The Social Media Minute: Yahoo, Google Go Beyond Plain Search

Social Media moves so fast, its hard to keep up. Here’s the week’s top stories, in scan-friendly format.

This week:

• Yahoo Glue Comes to the US
• Using Tarpipe to Unclog the Social Media Pipe
• Google's Getting a SearchWiki
• Get Yer Free Blog on TypePad

Yahoo Glue Comes to the US

Yahoo Glue has been coming to a theater near you since May of this year and now it has finally arrived in the US. It's a twist on a typical search page showing results like news, video (including YouTube), images, wikipedia, Yahoo Shopping and more.

First launched in India, Yahoo Glue for the US is a little different starting with showing only two columns of search results instead of three. You can also search only on a limited set of topics.

According TechCrunch, Glue will not replace the traditional search page for Yahoo, instead, it will be just a “useful content page that brings in data from lots of different sources on topics”.

Check it out for yourself: glue.yahoo.com

Using Tarpipe to Unclog the Social Media Pipe

Tired of updating all your social networking sites one at time? Having trouble organizing and keeping track of where you are socializing? A new service offering says it can help.

Tarpipe is a workflow tool that helps you organize workflows for all your content. It's an alternative to services such as Ping.fm, SocialThing and PixelPipe and it looks pretty slick.

We did a quick review of Tarpipe's features which include organizing and publishing content, publishing to a number of different services at once, backlogging and tagging photos. And to top it off, Tarpipe has an extensive API library.

Still in beta, we recommend you take a closer look.

Google's Got a SearchWiki

Just released yesterday, Google launched SearchWiki, a new way to customize your search results. As long as you are signed into your Google account, you can re-rank, delete, add and comment on your search results.

These changes are only viewable by you, but you can also share your changes with other searchers. Check out the “See all notes for this SearchWiki” link.

Bottom of Google Search

You have to look really closely to see some of the functionality, like moving a result or deleting it. Yes, look very closely…

Check out the arrow and x at the end of the result link

It will be interesting to see how much this new feature will be used. Want to know more? Watch this video:

The Social Media Minute: Yahoo, Google Go Beyond Plain Search

Social Media moves so fast, its hard to keep up. Here’s the week’s top stories, in scan-friendly format.\n\nThis week:\n\n* Yahoo Glue Comes to the US\n* Using Tarpipe to Unclog the Social Media Pipe\n* Google's Getting a SearchWiki \n* Get Yer Free Blog on TypePad\n\n

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