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Mike Obrien

2015

Social

Allrecipes.com Reboot Demonstrates Union Between Search and Social

Today, Allrecipes.com unveils its redesigned site, which has become a search-influenced social network focused on connecting users based on their…

01 Sep 2015

Industry

What Would You Do If You Were CEO of Skyscanner?

In the spirit of a Skyscanner promotion giving someone the chance to spend the day as CEO of the travel…

31 Aug 2015

Industry

Facebook Forks Out S**tloads to Disrupt Digital Assistants

Facebook debuted a digital assistant, M, that mixes artificial intelligence with human hands. Could M be the definitive digital assistant,…

27 Aug 2015

Industry

Google’s CTR Dominance Is a Double-Edged Sword

Google trounces Yahoo and Bing when it comes to ad impressions and CTR, but the numbers are much closer than…

27 Aug 2015

Mobile

Do App Interstitials Create A Bad User Experience?

Google research says yes, counting the ad format among negative ranking factors. However, Yelp's CEO - and industry experts -…

25 Aug 2015

Social

Tweets Officially Show In Google Desktop Searches

Six months after the deal giving Twitter access to Google's "firehose" of data generated by Tweets, Tweets have started to…

21 Aug 2015

Industry

Bing Snapshots First to Bring Advanced In-App Search to Users

This fall, Bing will become the first search engine to publicly share its knowledge graph, helping developers improve their apps…

21 Aug 2015

Video

Google Tests Video Ads Within Search Results

Google is following Bing and Yahoo in testing video ads in its search results. Though it's behind the competition, will…

21 Aug 2015

Analytics

Facebook Pulls Ahead of Google In Referral Traffic

Last quarter, Facebook surpassed Google in referral traffic to news sites, challenging the search giant's dominance and becoming its most…

20 Aug 2015

Mobile

Is Pinterest a Dark Horse in Mobile Search?

Though Pinterest isn't a search engine, new stats from eMarketer show that the platform, which two-thirds of people use in-store,…

19 Aug 2015

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