Yahoo announced last week a partnership with Twitter to integrate tweets directly into its newsfeed. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer calls it #bestoftheweb, and says it will “seamlessly include relevant and personalized Tweets alongside stories from Yahoo!
If you've visited your Google+ account in the past day, you may have noticed Google's big announcement at play: a new look and feel for the social network that puts imagery front and center in a huge way.
"People communicate with each other by conversation, not by typing keywords -- and we've been hard at work to make Google understand and answer your questions more like people do," said Google's Amit Singhal in a post on features announced at...
Mobile isn’t just for finding local merchants to start the shopping experience. Recent data from Google shows mobile is a shopping companion while consumers are in the store looking to buy. In a new study, “Mobile In-Store Research: How in-store...
In a ruling this week, a German federal court said Google must restrict information in its autocomplete when it violates personal rights. The suit, filed by an unnamed man according to the BBC, claimed defamatory autocomplete suggestions on Google...
As an example, I'm a virtual nobody, but I'm separated from Tim Berners-Lee, Dolly Parton and Barack Obama by only one level. In "Can Google be Trusted to Do No Evil? I talked about how Google+ provided a hub by which users could be tied to their...
BloomReach announced today the release of its “Continuous Quality Management” (CQM) technology, which aims to automate web page optimization and user experience through the standards it sets for quality content.
A new question-and-answer feature from social networking site Klout will soon become a more prominent feature in Bing's search results. Klout Experts" is a Q&A feature rolling out to all users in the future, but for now, is reserved for a small...
Ever wanted to craft art on Google's homepage? Today is your lucky day – if, for some reason, your mother really likes Google's logo. Google celebrates Mother's Day 2013 with an extravagant interactive Google Doodle that lets you craft, print, and...
In February, Google filed an appeal in Russia to challenge the censorship of a YouTube video deemed unlawful. This week, Google was defeated. How to cut a vein" is the (paraphrased) title of a video that sparked a legal suit between Google, its...
Before you get too cozy with a new Google product, you may want to mosey on over to Gwern.net, a site that published data attempting to predict Google product shutdowns. The data could be intriguing to the many marketers who've embraced a new...
YouTube has announced two new features that offer convenience and control in uploading and publishing videos. An email notification system will send users a message when videos are processed. YouTube says this solves the constant-refresh problem...
Google has placed itself smack dab in the middle of a geopolitical conflict in its move to change the name of Google.ps from "Palestinian Territories" to "Palestine. The name "Palestine" is controversial to some while Israel and the Palestinian...
If last week's data on the rise of mobile research and conversion didn’t stir an action, more stats are surfacing from the Local Search Association and comScore that show mobile, local, and apps are the trifecta in web marketing.
Be like MacGyver and Bruce Lee. Social dashboards indicate Facebook marketing fashion changes by the season. In order to stay ahead of the competition, you might have to download a book or two, attend a webinar or five, and stay on a regular diet...
According to Lee Odden, author of the book "Optimize": “When a SEO and content marketing strategy work together, repurposing content means additional SEO assets to attract search traffic on many different variations of a theme.
Facebook's Promoted Page Likes advertising rolled out globally this week, offering businesses worldwide a simplified way to get more Likes to their Facebook pages. Here's what you need to know about Promoted Page Likes ads:
Mobile is movin’ on up as a preferred device for consumers to perform research on and purchase with in the U.S. This, according to findings in the 2013 Mobile Path-to-Purchase study by Telmetrics and xAd.
As we set out to develop these apps, we wanted to take full advantage of the unique aspects of tablet devices, like the beautiful screens and intuitive gestures, while also making it easier and more fun for you to read and manage your email," said...
Google Glass turned up on auction site eBay yesterday. The augmented reality eyewear apparently fetched bids of more than $95,000, according to Forbes, showing that the product is in high demand. The listing, which reached $90,100.00 (as seen in...
