And now for something completely different:
Hmm . . . it’s just this moment occurred to me how brilliant the Monty Python guys really were. Business Change is sometimes about making the same old thing look different. And now, through new partners Google and Bing, Twitter is making their stuff matter. In a way that scares me. Don’t worry: I will figure out how to take advantage of that for you.
Yesterday, Google Goddess Marissa Mayer announced the search monster’s new deal with Twitter to use tweets in real-time search results (Microsoft’s Bing got a similar deal). Everyone wins.
Then, Ms. Mayer announced a new feature of Google called Social Search. It’s a way to look at YOUR SOCIAL NETWORK and see what the people you know are up to right now. Yikes.
Don’t get me wrong; you know I’m all about this business change thing. At the same time, I always recommend taking care while using Facebook, Twitter, and the like, lest your private business become more public than you intend.
Google’s about to make keeping your secrets secret just . . . about . . . impossible.
Manage your business change. Engage help if needed. This is about to become not fun.
I deleted my Facebook account just for that reason. I only have one for business, but for personal use . . . NEVER!! There are enough people looking “into” our lives, we don’t need Google+Twitter or Google+Facebook.
I’m going to try and control some part of the horizontal & the vertical on this stuff . . .
Got on your website directly from Google Search. In terms of size and popularity? Google is the #1 site in the entire world. There is no site, search engine or not, that has a bigger audience. Bing has made a good start but it will take time to surpass Google’s rank. The recent joint venture by bing and yahoo might help bing to gain some position on world wide web. I read the whole article on your site and i must say that me and my husband loved reading your post. We bookmarked your website for future reference. Thanks alot – Lorena.