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Ashley Zeckman

2014

Industry

China Blocks Google Ahead of Tiananmen Square 25th Anniversary

As early as last Friday, Google reported slower levels of activity from China. It is speculated that the disruption is…

02 Jun 2014

PPC

Travel PPC: Top Advertisers, Keywords & Destinations [Report]

About 12,700 advertisers spent more than $750 million on more than 50,000 travel-related keywords in Google AdWords. Those keywords averaged…

28 May 2014

Industry

Model Battles Google, Yahoo in Court Over Images Linking Her to Porn Sites

A lawsuit by Argentinian model Maria Belen Rodriguez alleges that the search results have ruined her life and damaged her…

27 May 2014

Industry

Google Search Engine Market Share Nears 68%

Google holds a staggering 67.6 percent of the U.S. search engine market share (tying their own record, which was set…

20 May 2014

Local

Google Adds Quick Facts to Maps

Google has added an additional Maps feature called Quick Facts for desktop users looking for some extra factoids in their…

20 May 2014

Industry

Bing Adds Food & Drug Information to Snapshot Results

Fresh off of adding 150 million doctors, lawyers, and professionals, Bing has expanded its Snapshot feature again. Now Bing searchers…

19 May 2014

SEO

Websites Fail Page Speed Test: 4 Things You Need to Know [Study]

Internet marketing company Portent recently tested 500 e-commerce sites using YSlow to gather basic performance data and found 50 percent…

15 May 2014

Local

From Foursquare to Swarm: Mayor 2.0, Insights, Stickers & Goodbye Badges

The time has come to say goodbye to Foursquare mayorships as we know them. Foursquare has revealed some new details…

12 May 2014

Social

4 Statistics About Pinterest Users You Need to Know [Study]

A new study of 50,000 random pinners and their pins looks at how people are using Pinterest, whether women are…

09 May 2014

Local

Google Buys, Then Shuts Down Restaurant Website Builder Appetas

Google has purchased and shut down Seattle-based Appetas, a website that lets restaurateurs build a website inexpensively with integrations (social,…

08 May 2014

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