links for 2009-06-02

  • If you're a local businesses, it's likely that Google plays a role in helping customers find you. And we're not just talking about your website — thanks to Google Maps and Google Search, you may also be getting a lot of online traffic to your business listing. You've probably seen one of these listings before:
  • Web sites that are not easy to find via search miss out on attracting new customers as well as repeat customers that use Google to navigate sites they already know about. Is the same true for web sites that are not social media friendly?
  • Keen wrote that Facebook’s infusion of $200 million from Russian investors signaled “the final act of the Web 2.0 tragi-comedy.”
  • The new dashboard ties into BuzzLogic’s Conversation Ad Targeting (CPM) Platform and will enable "advertisers to gain insight into and capitalize on the rich conversations that are occurring across the Web through targeted ad placements,” says Rob Crumpler, CEO.
    (tags: social-media)