Google is rolling out in the next few days Search+. When signed in with Google+, you’ll find personal results and profiles of people you know or follow. You can even expand your world by discovering people related to your search.

Read more on: http://www.google.com/insidesearch/plus.html and http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/01/gpsf

Technorati Tags: Facebook, Google, Search, Social Media, Social Networking, twitter

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Everyone is talking about Google+, how they love it, how they don’t get it and how confusing it is. Yes you heard me, some people find it confusing… well I did at first, it took me a few looks in to realise, oh this is easy. I was actually making it out to be more complicated, it’s like when someone in a foreign country says something in English and you don get it because you assume they don’t speak it.  For my own interest, and maybe of others, here are some interesting and useful links about Google+.

• Mashable’s complete guide to Google+
• CIO’s Google+ Privacy: 5 Settings You Need to Know
• Google+ vs Facebook [comic]
• Make short url for your google+ profile.
• Got WebRep Overall Rating? Problem solved.

Technorati Tags: comic, Facebook, Google, privacy, Social Networking

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Facebook has finally entered the Search war with Google. With the acquisition of Microsoft’s Bing search engine, the company will be head to head with Google and is expected to bypass the search giant within a year. See official statement.

Technorati Tags: Bing, Facebook, Google, Google +1, Search

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Google is coming out with a recommendation feature called Google +1,  somewhat similar to Facebook’s “Like” button, but in my opinion it’s an improvement on the idea.

Technorati Tags: Facebook, Google +1, Like, Search, share, social

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Facebook makes a wise and intelligent u-turn in their privacy tools.

extract from a letter from FB.

Starting today, Facebook will:

* Provide an easy-to-use “master” control that enables users to set who can see the content they share through Facebook. This enables users to choose, with just one click, the overall privacy level they’re comfortable with for the content they sh
re on Facebook. Of course, users can still use all of the granular controls we’ve always offered, if they wish.

* Significantly reduce the amount of information that must be visible to everyone on Facebook. Facebook will no longer require that users’ friends and connections are visible to everyone. Only Name, Profile Picture, Networks and Gender must be pub
icly available. Users can opt to make all other connections private.

* Make it simple to control whether other applications and websites access any user information. While a majority of our users love Facebook apps and Facebook-enhanced websites, some may prefer not to share their information outside of Facebook. Users can now opt out with just one click.

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Can you imagine if you were to be made accountable for every joke and funny comment you made when hanging out with your friends? Life would really stink. I have recently seen a lot of people getting annoyed with, or embarassed by their friends on Facebook, Orkut and the kind. Why do people take social networking so seriously? Is it a problem understanding written communication or is it that our malicious minds just expect the worse from people?  Or is it a simple lack of good old common sense? I think it’s all of it, and if you just add a bit of insecurity to the pile, social networking can become a pain. I have come to a few personal decisions regarding social networking and there’s no harm in sharing them.

1. The benefit of the doubt: A difficult concept in today’s society. People are not as mean as we expect them to be, so give your (or someone else’s) friends the benefit of the doubt, take it with a pinch of salt. Relax.
2. The e-persona: We all have it, yes we ALL do. That sarcastic, naughty part of us that comes alive when we go online.
3. The intonation (or lack of it). This one goes with #1 (not what you are thinking, e-persona). Most languages base the entire meaning of a sentence in its intonation. So when reading something, try not go with your very first impression, especially if it’s a negative one.
4. TWRTCS:  stands for “Think Write Read Think Correct Share(or not)” – it’s a friendship saviour. I can’t number how many times I have written something really funny (at least I thought it was) but didn’t share as a public comment, because I just took time to read it again before sending and saw it could be misunderstood.
5. Avoid work colleagues (specially your boss):  You really don’t want your “private social life” to paint a different picture of you to your boss. It’s not about being fake, but they may not chose to give you the benefit of the doubt and may think that your e-persona is the real one. If you do have your boss on your social network just be very aware of what you write. Unless she/he are really cool!
6. Privacy: Don’t write on someone’s wall about something that is more of a private issue, either yours or theirs.
7. Get a life: Being in touch with friends on social network sites is fun but it can take over your life, and turn you into a very annoying “comment on everything” kind of person.

Add to it if you like….

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Facebook has finally released the so awaited Connect. This feature allows users to share actions and information from the internet with their
friends on Facebook including publishing Feed stories to profiles and
sending requests.

Connect was first announced in May 2008 but only recently it has been made available. There are already a few sites that have implemented this new feature. Check out the Facebook developer’s blog and see the list of sites already making use of this new feature.

To get started with fb:connect, check out their development tutorial.

Technorati Tags: Connect, Facebook, Social Networking

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