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Google Acquires Mobile Advertising Provider AdMob
AdMob has been a major player in the mobile advertising world, really taking off when Apple enabled apps on their iPhone and iPod Touch…
American Daily Newspapers Employ 25% Fewer People Than in 2001
I apparently caused a stir yesterday at the PRSA International Conference in San Diego. Actually, it was a disturbing fact — or an inconvenient…
Twitter Tries to Get Rid of Spammy Trending Tweets
If you’ve ever viewed the stream of Tweets in a Trending Topic on Twitter, you’ve no doubt seen your share of spam. Twitter is…
Microsoft Rolls Out adCenter Fall 2009 Upgrade
Over the weekend, Microsoft adCenter began rolling out its Fall 2009 upgrade. Tina Kelleher took to the official adCenter blog to give the scoop:…
Google Maps Adds NYC Subway System Layer, Available for Some Mobile Phones Too
Google has added a new layer to their Maps: the New York City Subway System. This will be handy for those of you attending…
Facebook Fan Pages 101
Marketers, organizations, and businesses can reach out to customers using Facebook's group pages and fan pages.
Your Social Media Content Must Be Valuable
Listening to your audience in social media communities talk about the best features of your product should give you insight into how to provide…
Go to SES Berlin or SES Chicago for Nine Trainers Training
During the past seven weeks, I’ve shared seven compelling reasons for going to either Search Engine Strategies Berlin or SES Chicago 2009. For those…
Caution: Social Media May Be Closer Than They Appear
I’ve just finished attending Day 1 of the PRSA International Conference in San Diego. Arianna Huffington, founder of The Huffington Post, was the Sunday…
5 Google Updates for 11/6/09: News, Maps, Books, Music and Mobile
It’s the end of another eventful week in search blogging, and once again there are several Google updates just piled up waiting to be…
PRSA 2009 International Conference Features Two Online Marketing Heroes
I’ll by flying to San Diego this weekend to speak at the PRSA 2009 International Conference next week. Lee Odden, CEO of TopRank Online…
Google AdWords Updates Conversion Tracking Options
Google AdWords has updated the interface for Conversion Tracking. There are three tabs to manage data: Conversions, Webpages, and Code. Conversions Under this tab,…
AOL Completes Financial Team, Names Additional Board Member in Advance
In preparation for being spun off from Time Warner, AOL has hired executives to their financial team and announced one additional board member. Here’s…
Integrating Search, Part 2
Integration can be tricky, but stepping out of your comfort zone and embracing the larger world around you can mean the difference between winning…
Click Forensics Unveils Online Audience Verification Platform for Shopping Engines
At ad:tech New York this week, Click Forensics unveiled a new online audience verification platform for comparison shopping search engines. The technology evaluates traffic…
It May Be The Queen’s English, But Google Likes US Results in the UK
As a post at Paul Carpenter’s blog notes Google seems to have a preference for US site listings for people searching from the UK.…
Google Launches Closure Tools: A Javascript Candy Store
The Google Code blog announced the launch of a compiler, library, inspector and templates for sites to use to improve their javascript usage. The…
Twitter Rolls Out Retweet Test [Screenshots]
Back in August, Twitter said it was developing a system of officially bringing the Retweet to the social network. Now, they’re unrolling the test…
Funny or Die Becomes YouTube Partner
Comedy video site Funny or Die is now a YouTube partner. This means you’ll be able to access select Funny or Die videos on…
Google AdSense Launches New Interface Into Beta
Google AdSense has launched a new interface that is currently in beta testing. But they’re giving a glimpse of it over on the Inside…