This week's best social, search and e-commerce tips (Small Business E-commerce Link Digest – August 24, 2012)

Just a quick look this week at the best social, search and e-commerce tips I’ve run across. Enjoy:

• Rob Petersen uncovers the secrets that 166 social media case studies reveal.
• Danny Sullivan offers a must-read on how Google went from search engine to content destination.
• John F. Doherty looks at letting keyword research guide business decisions. Great idea.
• And, as a follow-up to my thoughts on the future of e-commerce, Social Commerce Today examines what it calls probably the smartest thread you’ll read on (social) e-commerce. Great stuff.

Have a great weekend, Big Thinkers. See you back here next week.

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