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On Twit­ter today Matt Cutts @mattcutts pro­vided a link to a blog post on “web­site hack­ing (to pro­tect your­self).” http://bit.ly/d0CXEI  It is def­i­nitely worth a read.

On this site I found a link to a tool that checks your site for prob­lems.  Have a look:

http://bit.ly/JFmxI

While on Face­book I read that the Health Care Bill in the US passed.  I wanted to learn more about it so did a search through Google and could not find the lat­est news (this was last night).  I then went to Twit­ter and there were lots of post about this.

So a ques­tion, where are folks get­ting the infor­ma­tion that is posted on Twit­ter and Face­book before Google, Yahoo, Bling, etc. have it listed.  If it is on the TV, radio, then how does it hit in social media first before the news wires pick it up and have it posted — OR — is it all related to search?

So are we the reporters now, and if so, can we trust what is being reported?  I know / I know… but think about it.  It’s not just the top news sto­ries, it is also what is being reported for the lat­est issues with SEO, search engine updates, and so much more.

So my ques­tion, do we trust what is being reported in social media or do we trust what we even­tu­ally see in news reports through search engine searches?

Jan

I watched a pro­gram tonight that was on prior to the Acad­emy Awards pro­gram called the ‘Red Car­pet’.  It was the nor­mal ‘meet and great’ of stars.  You know… who they were with, what they were wear­ing, etc. One big thing that really stood out to me was that the inter­view­ers / reporters talked to the stars BUT asked ques­tions that had been posted on Face­book and Twit­ter — and — not one even flinched.  Wow, what a change from even last year.

So you have to know that if social media has hit the Oscar ‘red car­pet’ you best be hit­ting social media in your business!

Many con­grats to the win­ners Jeff, San­dra and Kathryn — right on!!

BTW — did you get a look at some of those dresses???

Jan