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Google Sends Picasa Users to Google+ Photos
Google has changed its toolbar navigation to direct users to Google+ Photos rather than Picasa. Though picasa.google.com still works, this may indicate that Google…
Walmart Focuses on Local with Facebook
Much of Walmart's success lies in their use of Chinese manufacturing and the expectation of their vendors to follow suit. Recent acquisitions and new…
Google +1’s Arrive on Display Ads
If you are running ads in the Google Display Network, you should begin seeing +1 buttons and annotations on all your ads. The +1…
YouTube Wants to Put You in Space
YouTube is starting a competition for students to suggest an experiment to be done in outer space and prizes include space training. As part…
Holy Google+ Hangout Features Dalai Lama, Archbishop Tutu
The role of social media in providing platforms for public figures to communicate with their followers just took on a holy spin. Unable to…
Google Unveils Dart to Compete with JavaScript in All Browsers
Designed for quick prototyping and compatibility across multiple browsers and platforms, Google has introduced Dart, a new scripting language for client-side Web programming. Google…
18 Minutes a Day to Social Media Time Management
Social media can easily monopolize hours of our day. But what if you could improve your social media time management and your business in…
The 7 Principles of Bulk Outreach for Link Building
Your task: to build lists of relevant prospects and their contact info, then create an offer that will get these prospects to respond to…
4 Companies Winning in the Foreign Language Internet
The question for ecommerce businesses right now isn’t “can I afford to invest in foreign language websites?” Rather, it’s “can I afford not to?!”…
Google Gumby Logo Honors Art Clokey’s 90th Birthday
Today Google is honoring Art Clokey, clay animation and stop motion animation pioneer. Clokey brought us Gumby; now Google has a Doodle just for…
Yahoo, Google, AOL Vie for Premium Video Dominance
Yahoo, Google, and AOL are investing more heavily in original video content, motivated by rising consumer demand for short-form series and strong advertiser interest…
Inside Google’s Debate Over Search Retargeting
Staffers in Google's display ad operation are frustrated. They can't leverage search queries to create customized ads outside the search environment. Why doesn't Google…
Was the Google Panda 2.5 Panic Warranted?
Data that identified winners and losers of the latest iteration of Panda, where it appeared that Google was now favoring their own brands because…
Twitter Settles Lawsuit, Gets “Tweet” Trademark
Twitter and Twittad have settled out of court; the trademark for the word “Tweet” will transfer to Twitter, while TwittAd retains the right to…
Google Acquires Twitter Analytics Startup SocialGrapple
Details of the SocialGrapple deal were not disclosed but it appears to be a talent acquisition. It gives you visual insights, email reports, and…
Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) Adds Bing, Social Integration
Microsoft's Windows Phone Mango update has been released. Users will find deep integration with social features and a mobile-tuned Bing search that lets you…
SES London – February 2012 – Speaking submissions now being accepted
The SES Program Team is now accepting speaking proposals for SES London. Please remember to fill the speaker submission form out completely, including a…
Google+ Adds Advanced Notification Controls
Google+ now gives you more control over your notifications when someone shares content with you, you're notified about a post, you're mentioned, you're invited…
PPC Bid Optimization Without Conversion Tracking
Having a lack of good conversion data is no excuse for not optimizing bids in a campaign. The campaign can still perform better. Optimizing…
The Community Manager’s Conflict Playbook
This playbook addresses various less-than-ideal scenarios and proposed solutions in a step-by-step outline. Arm yourself with these tactics to resolve issues ranging from a…