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Are Cars Becoming the Ultimate Mobile Selling Device?
New car technologies are opening new advertising opportunities for smart marketers to a potential audience that spends more than a billion hours per week…
Google Buys Facial Recognition Company PittPatt
Google has picked up a facial recognition group known as PittPatt. PittPatt's technology is likely to be used in Google+, although the potential applications…
Google VP Explains the Google+ “Real Name” Policy
Vic Gundotra, Google's VP of Social, discussed the company's decision on enforcing real names for users. While Google accepts pseudonyms, it's pushing for the…
5 Tips for Selecting PPC Keywords
Plant the right paid search keywords at the right time and you’ll raise a crop of wonderful results. However, if you choose incorrectly or…
Why Your Link Requests Are Failing
You need to stop link building and start content development. The types of content that people will want to link to offer value, such…
Local SEO: 10 Tips for Ranking in Your Area
Any local business of any size can benefit from search engine optimization. Geo-specific optimization in particular can make a service-provider’s small investment go a…
Bing Tests New Home Page “Live Tiles” Design, PPC Ads in Organic Results
A couple noteworthy new tests from Bing have been spotted in recent days. One is a redesigned home page similar to Bing’s iPad app…
Google Closing Down Labs
Google has announced that its Labs project, an incubation chamber that spawned Gmail, Goggles, Maps, Reader, and other products, will be shut down. The…
Google Directory Has Been Shut Down
Google's Directory, a relic of eras past, has been removed – with essentially no fanfare. This shutdown is part of a broader effort to…
Google Halts Support for Firefox Toolbar
Google recently announced that it would be halting support for the Google Toolbar on Mozilla Firefox. While Google and Mozilla have long been allies,…