has been integrating Facebook into its properties more deeply, and Flickr is no exception. The company announced that it is launching a new and improved way to share Flickr photos on Facebook. Users can simply connect their Flickr and Facebook accounts, and Flickr will automatically send updates to your Facebook feed every time a new photo (or video) is uploaded). As always, you have control over …

There’s no question that location is playing an increasingly great role in how people obtain and share information. We recently looked at where location fits into the SEO equation. Google has its own location-sharing service Google Latitude that has been somewhat overshadowed lately by services like FourSquare, Gowalla, and of course Twitter and Facebook, but Google recently said Latitude has 3 …

People who are Facebook fans and Twitter followers of a brand are more likely to buy the brand’s product or recommend it to a friend, according to a new study by Chadwick Martin Bailey and iModerate Research Technologies. The study of 1,500 consumers found that 60 percent of Facebook fans and 79 percent of Twitter followers are more likely to recommend those brands since becoming a fan or follower…

Google announced via Twitter this week, that public status updates from Facebook are now included in the search engine’s real-time search feature. That means the largest social network in the world is getting play in Google’s real-time search alongside Twitter, MySpace, and others, and these real-time results are…

LinkedIn is often discussed as a powerful social networking tool, particularly for business professionals, employers, and jobseekers. What is not discussed as frequently is the site’s ability to simply drive traffic to your site. We talked to entrepreneur Lewis Howes (who claims that LinkedIn is one of the top traffic …

LinkedIn is often discussed as a powerful social networking tool, particularly for business professionals, employers, and jobseekers. What is not discussed as frequently is the site’s ability to simply drive traffic to your site. We talked to entrepreneur Lewis Howes (who claims that LinkedIn is one of the top traffic sources to his blogs) about how powerful LinkedIn can be for driving traffic. We asked Howes why he …

If you use Gmail, you’ve probably been invited to use, or have already started using, Google Buzz. This new feature piggybacks on Gmail users’ already-established contacts and allows them to share comments, pictures, video, etc., for your Buzz followers to see—similar to status updates on Facebook. Google Buzz’s capabilities for mobile users are so popular that reviewers have …

A new report published by Sophos, a security research firm, raises concern about Facebook’s role in doing business, calling the social networking site “the worst offender” in a list of threats to online security, according to Richard Adhikari from TechNewsWorld . This finding puts businesses who want to capitalize on the power of social networking in an awkward position, and they aren’t getting any sympathy …

The first Matt Cutts Answers Questions About Google video of the year has been posted, and in it Matt addresses links from Twitter and Facebook, after talking about his shaved head again. Specifically, the submitted question he answers is: Links from relevant and important sites have always been a great way to get traffic & acceptance for a website. How do you rate links from new platforms like…

The first Matt Cutts Answers Questions About Google video of the year has been posted, and in it Matt addresses links from Twitter and Facebook, after talking about his shaved head again. Specifically, the submitted question he answers is: Links from relevant and important sites have always been a great way to get traffic & acceptance…