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Google Makes All AdWords Phone Numbers Clickable for Mobile
When AdWords advertisers place a phone number in their ad copy, the phone number will be clickable by default, Google has announced. Advertisers will…
34% of Referrals to Facebook Pages Come from Google, Yahoo, Bing [Study]
Despite the Bing-Facebook alliance, Google sends Facebook the most traffic. More than a third of external referrals to Facebook pages come from search engines,…
Lawsuit Accuses comScore of Major Privacy Violations
A lawsuit accuses comScore of recording private consumer information (including social security numbers and payment data), manipulating computer security settings without authorization, and embedding…
Google Adds Voice Search to Google Maps
Google has added voice search to Google Maps for Chrome users, allowing users to ask for directions verbally and more find hard-to-spell locations. The…
Being Bad For Great Justice: A New Privacy Scandal Rocks Second Life
Until Linden Lab starts actually managing their own (virtual) land and dealing with security issues in an effective manner, the problem of self-appointed, unvetted,…
Slide Kicked Out of Google’s Social Playground
Despite spending $179 million acquiring Slide a year ago, Google has decided to shut down the social apps startup. Slide founder Max Levchin is…
Tracking Hurricane Irene on Google, Bing, Mobile
As the potentially devastating Hurricane Irene bears down on the east coast of the United States, millions are turning to Google and its new…
Google+ Now Lets You Ignore or Block People
Has someone added you on Google+ but you have no clue who they are, or you really just don’t want to be associated with…
Are You Ready for Google +1 Button Sharing into Circles?
Users can now share into their Google+ Circles directly from the +1 button. Now marketers can create niche broadcast channels on the social network.…
How to Strategically Analyze Your Competition’s PPC Campaigns
Analyzing your competitor's PPC ads is a great way to extract data about how their company influences conversions. It's also a way to analyze…