Social search is resurfacing as a hot topic of late , due to how effective Twitter has become in helping you find information, and how it is close to how we source information in the offline world (via our network). From a particular perspective, the search experience is broken into three aspects: searching the web, searching within a website, and searching Twitter is being differentiated by being called a “ Help Engine “. I think it’s getting us closer to the KM productivity (sense-making) aim that knowledge sharing and knowledge transfer

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was interviewed recently for a piece on using Linkedin for networking. The article was looking specifically at how pharmaceutical executives could benefit from the kind of networking opportunities that Linkedin can provide. You can read the full article in the latest edition of Pharmaceutical Executive Digest Europe , but the interview got me thinking about the ways in which people can use Linkedin as a networking tool, and also how you can gain some (but not all) of the benefits that you would get Image via CrunchBase I

The Media Buyer Planner reported that the study found that Twitter, blogs, LinkedIn and Facebook - in that order - are the top four social media tools used by marketers. More than half of participants say a major benefit is the resultant rise in search engine rankings that often comes with increased efforts. Here is another study on the growing use of social media in marketing. In a survey, Social Media Marketing Industry Report , by Michael Stelzner with almost 700 responses an overwhelming majority (88%) of marketers say they are using some form of social media to market their

These days it seems everyone is talking about Facebook and Twitter and LinkedIn. Being a teacher at heart, though, I can’t help but want to explain the differences between all these places - LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter.  Today, let’s start with LinkedIn. Some people are on one, but not others. Some are on none, and are befuddled.  “Even if I think it’s a good idea to use Social Networking for our work, which should we use?

Facebook , MySpace , Twitter , LinkedIn and Ning are ranked 4th, 11th, 25th, 89th and 154th among all websites in the world, respectively. Facebook , Twitter , LinkedIn , and the Ning family of social networking sites are the most popular social networks with wide business appeal. have taken the time to position my self on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Ning, with approximately The rapid growth of Facebook and Twitter has created lots of excitement. Alexa ranks the world’s most popular websites.

search topics and people (note that the search box is tucked away at the bottom, way below the fold) When you join, choose the option to link your Business Exchange and LinkedIn profiles. Your LinkedIn information will automatically be filled in on your Business Exchange profile page, and you will be able to easily send invitations to your LinkedIn connections. Looking over my traffic stats several weeks ago, I was very surprised to notice that a single visitor had been referred to my blog by Business Week . I

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LinkedIn Blog official social search blogs rs One of those dumbass things you notice - Blizzard, makers of World of Warcraft does not have RSS turned on their official press release/media site . This means that instead of being able to subscribe to their news in say my.yahoo or igoogle, you have to go to the site and check for new news. None there?

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