Tag Archives: Facebook vs Google

First things first, I’m no Facebook worshipper. In fact, I use all leading social networks for definitive needs. I use LinkedIn as a professional networking and hiring tool, Twitter as a means for marketing, YouTube for video promotions and Facebook for advertising and customer service. And I’ve to admit that I’ve liked whatever I’ve seen of Google+ so far as …

Earlier this month, Facebook launched the ‘Subscribe’ button that lets users view other people’s feeds. The idea is to allow users to follow people within their stream even if they are not friend, pretty much like the concept of Google+ Circles. Twitter uses the same concept where you can follow someone and there’s no compulsion on others to follow you …

There’s little doubt that Facebook, Twitter and Google+ form the ‘Big Three’ of the social media world. While Facebook and Twitter have been around for a while, Google+ is a recent phenomenon that’s growing at a scorching pace. While I strongly believe that all of these social networks operate mutually exclusively, there’s been no shortage of social media experts and …

Google launched Google+ to cash in on Facebook’s privacy blues. And till date, things have gone as per plan. Most Google+ users have liked the concept of direct and extended circles. In fact, several technology experts believe that privacy holds the key to the high-stakes Facebook – Google+ battle. To be honest, I believe that Google+ holds a definite late …

Facebook is the ‘Big Daddy of All Social Networks’. With more than 750 million users, it is the undisputed king of social networking.  And common sense suggests that since it’s the most popular network around, most users would be extremely satisfied using it. However, in a recently released satisfaction survey of online news, search and social media sites, Facebook garnered …

Despite a plethora of social networks and location-based services being launched every other month, Facebook continues to be the #1 Marketing Tool for small businesses. These are the findings of a MerchantCircle survey which queried 8,000 small businesses about the adoption of various marketing products. The survey reports that as many as 70 percent small businesses use Facebook to promote …

Google’s Social Search experiment has finally come of age. The online search giant yesterday announced that Social Search results will no longer be relegated to the bottom of Google search pages. Instead, relevant posts from the social media accounts of a user’s friends will now be integrated into the list of results. The social search results include activity on Flickr, …

The year 2010 is about to end and the whole world is eagerly looking forward to celebrate New Year as we step into 2011. It’s a good time to make your Social Media resolutions for year 2011 as well as look back at the very best of social media for year 2010. Though social media has been around for several …

This week, Hitwise broke the news that Facebook topped Google to become the most visited U.S. Web site in the Facebook vs Google battle for the internet, at least for the week ending March 13th. Facebook accounted for 7.07% of U.S. Web traffic that week, while Google received 7.03%. According to media experts, the continuous rise in Facebook popularity emphasizes …