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Getting referral business and new customers, through recommendations by satisfied customers and clients, is a dream of most business owners and managers.
Blake Ross of Mozilla chides Google for giving preferential placement to their own apps as "Tips" in search results.
The buzz among the technophile blogosphere is that Google could easily and effectively put "a hurtin'" on Digg by tweaking Google Reader. An algorithm and, perhaps, buying out a social news site might be all that is needed.
Nevermind Sacha Baron Cohen's ability to make us laugh while holding up a mirror to our ugliest traits, Al Gore's inspiring platform to get millions inspired about environment, Sir Bono's tireless work in Africa, Michael J. Fox's spotlight on stem cell politics, Time Magazine's person of the year this year is "you" or "us" depending on how you look at it.
Yahoo turns to its continued growth in social media to help fill its business listings in Yahoo Local with more relevant and timely information about local companies.
When speaking of website optimization practices, it is often associated with SEO and the goal of achieving high search rankings. While this certainly is important to a site's overall visibility, gaining and retaining user trust should also be a primary focus of any company looking to bolster its virtual presence.
