Internet marketing has seen some big changes in 2009 and it’s fair to say we can expect more of the same in 2010. Social media strengthened it’s grip on search with real-time results from sources such as twitter hitting the SERPs for the first time as Google continue to not only deliver relevant results but also up-to the minute information of news events.

Many online marketers will still remember when world wide awareness of the earthquake in China in 2008 was dispersed through Twitter and social media sites long before the major news channels ran with the story. Even Google was left behind as it’s major source of current events, new websites, failed to deliver articles in time.

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