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Faves.com is shutting down for good. The social bookmarking site, which was on its death bed before an infusion of cash revived it in 2009, has struggled over the last two years keep its doors open.In a blog post yesterday, CEO Mike Koss and Faves' sole employee, said the company was not able to su Read More

Facebook has been accused of starting a “smear” campaign against Google in light of its social product, Google Circles, but it might really be fighting Google's social search. Social media marketers should monitor how consumers respond to the Google privacy issues Facebook has been “whispering” abo Read More

Microsoft is incorporating several new Facebook social cues into its Bing search results, taking advantage of its ongoing partnership with the social-networking giant to find additional ways to compete with Google.Since late last year, Bing search results have highlighted the stories and other onli Read More

Social networking. The big corporations have bought into it. Smaller companies, too. Even independent consultants use Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook to do business. It is a great way to get the word out about your product or service. It boosts brand awareness, it builds loyalty, and it attracts an Read More

With cafes on nearly every corner in Vancouver, British Columbia, Ethical Bean Coffee Co. needed a way to stand out. The answer was an odd bar code with a maze of black boxes instead of the usual straight lines.About eight months ago, the three-store chain started putting these "quick response" cod Read More

This is a follow up to my previous YOUmoz post on understanding the value of a link. Because of the positive feedback from that post as well as new research emerging from SEOMoz regarding social media's effect on SEO, I've decided to expound on social links.When Rand posted his data and findings of Read More

The power and availability of social media networking is apparent to most businesses whether they are experienced marketers or not.However, all social media groups are not alike. Each offer direct communication, interaction, collaboration, and an immediacy never before possible.For those deeply imm Read More

Last month the first news snippets came out surrounding Google's contender to Facebook's like button, the +1 service works in the same way as the Facebook like button and will soon be available for websites.Web masters and site owners will be able to select from 7 different variations of button to Read More

YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen have bought Tap 11, a social media analytics firm.The purchase comes less than three weeks after the duo bought the social bookmarking service Delicious from Yahoo.Just how much Hurley and Chen bought either company for hasn't been disclosed, but both bec Read More

Just days after reports that Google and Facebook were interested in partnering with, and possibly buying VoIP company Skype, Microsoft announced that it was buying the company for $8.56 billion in cash.Last year, Skype had revenue of $860 million on which it posted an operating profit of $264 milli Read More