Google, Bing, Twitter & YouTube: Latest Comings & Goings
Google will reportedly promote one of its own executives to CEO of Motorola. Meanwhile, Google has hired a veteran lobbyist and lost a pair of ad execs to Twiter. And Bing is for leaving. Here’s a...
View ArticleHappy St. Patrick's Day 2012 Google Logo
Happy St. Patrick's Day! On this day everybody becomes Irish. Even the search engines are Irish today. To celebrate the holiday, Google has "gone green" by posting a St. Patty's Day Google Doodle in...
View ArticleGoogle Designs S.R. Crown Hall Doodle for Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
A simply designed Google Doodle today honors architect and educator Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Google’s colored letters appear within the windows of a rendering of one of his masterworks, the S.R. Crown...
View ArticleGoogle April Fools' Day Pranks 2012: 8-Bit Maps, Chrome Multitask Mode & More!
For Google, April Fools Day is the annual launch day for a slew of gag products and hoax services you’ll likely never see in real life, including 8-Bit Maps, Chrome Multitask Mode, the YouTube...
View ArticleGoogle Offers Free & Discounted Wi-Fi at U.S. Malls, Airports
Google and Boingo Wireless are teaming up to offer free Wi-Fi at eight malls and discounted access in 16 major airports. Google’s sponsorship isn’t completely altruistic; people need to subscribe to...
View ArticleBing Tries to Make Search Sexy to College Women
Bing wanted to show young women that it's worth checking out, so when it threw down the gauntlet encouraging people to test its search engine against Google's, it worked with HerCampus.com to get the...
View ArticleSEMPO Appeals to FTC for Updated Search Engine Disclosure Guidelines
Search marketing professional organization SEMPO has written the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in support of a review and revision of their 2002 guidelines for search engine disclosure of paid...
View Article10 Reasons Why Public Relations is a ‘Must-do’ for SEO in 2013
Until recently SEO and PR often made uneasy bedfellows, although this has been changing as more people realize how much they have to offer each other. These are the best reasons SEO professionals...
View ArticleGoogle Pays $7 Million to Settle Street View Snooping Case
The settlement ends a case against Google which dates back to 2010, when it was revealed that the company's Street View camera units had been illegally snooping in on local Wi-Fi networks while the...
View ArticleHow to Shift From Guest Posting to Content Marketing in 6 Basic Steps
As an authority, with great visibility, and publishing great content, you will get links. If you've been guest posting solely to obtain links, without regard to any other benefit, here's how to shift...
View ArticleWhat Percentage of Brands Actually Use Google+ Authorship? [Analysis]
Many brands are struggling to prioritize Google+ activity. An analysis reveals that despite Google heavily promoting the use of rel=”author”, adoption from Fortune 100 companies, tech sites/blogs, news...
View ArticleGoogle Relaunches the Zagat Experience on the Web and for Mobile
Google has announced the relaunch of its rating and review site, Zagat, along with a mobile app for both Android and iPhone. With the relaunch, Zagat offers access to its rating information on local...
View ArticleThe United States of Google: Mapping Google Usage by State
A new study by online advertising company Chitika maps Google search engine usage by state and its correlation to variables like median age, job growth and income and education level. California, New...
View ArticleSequencing the DNA of the Perfect Comment [Study]
A recent study examined the contribution of comments to the readers' experience, and by deconstructing them down to base attributes has determined the importance of these elements. Thus determining...
View ArticleInteractive U.S. Map Shows Google, Windows, Mac Usage by State
Advertising network Chitika delves into Mac, Windows, Linux, and Google search usage by state with a new interactive map. The map allows users to view usage across the United States, and hover over...
View Article15 Ways to Avoid Reputation Roadkill @ClickZ Live #czlny
Reputation management expert Andy Beal, CEO of Trackur and author of "Repped: 30 Days to a Better Online Reputation", kicked off Day 2 of ClickZ Live New York by sharing 15 examples of reputation...
View ArticleDoodle 4 Google 2014 Winner Invents Water Purifier to Make the World a Better...
Eleven-year-old Audrey Zhang of New York is the winner of the seventh annual U.S. Doodle 4 Google competition. She directed a team of Doodlers as they created the first animated Doodle in the history...
View ArticleIs a Proposed Twitter Algorithm the Death of "Real Time" on the Social Platform?
CFO Anthony Noto recently said Twitter could be getting a new algorithm, but the question is: Will the new feed improve or harm the Twitter experience?
View ArticleDeadline looms for Isda group on resolution protocol
Would you wait on the deck of a sinking ship? What if it was the only way to get onto a lifeboat? Those – crudely – are the questions facing market participants as they work on an agreement to...
View ArticleNetting problems will restrict pension funds, FCMs warn
Netting is a cornerstone of the over-the-counter derivatives market, but legal uncertainties are making it harder to apply for cleared trades with pension funds. That threatens higher costs for dealers...
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