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Social

Leveraging Facebook Ads for Obscure Charity Donations

How to target the right people for donations to three hypothetical charities: a religion-focused Islamic charity with an English-speaking international focus; a…

By Merry Morud · 16 Aug 2011

Social

Launch of Google+ Games Heats Up Social Gaming Battle With Facebook

Google+ has added its first 16 games. The good news for developers is that Google is only taking a 5 percent commission,…

By Rob D Young · 14 Aug 2011

Social

The Name Game: Display Names and the Law Of Unintended Consequences

The Lab's new name game has hardly been a ringing success. People really don't like it when you mess with their choices…

By Avril Korman · 13 Aug 2011

Social

Hey, Facebook: Not Liking the Group by Topic Feature or Seeing Strangers In My Top News Feed

Earlier this week Facebook rolled out a clunky “grouping” feature, which lumps together any mention of a topic (say Google, for example).…

By Danny Goodwin · 12 Aug 2011

Social

Twitter Adds @User, Activity Tabs, New Reply Feature

Twitter is adding an @User tab, Activity tab, and the ability to tweet to any user from their profile page. These features…

By Rob D Young · 12 Aug 2011

Industry

Who Uses Search Engines? 92% of Adult U.S. Internet Users [Study]

A survey from Pew Internet indicates that search engine usage is the top way people spend time online – 59 percent of…

By Rob D Young · 11 Aug 2011

Industry

Yahoo Launches Enhanced Image Search

Yahoo has released a new image search that matches recent enhancement to Google and Bing. Yahoo's new image presentation also allows for…

By Rob D Young · 11 Aug 2011

Social

Survey Predicts Google+ Will Pass Twitter, LinkedIn in 2012

Just a month after Google+'s launch, the social site has gained immense momentum. A survey from YouGov shows that Google+ is likely…

By Rob D Young · 10 Aug 2011

Development

SEO Creates Google+ “Share” Button For Websites

When Google+ launched, many were disappointed to discover that Google didn’t offer an option similar to Facebook or Twitter that allows you…

By Danny Goodwin · 09 Aug 2011

Mobile

How to Make Sure Check-Ins Don’t Check Out: Five Location-Based Marketing Tips

Planning and learning about the different platforms, options, and dynamics will determine success in the LBM world. As location-aware apps multiply like…

By Ron Schott · 08 Aug 2011