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Using Google Analytics Dashboards for Better Insights
Analytics dashboards allow you to grab bits and pieces of data from various reports and collect them all into one simple and easily digestible…
Google+ Waiting For ‘Hypergrowth’, Partners With Flipboard
Bradley Horowitz says Google+ hasn't yet reached the intense period of growth that has been experienced by competitors such as Facebook and Twitter. Also,…
Google Maps UK River, Canal Routes
Google is undertaking the project in conjunction with the Canal & River Trust, which is responsible for the UK's water systems, and wants to…
YouTube MP3 Conversion Website Told to End Download Service
Large Youtube to MP3 conversion website Youtube-MP3.org has been threatened with legal action, and seen its servers blocked from accessing YouTube because its MP3…
Facebook Dominates Web With More Home Page Integration Than Google+, Twitter Combined
Of the top 10,000 websites, 24.3% have official Facebook home page integration. If you include all other links to Facebook, almost half of these…
Google Reveals More Government Search Censorship Requests
In the last half of 2011, governments asked Google to remove about 12,000 pieces of content from their search index and attempted to access…
Search vs. Social: The 50 Shades of Gray in Online Information Retrieval
Those who posit Facebook with improved search poses a genuine threat to Google’s search dominance are painting a broad picture with a narrow brush.…
How Big Data is Fundamentally Changing Local Search
Beyond algorithmic changes that local search is likely to experience in the next few years, we’re witnessing a changing of the guard as newcomers…
Paid Search Decathlon of Quality
Like Olympic athletes, paid search marketers practice their craft daily, all with the goal of inspiring customers in 3 seconds to choose our ad…
Video Ad Views Grow 117% Year Over Year
180 million U.S. Internet users watched nearly 36.6 billion online content videos in May 2012, according to comScore Video Metrix data. Video ads saw…
Facebook Chief Technology Officer Bret Taylor Resigns
Facebook's Chief Technology Officer has announced his resignation from the company. Bret Taylor, who in the past also worked for Google, said that he…
Facebook Settles Privacy Lawsuit, Buys Facial Recognition Company Face.com
Facebook has been ordered to pay $10 million to charity to settle a U.S. lawsuit over Sponsored Stories for using images of users without…
Game Over for Bejeweled Blitz & More Google+ Games
You can no longer play “Bejeweled Blitz” on Google+. The popular game has been pulled from Google+ Games, PopCap confirmed. PopCap thanked its players…
Google Penguin Crashes Wedding Site’s Shady Link Building Strategy
Dissecting the shady link building tactics one site used offers further evidence that old link building tricks that worked for years are no longer…
Keyword Expansion: How to Expand Your Keyword List Past Your Initial Research
With keyword expansion, your goal is to target new keyword opportunities by discovering potentially untapped relevant and traffic/lead-driving search verticals – adding a mix…
Obama Beats Romney Early in Digital Marketing Race
A winning digital strategy may loom even larger in influencing this year’s presidential campaign than it did in 2008. When it comes to searches,…
Proper SEO and the Robots.txt File
When optimizing a website, don't disregard the power of robots.txt. Learn how to properly implement robots.txt to avoid search ranking problems and damaging your…
Father’s Day 2012 Google Doodle Celebrates #1 Dads With Animated Logo
Happy Father's Day! Google’s tribute to dads in more than 70 countries – from Japan, to India, to the UK, and most of North…
Google, Facebook Top List of Sites Tracking Users Most [Study]
When it comes to user tracking around the web, Google and Facebook seem to be the biggest offenders – their properties combined make up…
Syncapse Acquires Clickable, Gains Enhanced Search & Social Management
Social performance management platform Syncapse has announced their intention to acquire Clickable, bringing its ad technology and knowledge into their fold. The deal is…