"Pictures of my friends in 2009 taken in Lisbon, Portugal". "Friends that live nearby who like sushi and watching How I Met Your Mother". "Single women who live near me". These are the types of queries that Facebook's just-announced Graph Search will be able to parse.
Cool, creepy, revealing, or useful? Graph Search gives a new, powerful reason for why we put so much data onto Facebook. Why share so much if it's not discoverable by others after all?
Mistakes. We all make them, and ideally we learn from them. But even the smallest of mistakes on your website can sometimes cause big problems. And big problems with a website can cause lost traffic, money, and jobs.
Social media is something we're all told we need to market our goods and services, but few small businesses really get around to tapping its potential. It's understandable why so few businesses take the leap. Understanding the nuances of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Yelp and other platforms entails a steep learning curve, and besides, there are only so many waking hours in the day to get it done.
