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This week has been huge for social media networks Facebook, and Google+. With the battle lines now being clearly drawn, Facebook and Google are set to be at war for the best Social Network.

The evolution of the Social Network

Love them or hate them, but social networks are becomming more and more a part of everyday life. From seeing what your old high school buddies are doing,  tagging your close friends with you at the local bar, to tweeting questions to celebrities, TV Shows and Politicians.

This week has been an enormous week for the social media phenomenon. Google+, the answer to Facebook from Google (and the successor to Google’s Buzz) was released to the public. A timely release, with Facebook announcing major changes to its social network, on top of the new changes already rolled out this week. So let’s start it off by going through the three main social media networks today…

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