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Facebook Home Hits 500,000 Downloads, Getting Negative User Reviews

With 500,000 downloads in nine days, only about 0.05 percent of Facebook's user base is using the service. Facebook Home hasn't had great initial reviews on the Google…

By Carly Page · 22 Apr 2013

Industry

Weekly Rundown: Lost Google Image Search Traffic, Facebook Search Ads & More

Google Image Search traffic is down 63 percent on average. Facebook tests Graph Search ads and debuts CPA bidding. Bing calls a…

By Danny Goodwin · 22 Apr 2013

Local

Is Facebook Local Search’s Sleeping Giant, or Just Sleeping?

Facebook has the opportunity to tackle local. If you triangulate Facebook's recent moves with Home, Nearby/Local Search, Graph Search, and mobile news…

By Michael Boland · 19 Apr 2013

PPC

The Critically Important Role of Bing Ads in Search Marketing

In trying to be more like AdWords, Bing Ads has mostly reached parity with AdWords. Importing campaigns into Bing Ads can now…

By Marc Poirier · 18 Apr 2013

Social

Social Tragic-ology: How Brands Learn to Be Part of Real News

In the wake of Monday's Boston Marathon bombings, it's apparent that we need to continue the conversation about how people and brands…

By Lisa Buyer · 17 Apr 2013

Analytics

Unruly Launches Real-Time Analytics Dashboard for Social Video

Unruly Analytics is a real-time gauge for brands and agencies who want to know how well they're doing in social video. Users…

By Greg Jarboe · 16 Apr 2013

PPC

March Madness = Search and AdWords Madness?

Another year of busted brackets, bets runs rampant, and anxious fans glued to NCAA college basketball action is in the books. So…

By Suren Ter Saakov · 16 Apr 2013

Social

Brands Can Now Target Facebook Users Based on Activity Outside Facebook

Facebook is combining what it knows about its users’ behavior and activities on Facebook and off, with the help of data brokers…

By Matt Kapko · 15 Apr 2013

Video

Top Video Trends & Opportunities: Mobile, Social, Ads & TV Everywhere [Report]

Video is a powerful way to reach audiences both for publishers and advertisers. Marketers already know people are watching online video more…

By Greg Jarboe · 15 Apr 2013

Social

Social Ad Revenue Forecast to Hit $11 Billion by 2017 [Report]

Annual U.S. social ad revenue is expected to reach $11 billion by 2017, according to BIA/Kelsey. The jump would represent a growth…

By James Dohnert · 15 Apr 2013

Industry

Weekly Rundown: Google & Spam, Search Malware, GM Back to Facebook & More

Google's Matt Cutts and former ex-Googlers talk spam, rankings, and SEO tips. Google has safer results than Bing, Yandex, and Blekko. GM…

By Danny Goodwin · 15 Apr 2013

Industry

Google Launches Inactive Account Manager, a Digital Last Will & Testament

Google now lets users opt to delete their data upon their death. The Inactivity Account Manager allows users to have their data…

By James Dohnert · 12 Apr 2013

Social

Streamlining Social Content Promotion

Because content has to be promoted and shared socially, creation can't occur in a procedural vacuum. These tips will help ensure that…

By Christina Zila · 12 Apr 2013

Content

9 Content Marketing Lessons From Tourism Australia

In this climate of economic uncertainty and risk-averse marketing, how did Tourism Australia manage to pull huge wins from their sun hats?…

By Salma Jafri · 11 Apr 2013

PPC

Keyword Planner, Flexible Bid Strategies Coming to AdWords Ahead of Enhanced Campaigns

Paul Feng from Google AdWords made a few key announcements during Hero Conf this week in Austin, Texas. In addition to Google's…

By Lisa Raehsler · 10 Apr 2013

Social

Linkedin Now Lets You Mention People and Companies in Updates, Comments

Professional social network LinkedIn has introduced a Facebook-style tool that allows users to mention and hyperlink people and companies on the network…

By Lee Bell · 09 Apr 2013

Industry

Weekly Rundown: Matt Cutts Q&As, Bing vs. Enhanced Campaigns & More

Google's Matt Cutts answers SEO questions. Bing hits back on AdWords enhanced campaigns. Lots of advertising revenue forecasts. A new Google Places…

By Danny Goodwin · 08 Apr 2013

Mobile

Facebook Welcomes Home, A New Social Phone for Android

The Facebook phone will arrive on April 12, giving the social network giant a new window into its users' mobile habits and…

By Matt Kapko · 05 Apr 2013

Social

How to Avoid PR Disaster With a Social Media Policy

To reduce the risk of social media blunders gone viral, develop a company-wide policy that defines acceptable (and unacceptable) social media behavior,…

By Lisa Buyer · 05 Apr 2013

PPC

5 Important Points About Real-Time Bidding

Real-time bidding (RTB) extends the bidding process that makes SEM so efficient to the display world. It allows marketers to target users…

By Ben Plomion · 04 Apr 2013

Social

Big Brand Facebook Ad Image #FAILs

Big name brands are still producing lackluster Facebook ads. Here's a roundup of some of the most disappointing Facebook ads, lessons to…

By Merry Morud · 03 Apr 2013

Content

Social, SEO & Content: How to Create a Potent Integrated Marketing Campaign

The key to developing a successful strategic marketing plan begins by re-evaluating your marketing and content development plans. Here's how to make…

By Victoria Edwards · 02 Apr 2013

Social

Is Optimized CPM the Solution to Your Facebook Ad Performance Woes?

Two brief case studies examine how Facebook’s Optimized CPM can help reduce your cost-per-action in a campaign aimed at generating Likes, and…

By John Lee · 28 Mar 2013

Social

Can We Please Stop Hyping Social as the Marketing Messiah?

Without question, social has a place in the marketer’s toolbox, both as a brand development and customer service listening platform. But social…

By Nathan Safran · 25 Mar 2013

Social

In Search for New Pope, Vatican Embraced Twitter, Facebook & Google

Following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, the search for a new pope led to the Vatican electing Pope Francis. Has a…

By Kerin Foster · 25 Mar 2013

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