The real-time web: the impact of social networks on organic search

Punch By Stijn De Meyere

According to UK-based PR, search and social media agency Punch Communications, “the addition of real time social media factors into results on search engines could serve to galvanize the quality of organic search”.

The influence of social media on search engine results is becoming more and more prominent every day, and is likely to get even more significant in near future.

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Study: emerging group of Boomers embraces social media and consists of influencers

Here is another piece of research. It’s already a week or so ‘old’ but I just found it when sifting through my inbox and the PRWeb press releases from the last weeks (have to clean that inbox and fast).

According to a survey, conducted by CPH Research, on behalf of Continuum Crew, Baby Boomer-aged respondents’ anxiety has shifted from the collapse of the economy to the cost of health care. 

What does this have to do with this blog? Well, in fact, nothing. But the survey also found some interesting things on the media consumption of this age group (generation born between 1946 and 1964). 

In fact, I quote, “the only media activity to rise dramatically (in this age group) was time spent on the Internet. 

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