Comments on: Will Social Nets Replace Search For Content Discovery? http://searchengineland.com/will-social-nets-replace-search-for-content-discovery-27273 Search Engine Land: News On Search Engines, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Sat, 26 May 2012 06:18:00 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Splinter09 http://searchengineland.com/will-social-nets-replace-search-for-content-discovery-27273/comment-page-1#comment-7272 Splinter09 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:32:23 +0000 http://searchengineland.com/?p=27273#comment-7272 I'm sure it wont be long before Social Media becomes the second source for content discovery. Right now for me Twitter has become a very useful tool to discover content, but I a tend to do is blend the info I find on Twitter with what ever I can find on the with normal search. I’m sure it wont be long before Social Media becomes the second source for content discovery. Right now for me Twitter has become a very useful tool to discover content, but I a tend to do is blend the info I find on Twitter with what ever I can find on the with normal search.

]]> By: jfloyd http://searchengineland.com/will-social-nets-replace-search-for-content-discovery-27273/comment-page-1#comment-7246 jfloyd Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:05:47 +0000 http://searchengineland.com/?p=27273#comment-7246 I wrote a little bit about this phenomena in April. I think that social media has distinct advantages over search as far as being a top referrer of content. People use their networks as "portals" Networks can be hyperlocal Networks can provide information that is contextually relevant Social media is in real time social is direct and filtered Power of eavesdropping I would be interested to compare the thoughts from the Nielsen report with may lay estimations a few months back http://www.jeremyfloyd.com/2009/twitter-facebook-replacing-search/ I wrote a little bit about this phenomena in April. I think that social media has distinct advantages over search as far as being a top referrer of content.

People use their networks as “portals”

Networks can be hyperlocal

Networks can provide information that is contextually relevant

Social media is in real time

social is direct and filtered

Power of eavesdropping

I would be interested to compare the thoughts from the Nielsen report with may lay estimations a few months back http://www.jeremyfloyd.com/2009/twitter-facebook-replacing-search/

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