According to Mashable, Google's now making some monumental changes to Google Social Search, and it is announcing three new websites that will appear prominently in social search results.  

The first major change is that Google Social Search results will no longer appear only at the bottom of the page, but will instead be "blended" throughout the page. This is good news for anyone looking to be part of a level playing field relevant to social search results. 

The second update to social search will be results for any content shared by your friends on Quora, Flickr and Twitter. This is not only good for consumers but anyone wanting to increase their social presence within the B2B environment. 

The final update focuses on increasing the control users have over what gets displayed in social search. Google has revamped its options page to give users the ability to both publicly and privately connect their social profiles to their Google accounts. Again, a win/win for both B2B and B2C social strategies. 

One thing this update doesn't include is Facebook "Like" data, a prominent feature of Microsoft Bing. Unlike Google, Bing has access to instant personalization and Facebook user data. 

For more information, continue to follow Mashable – they continually have the ‘in’ to any updates for Google Social Search!

You can also learn more by going directly to Google here. 

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