Microsoft takes stake in Facebook

So Microsoft didn’t buy Facebook, but they made the relationship stronger. Things should get really interesting now. With a good chunk of the SEM world mad at Google for the paid link thing, MSN making moves to improve their search AND tell people about it, and their already dominance on all PCs initially, this could make an interest shift in the search world.

Not one I am particularly happy about (I’m for Ask, the real undergog), but this does prove the already proven point that SEMs are not in danger of losing their jobs anytime soon. The market changes too fast, and if you aren’t keeping up, your website could suffer.

Just in the past 48 hours we have seen many high ranked sites drop because of paid linking practices, and a major buy in social marketing. Not reacting properly to this in certain markets could mean the death of your site in the future.

So I’m with Lisa. I’m not worried about my profession any time soon.