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Hungary Hungry for Hot Dogs on Fourth of July?
Type in "hot dog" in Google Insights for Search and look at their results by country searches- the number one result is Hungary. To…
Fourth of July Doodle Second Longest Running Google Celebration
This year marks the 12th Doodle dedicated to US Independence Day and is the second longest event honored by Google on its logo. Only…
Social Expectations: Linden Lab Launches Social Profiles
This week, the internet has been abuzz with anticipation on the social media front. The limited beta release of Google+, a social networking service…
Google Gives Away eBook on the “Zero Moment of Truth”
Technology has changed the way marketing works, and a new critical phase of purchases for modern shoppers is the "ZMoT." To help business owners…
Google Helps ‘Mobilize’ Your Business Site in Minutes
Got a few minutes to spare? Google is helping small businesses become more mobile-friendly through a new Google Sites feature called "Mobilize." The tool…
No Food Or Pillows, But You Can Get Google Chromebooks On Flights
Taking cloud computing to new heights this summer, Virgin America and Google have teamed up to give people flying on select flights from San…
Google+ Must Focus on Sharing With Purpose, Not Privacy
Google+ is getting some things right, but has one fundamental hurdle to overcome. In short, Google Plus needs to make sure it does not…
Google Tests Content Authorship Spotlighting
Google previously released an authorship markup that lets content creators claim the articles they've written. This rel="author" markup is being taken a step further…
Will Local Make up 70% of Mobile Ad Spending?
The local portion of the total mobile ad market is forecast to grow from $404 million to $2.8 billion, increasing its share from 51…
4 International SEM Tips to Bolster Your Global Agenda
Efficiently leveraging paid search around the world is difficult. Advice for search marketers approaching this global challenge: minimize inefficiency by using this helpful advice…
Gifting Online & Offline: Shopping and Behavioral Search
A look at some nuances within Google’s defined Shopping category of search query activity, and trended data for both the “gift” and “gifts” keywords…
Google+ in China: Banned, Slow, or Just Ignored?
Shortly after Google+ launched, reports emerged indicating that Google's new social project may already be banned in China. Google's fate was later upgraded to…
Foursquare Hackers Turn New York City Into a Game of ‘Risk’
“World of Fourcraft” uses Foursquare's framework and Google Maps API, to create a social game social media marketers should look at for lessons on…
@Twitter Isn’t It Obvious? The Party is Over
With Ev Williams and Biz Stone solidly out of the day-to-day picture and Twitter’s positions of the last year, it seems the end of…
Google Adds +1 Button, Social Analytics Reports
Google Analytics and Webmaster Tools have been updated to allow for easier analysis of a all social actions on your site, how social feedback…
Google+ “Re-Share”: A Privacy Loophole
A loophole has been uncovered in the Google+ project that can completely break the built-in privacy protections. Simply by "re-sharing" content, a photo, video,…
Blekko Gets Foodily to Help Eat Away at Recipe Spam
Blekko's big pitch for recipe searches is that they involve human curation. Now that curation has become more powerful with a new ingredient: established…
New Search App Could Make Hooking Up A Lot Easier
Singles are always looking for bars with the right percentage of potential partners. Using facial recognition software, SceneTap is an app that can tell…
California Affiliate Tax Becomes Law
If you are an affiliate marketer living in California you could be losing a lot of your vendors. Gov. Jerry Brown has signed the…
5 Steps to Strategically Managing Your SEO Provider
A bad SEO agency experience can often be avoided by being a smart, organized, and efficient SEO client. Specifically, there are 5 steps you…