{"id":1354,"date":"2010-01-25T05:06:56","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T10:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/?p=1354"},"modified":"2010-01-23T08:18:09","modified_gmt":"2010-01-23T13:18:09","slug":"google-is-trying-out-social-networking-integration-on-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2010\/01\/25\/google-is-trying-out-social-networking-integration-on-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Google is Trying Out Social Networking Integration on Search"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just checked this out yesterday and as I was doing testing on this new Google.com tool I said to myself, “now, this is really cool”. What I am speaking about is Google’s integration of your own social media networks into your personal search results.\u00a0 To get involved in the project sign into Google.com and then enter this URL: http:\/\/www.google.com\/experimental\/index.html<\/a>\u00a0select the first experiment at the top of the page called Google Social Search.<\/p>\n

Once enrolled you will see a new feature at the top left of every Google.com page. The feature says Web and then a show options + mark. Open the + and you will now see a new left navigation bar that stretches down the page.\u00a0 From here you can search in Google.com sectors such as images, video, news, blogs, updates, books, forums, and even social.<\/p>\n

The take away from this new experimental project is that when you yourself are personally involved in social media like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other platforms, the information you post is now searchable by others in your expanded social network all tied together in one neat interface using Google’s Social Search.<\/p>\n

This is a real boon for web exposure and the creation of web authority for business owners and serious entrepreneurs. With some saying that social media is too time consuming to pursue, I say think again look at this new Google experiment which will most likely be the “face” of search to come and rethink your position on social media and social networking sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just checked this out yesterday and as I was doing testing on this new Google.com tool I said to myself, “now, this is really cool”. What I am speaking about is Google’s integration of your own social media networks into your personal search results.\u00a0 To get involved in the project sign into Google.com and then enter this URL: http:\/\/www.google.com\/experimental\/index.html\u00a0select the first experiment at the top of the page called Google Social Search. Once enrolled you will see a new feature at the top left of every Google.com page. The feature says Web and then a show options + mark. Open the + and you will now see a new left navigation bar that stretches down the page.\u00a0 From here you can search in Google.com sectors such as images, video, news, blogs, updates, books, forums, and even social. The take away from this new experimental project is that when you yourself are personally involved in social media like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other platforms, the information you post is now searchable by others in your expanded social network all tied together in one neat interface using Google’s Social Search. This is a real boon for web exposure and the creation of web authority for business owners and serious entrepreneurs. With some saying that social media is too time consuming to pursue, I say think again look at this new Google experiment which will most likely be the “face” of search to come and rethink your position on social media and social networking sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[438,441,194,440],"class_list":["post-1354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google","tag-google","tag-social-media","tag-social-networking","tag-web-visibility"],"yoast_head":"\nGoogle is Trying Out Social Networking Integration on Search | The Web Authority<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2010\/01\/25\/google-is-trying-out-social-networking-integration-on-search\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Google is Trying Out Social Networking Integration on Search | The Web Authority\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I just checked this out yesterday and as I was doing testing on this new Google.com tool I said to myself, “now, this is really cool”. 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