AdSense Publisher Sues Google - And Wins
That's what a Google litigation paralegal asked the judge in a Palo Alto small claims court judge this week. "What if everyone whose account was canceled sued Google? The judge ruled in favor of an...
View ArticleSearchDay | Integration in a Decentralized World
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Integration in a Decentralized World; Combating SEO Implementation Paralysis; Matt Cutts Clarifies Google's New Preference of Brands; and more.
View ArticleSocial Media Madness - The Final Four
NCAA March Madness is in full swing, and so is Social Media Madness! We started our own Big Dance with 16, but now the Final Four is starting to come into focus.
View ArticleInternational Social Media Strategy: One Size Does Not Fit All
While the social media space is becoming more defined every day, it's still the Wild West; especially when you look to take your strategy international. It may seem overwhelming, but if you embrace the...
View ArticleSkype Moves Near Facebook HQ To Consolidate Mobile, Consumer Electronics...
As a matter of fact, business development as well as regional marketing and Skype for Business will be led from the company's new offices on in Palo Alto , where Facebook is also headquartered. Skype,...
View ArticleFacebook's Face Recognition Tagging Feature Signalling Photo Search?
It's highly probable though that the Palo Alto company will wait for feedback before stepping further into such territory, as it has already faced much criticism and even regulatory probes over its...
View ArticleFacebook Mulling Check-Ins Launch In Coming Weeks [Report]
The geolocation service could start with localizing events, as Facebook recently acquired events check-in service Hot Potato and hired its founder, Justin Shaffer, now rumored to be moving to...
View ArticleGetting Seriously 'Wowd' On Facebook
Better than words, here's a video from Wowd to sum you up the demo they showed us at their Palo Alto premises yesterday. The search startup has launched what it calls a "Social Discovery Client For...
View ArticleFacebook Places Banks On Foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp, Booyah Steam
The feature will "visible to the world in the web tomorrow," CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during the conference announcing the new feature at the company's headquarters in Palo Alto yesterday. After months...
View ArticleYahoo Testing New Local Design
The beta is available now in nine cities: Mountain View, Palo Alto , San Francisco and Sunnyvale (California); Birmingham, Ferndale, and Royal Oak (Michigan); and Brooklyn (New York). Yahoo is testing...
View ArticleMicrosoft Making Company's Biggest Acquisition: Skype
The Palo Alto -based social networking giant had little or no chance of buying Skype. Microsoft will acquire Skype for $8.5 billion in a move that is the biggest acquisition of the company's history....
View ArticleReputation Management: PR vs. Search vs. China’s Water Army
And if rumors of Facebook entering China are true, the Palo Alto -based social network better get up to speed on how the world of e-PR works in the country, or risk becoming a "victim" in the wild,...
View ArticleFacebook and Google Execs Equally Suck at Social Media
Google is catching a lot of flack for their management team’s lackluster performance on Google+. Other execs are standing behind their product, it’s been said. Not at Facebook. Google and Facebook...
View ArticleFacebook Acquires Gowalla, Tests Negative Feedback Feature, Expands in NYC
Facebook will acquire privately held social networking firm Gowalla for an undisclosed sum in a bid to improve its location-based networking operation; is testing a new negative feedback feature is in...
View ArticleMan Changes Name to Mark Zuckerberg to Defend Selling Likes
A disgruntled Israeli webpreneur has changed his name to Mark Zuckerberg in an effort to embarrass the social media network should they attempt to sue him for repeatedly violating their terms of service.
View ArticleFacebook Sponsored Stories Coming to the News Feed
Facebook is preparing to roll out Sponsored Stories in the news feed. The ads will roll out gradually from January, allowing brands to reach users whose friends have interacted with their pages; for...
View ArticleYandex Adds Face Recognition Technology
Russian search giant Yandex has added facial recognition technology to its photo hosting service, Yandex.Fotki. Yandex is leveraging Face.com's facial recognition technology to create a "smart" photo...
View ArticleBlekko Tests Search Ads
Startup search engine Blekko has recently begun to test search ads on its site. It works with several large brands through feeds from Google and Bing but doesn't have direct relationships with any...
View ArticleGoogle Cars: New Sponsored Results Not Yet Generating Many Car Leads
Google has quietly launched what is being referred to as Google Cars – a new addition to Google’s comparison ads. Google hasn’t officially announced Google Cars, so we reached out to one of the...
View ArticleMining Social Data to Create a Content Strategy
You can apply a smorgasbord of social data – from Facebook, Twitter, Google, Pinterest, and tools – in your strategic work to inform decision-making. But one of the most useful, and relevant currently,...
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