Tag Archives: Social Search

Google +1 Button For Websites Has Arrived

by Shabbir Akhtar on 02. Jun, 2011 in Social Media Tools

The proclaimed nemesis of the Facebook ‘Like button’ has finally arrived. Google has released the +1 button for websites. Since its launch in March publishers have been eager to use the +1 button on their websites. During the Google I/O conference, last month, the company had promised that the content sharing button from Google would [...]

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Google Rolling Out Social Search Globally

by Shabbir Akhtar on 20. May, 2011 in Uncategorized

“Today, we’re bringing Social Search to more users around the globe,” read a blogpost on the Google Social Web Blog. The search engine behemoth had initially started the Social Search service in October 2009 as an experiment. Back then it was announced that Social Search would allow users to get search results based [...]

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Microsoft-Facebook Partnership Brings More Social Results To Bing

by Shabbir Akhtar on 18. May, 2011 in Facebook

Microsoft is making some changes in its search engine, Bing. In the official blogpost, Microsoft announced “Research tells us that 90% of people seek advice from family and friends as part of the decision making process. This “Friend Effect” is apparent in most of our decisions and often outweighs [...]

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Bing Brings Facebook Likes To Search Results

by Shabbir Akhtar on 25. Feb, 2011 in Facebook

Just days after Google upgraded its Social Search including shared content from Twitter, Flickr and Quora, Bing announces that it will include URLs, liked and shared by users on Facebook, in its search results. Initially Microsoft had announced the Liked Results for Bing which promoted links which were publicly shared and liked by a users [...]

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Facebook Chat In Hotmail Released Worldwide, Unleashes War Against Gmail

by Shabbir Akhtar on 23. Feb, 2011 in Facebook

Facebook chat within Hotmail account was made available for Hotmail users by Microsoft on 23rd September 2010. Till yesterday, it was available only to users from Russia, Germany, Brazil, United Kingdom, United States and France. Microsoft today announced that this integration will now be available to all users worldwide.

This step was preceded by making this [...]

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Facebook Friendly Bing Bar Rolled Out by Microsoft

by Shabbir Akhtar on 19. Feb, 2011 in Facebook

Microsoft announced that the new toolbar of Bing — Bing Bar 7 — encompasses Facebook functionalities. The Bing Team announced in the official blog, “Today we are excited to announce the launch of Bing Bar…We took a look at what makes our customers happy, how people use our products, and where they spend time online. [...]

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Google Upgrades Social Search, But Where Is Facebook?

by Shabbir Akhtar on 18. Feb, 2011 in Facebook

In 2009, Google introduced some changes in its functionalities as a search engine. It made its search algorithms social media friendly. Information shared by your friends on various social media sites started showing up at the bottom of the search page. This was done using the accounts connected to your Google Account. Now, Google has [...]

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