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Google is working towards the search of the future with the functionality unveiled yesterday at the event. Singhal forecast the three primary functions search will need to evolve. In his presentation, he stated search will need to:

Let's go over a couple of the developments announced yesterday that demonstrate Google is working toward its vision of the future of search.

Nice Tips on Spicing up Your Linkedin Profile

Add some media elements to your Profile...I'll certainly be checking out the new features. 

My LinkedIn profile has been my default resume for some time.  I'm looking forward to tweaking it with some media. 

Please be aware. Once this happens, we'll get the information to you, as well as the impact on your B2B SEO efforts. In the interim, please stick with the basics: good, solid, fresh content.

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And you thought it was going to be Google Skunk.

Google is consolidating storage between Drive, Gmail and Google+, now offering users 15GB of free storage shared across all three platforms.

Instagram get in your face! Do you like this new innovation? . . .

The infographic is superb, but the "how-tos" that precede it really make it all work! Oh! and they are easy to do! ~ Terry

New Redesign.  Also another reason to consider slideshare as a content marketing platform given its inclusion in the daily digests

Google Now is likely to be an important factor in the transition from tactical to strategic SEO. Google Now serves up results based on personalization, geo-localization, public sources and its users' search history. More specifically, it aggregates information from:

What if you don't have years? The heck with that, what if you don't have any appreciable time at all. If your like most small businesses you need a steady stream of action and growth yesterday, the luxury of waiting for results doesn't exist for you.

Kelsey Libert lays out one of the best explanations of how content marketing may go viral, and how emotions may be the determining factor of viral success.

Libert deftly winds us through the maze of viral content marketing but beware this is not a walk through the park where you'll learn and understand everything in 5 minutes. Stick with it and you'll find lots of gems.

Step 1: Understanding the truth about your competition

Step 2: Engagement is good, but viral is better

Step 3: Understanding what it means to “go viral"

Step 4: Creating content with a viral coefficient above 1

Step 5: Decreasing viral cycle time

Step 6: The limitations of virality and the importance of audience.

Step 7: Considerations for fractal virality

Take this with you: Be Willing To Fail

Straight from the Man. Answers the Penguin 2.0 questions: what to expect, and what you should do.

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Always practice safe social networking.

The other day, I was discussing with someone the dangers of using social media without rules. Since Millennials are the only generation that did not have to go through their formative years without a computer, teaching them the basics is now vital.

Jim Dougherty shares a great infographic on his blog. It is full of eye-opening stats on Facebook usage. For example, do you know that 55% of teens have given out personal information to someone they don’t know?

This is one of the most powerful infographics that I have seen that makes the case for content. Scroll down to find out more about the power of well written articles.

This is an open secret that quality online and even print publications have known for many years - that classical advertising only works up to a point. Most consumers have reached a mental staturation level when it comes to print advertising.

Articles and well crafted, key message rich (not just SEO) content is capable of engaging the reader and building interest and brand loyalty, as well as promoting a call to action where appropriate.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Perhaps, but combine an interesting infographic or other type of image with captivating copy and you have a powerful instrument of engagement (and the distinct possibility of sharing across the social media landscape).

Nuff said.

I am sponging on the learning process of content marketing. While I should be hiring somebody to do this for me, I believe that I must understand what impacts the content of my clients, and potential clients.

Infographics are a great outline, and this one provides much content.

90% of organizations use #Content Marketing....its not the future.

Google could launch the new service as early as this week, with up to 50 YouTube channels offering subscriptions to video content from $1.99 a month.