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The difference the changes to Google Places make

08/02/201108/02/2011 John Montgallo

Google has made a number of changes to its Google Places service, which used to draw reviews from other sources such as TripAdvisor, Yelp, CitySearch, and Urban Spoon, but which now has additional features and includes reviews strictly generated by their own users. Google Places was started about a year ago, at which time the third party sources of reviews complained that Google was using their site content – especially because the Places reviews typically received superior search ranks to the original sources. That said, now that Google is producing…

Online presence with social networking a must for all business models

05/03/2011 Sam Lambert

In today’s technology driven world it makes sense that businesses would choose to have an internet website. In the past three or four years, companies have been expanding out to social networking sites and things like search engine optimization also. More and more businesses are adapting and blending into an all-inclusive marketing model online. Ten years ago no one would have imagined this type of growth; now, we’ve seen what the power of technology and information can do. The new generation is all about social networking, being mobile and getting…