As we reported to you last November, Facebook has been working on a redesign of Timeline away from the 2 column layout. Just before Christmas, a selection of Facebook power users were given a chance to give the single column redesign of Timeline a test drive. Facebook diva, Mari Smith, was one of the delighted …
Last week was a banner business moment for search giant, Google. The Federal Trade Commission ruled to drop any further action against Google after a two year long antitrust investigation. According to Edward Wyatt, writing for the New York Times: Jon Leibowitz, chairman of the F.T.C., said that “While not everything Google did was beneficial, on …
Ho, ho, ho! Santa has agreed to accept a few last minute wish lists from the readers and contributors of Search Engine Journal. The little green elves of SEJ are ready to get back in the workshop and create something fantastic just for you. So, are you a small business owner that needs to learn …
Live from the Search Marketing Expo (SMX), SEJ brings you the real time SMX Social Media Marketing two-day event. We’ll tweet and report all the key issues being discussed. From optimizing your social media programs, to managing paid campaigns, Las Vegas is the place to be. For Day 1, I sat in on the Blow Me Away …
Online sales over the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend topped the best sales numbers to date this year. For the holiday season-to-date, $16.4 billion has been spent online, marking a 16-percent increase over last year. Cyber Monday reached $1.465 billion in online spending, representing the heaviest online spending day in history, according to a report released this …
This week Bing has crunched the numbers and aggregated billions of search queries to give us the most searched people and events of 2012. In a report released on Monday, Bing highlighted American top searches via user habits over such topics as; Sports Stars, Musicians, Celebrity Couples, News, Movies, Fashion, Destinations, and much more. For the top …
Revisions to a proposed Senate bill stirred public outcry last week. Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has been leading an effort to update federal surveillance laws that date back to the 1980′s. The 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) did not anticipate the rise of social media or cloud-based storage. Currently, …
On Monday, Nov. 19th, social media marketing passionistas gathered from around the globe to discuss the whys and wherefores of scheduling and automating social media posts for brands and businesses. This week the guest expert warming his buns in the hot seat was Patrick McKeown (@pjmckeown). As the Search and Social Strategist within the Navantis Strategy and …
Yesterday Facebook fans of the White House were given the opportunity to participate in the annual Thanksgiving tradition of pardoning the national turkey. Ever since President Kennedy, a turkey has been chosen to roam free, safe from the Thanksgiving table. This year is the first that the President has given the American people the opportunity …
Holiday shopping season has begun in earnest, and Amazon is kicking it off with new brand opportunities for their 3rd party vendors. Introducing Amazon Pages by Amazon Marketing Services. These pages allow brands to build a customized experience on Amazon complete with an Amazon URL, social media integration, and analytics. According to Ingrid Lunden, writing …
