How Social Media is Growing Businesses This year, cities across the country have seen an uptick in one flavor of entrepreneur: the street food vendor. From San Francisco’s Magic Curry Kart to New Haven’s Cupcake Truck, these (often one-person) mobile operations have seized social media to build devoted customer bases and superb word-of-mouth. Take a page from their book—explore new ways to publicize your services. And let us help you to find the perfect vendor to improve and grow your business.  | |  | On July 29, Microsoft and Yahoo! announced a long-rumored agreement to consolidate their search engine services. Online advertising experts generally applauded the decision, which creates both consolidation and competition in the industry. One industry analyst told the Wall Street Journal that he felt the agreement would help provide some much-needed supply for high-demand pay per click advertisers. Not only do company officials intend to take on Googles most profitable service, they hope to rebuild connections with former search users by emphasizing higher quality results.
Under the agreement, Microsofts Bing platform will handle both organic and paid search results on all of Yahoos online properties for the next ten years. Both companies will maintain their own content properties, with officials from Microsoft and Yahoo! noting that they will remain "vigorously competitive" when developing outlets for display advertising. Pay per click optimization specialists now find themselves learning more about the still-new Bing platform, while developing strategies to help clients manage the right inventory across Google, Bing, and Yahoo! search results. Read the full article >> | | Find More Help |  | Advertisement |