Top Internet Marketing, Strategy & Technology Links – Feb 26, 2010

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Google announced via Twitter, that public status updates from Facebook are now included in the search engine’s real-time search feature. That means the largest social network in the world is getting play in Google’s real-time search alongside Twitter, MySpace, and others.- Your Facebook Page is in Google’s Real-Time Results Now (WebProNews)

While only updates for pages are showing up right now, Facebook’s status as the major social network means that what happens there will have a big play in search results for companies. May be time to figure out how to better use Facebook pages…

Ron and his team ran some A/B testing online that compared a traditional Web form layout with a narrative “Mad Libs” format. In Vast.com’s testing, Mad Libs style forms increased conversion across the board by 25-40%. – “Mad Libs” Style Form Increases Conversion 25-40% (LukeW)

This is fascinating. If you stop to think about it, it makes sense, though. People have an easier time reading things meant for people than things meant for computers. I love to see new ways (new old ways) to design things on the web to make them easier (and better conversions doesn’t hurt either). I think I’m going to try this on a few of our sites too…

Watch this short 3 minute video to learn how to tie together Twiangulate, TweepML, and a text editor for maximum Twitter fun and power. Want to boost your following with people who have interesting things to say? Want to find new insights? Try out this method. – How to power up your Twitter (Christopher S. Penn)

Twitter is relatively new so there are always new ways to use it. Chris Penn has some interesting ideas that are worth a try.

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