How Google+ could fuse social and search Google+ could have big implications for social and search marketers, writes Dave Williams. Google’s ability to span search and social could usher in a new era of social search marketing, with data-rich [Continue]

StumbleUpon overtakes Facebook as top social-traffic source StumbleUpon has toppled Facebook as the top U.S. source of social referrals, according to data from StatCounter. The social service last overtook Facebook in February before swiftly falling [Continue]

How Twitter ate MySpace’s lunch There are plenty of reasons for MySpace’s fade — technical troubles, bad PR, intrusive advertising and security issues — but one of the site’s biggest problems was the emergence of more [Continue]

Twitter adds a built-in URL-shortening service Twitter Now Automatically Shortens Links Twitter has announced the launch of a built-in URL shortener that will reduce the length of all tweeted links to 19 characters but still will allow users’ [Continue]

Social media helps tornado survivors pick up the pieces in Mo. The tornado-ravaged town of Joplin, Mo., is using social media to help residents find missing people. With phone lines and other key infrastructure left in tatters, Twitter usage surged [Continue]