Facebook: “Like” is liked but do you like it? I bet Google doesn’t

I’ve been playing around with Facebook’s “I like this” or, if you prefer, “I recommend this” button and have manually implemented it on top of some posts like this one. I also checked out all the other new Social Graph related features that Facebook added.

Indeed, manually, because although the blog platform I use, TypePad, was the first in the “Like” button program, it hasn’t really done spectacular things with it yet but, then again, it's all so new.

You can add a “Like” or "Recommend" button for your blog in general via TypePad, but as far as I can tell, it’s impossible on a post basis, unless you have access to the source code of TypePad.

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The role of Twitter and blogs in lead generation for small and medium businesses

A recent report from HubSpot claims that inbound online marketing attracts more and cheaper leads small and medium businesses.

HubSpot, as you probably know, but for the record, an inbound online marketing platform and company, says that, well, what it does has the potential to double the average monthly leads for smaller and medium level businesses.

A company’s presence on Google as well as its customer base can take a hike if a community of followers is created through twitter and a regular influx of updated content on a blog is guaranteed.

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