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The new product, which Yahoo is launching in connection with location software company Yext, is designed to help companies easily update their online listings across more than 40 online platforms designed to reach 150 million local searchers.
Capitalizing on what appears to be unquenchable demand for video content, BuzzFeed has announced plans to beef up efforts to create more viral video content, with the creation of a social video lab and a content deal with CNN.com.
Twitter's self-serve ad platform is now available to all U.S. users, rather than just on an invitation-only basis. The social media platform has also added enhancements designed to help advertisers better analyze and manage their ad campaigns.
Best of the Web, a directory of all the content on the web, turns 19 on April 20. SEW spoke with BOTW president and founder Greg Harnett about his company’s upcoming birthday, how the industry has evolved since its founding and where BOTW is going.
Love them or hate them, hashtags are reportedly coming to Facebook - sometime - and most marketers couldn't be happier. There has been no official announcement by the social network about how, when, or where Facebook will incorporate the feature.
Facebook announced that it has agreed to acquire Seattle-based Atlas Advertising from Microsoft for an undisclosed amount, in a move that demonstrates how serious the social media giant is getting about digital advertising.
Google says automatic sign-in for on Android, iOS, or the web will accelerate online registration and conversion, increase engagement among users, and, most key, give companies access to data on downloads, signed-in users, and their activity.
Yahoo confirmed that it has signed a global agreement with Google to display its ads on selected Yahoo properties and co-branded sites. The deal is non-exclusive, so Yahoo will also continue to display ads from competitors such as Microsoft's Bing.
Online search giant Google exceeded forecasters' expectations with reported revenues of $14.42 billion for the last quarter of 2012. This is an increase of 36 percent over the comparable quarter in 2011, and an 8 percent increase over the previous...
While Facebook is pushing its own newly-launched ecommerce effort, Facebook Gifts, retailers connected to Facebook are also seeking a piece of the holiday shopping action ahead of Black Friday.
At an event shrouded in secrecy, Facebook unveiled 14 new retail partners for Facebook Gifts and said that the online shopping app is now available to all Facebook users in the U.S. and Canada.
In a further indication that Pinterest is courting brands, the company announced that publications, designers, bloggers, retailers, online merchants, nonprofit organizations, or local businesses can now sign up for their own business accounts.