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Mobile, Local, Barcodes, and Bathroom Stalls
A perfect storm is brewing for mobile advertising in search, display, and SMS; and across mobile web and native apps. But what does it…
Court Ruling Opens Doors for Google Music Improvements
Google Music is one of several services that have ventured into the legally treacherous realm of cloud music storage and playback. However, a recent…
Gmail Sees First Google+ Integration
Google+ is starting to make small appearances on other Google services. Googler Mark Striebeck has announced that, using an expanded widget, Gmail will soon…
Facebook Updates Sharing Options, Credit Google+?
Facebook has launched a set of new privacy options that give users greater control over tags and post visibility. The new controls seem to…
Will Google Buy Hulu?
Google is one of the front-runners in the bidding war for streaming video site Hulu, with bids expected to be anywhere from $500 million…
Google Panda 6 Months Out Still Has People Baffled
Panda has created a scenario where publishers who don't embrace SEO are condemned to feel the sting of what happens when they don't. SEO…
Creating an In-House Search Marketing Center of Excellence
The Search Center of Excellence model can be the perfect platform to demonstrate thought leadership and provide SEO benefits to your organization. Here are…
Developing A Social Messaging Approval Process
Are your status updates, tweets, or other social media messaging stuck in limbo due to a lack of approval from the powers that be?…
Turntable.FM: Next on Marketers’ Playlists
Marketers should be paying attention to social music site Turntable.FM. Everybody else in the online consumer value chain will be on board soon, so…
Google Pays $500M to Avoid DOJ Prosecution on Drug Ads
Google will forfeit $500 million, one of the largest financial penalties ever, to avoid criminal prosecution by the Department of Justice. Google was under…
7 Global Search Marketing Tips
SES San Francisco attendees were educated on global search marketing best practices by some of the best in the business. Here are some of…
SEO From Inception: The Dream is Real
SEO needs to be part of the overall strategy from the start of a project through to and beyond the implementation phase. This doesn’t…
Video Marketing to the T: Types, Tips & Trends
Research indicates that web pages with video stand a 50 percent better chance than text pages alone of showing up on the first page…
Spotify: The Definitive Music Search Engine Guide
This guide will help you find either the music you've been looking for through Spotify or help you creatively find new music to expand…
Google Rocks Out New Music Discovery Features
Google is pumping out a slew of new music-related features, including music discovery site Music Magnifier, a new YouTube Music page with recommendations and…
Hypertext Visionary Jorge Luis Borges Celebrated with Google Logo
An Argentinean writer who envisioned “a massive branching structure as a better way to organize data and to represent human experience,” was born 112…
Google Tests a “Double Scroll” Interface
Google is experimenting with another new look for their search page. This alternate version has an independent scroll-bar for the left-column options and features…
Google Adds Weather Layer to Maps
Google is continuing to expands its Maps feature with a "weather" layer. This layer lets you see the precise weather for a region –…
Google+ Adds Real-Name Verification
As a way to ensure that neither celebrities nor public figures are being impersonated on Google+, Google has added a verification button akin to…
Google Buys 12 Patents, Protection for Google Related, Instant Pages
Google has bought 12 patents relating to “cross-referencing information online, techniques for speeding up Web browsing and online advertising,” a move likely meant to…