The Evolution of Facebook Features [INFOGRAPHIC]
GroSocial and Reid Johns created this infographic. Fantastic timeline of data to use for research.
Will Google Plus Put Facebook Out of Business?
With over 153 million unique users per month, Nielsen research has named Google the top Internet destination. Facebook, which is the most visited social networking...
Apps for New Year’s Eve 2012
Here is a collection of New Year’s apps you may need. We are going to start with apps to help you get a cab and...
Yahoo Update: Alibaba Group Hires Powerful Lobbying Firm
Although last week Yahoo was rumored to be considering selling its Alibaba Group holdings for a sum of $17 billion, the latest rumor indicates Alibaba...
A PPC Marketer’s New Year’s Resolutions for 2012
This year, I resolve to… 1. Get Organized Is your idea of “keyword research” just a bunch of keywords jammed into in an excel? Effective...
Facebook Timeline Poll Results and Some Helpful Links
Last week we asked if you have the Facebook Timeline enabled and how you felt about it. These poll results are really interesting. Have it...
Tablet War: Can Google’s Android Tablets Overtake Apple’s iPad?
With Apple planning to launch the highly anticipated iPad 3 as early as February of 2012, Google appears to be planning on launching a competing...
Go Daddy Flip-Flops SOPA Stance Before Boycotters Move Your Domain Day
Go Daddy, the leading domain registrar, changed its position regarding SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) late Friday in an apparent attempt at saving face against...
Facebook Adding Sponsored Stories to News Feeds
With Facebook’s highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO) expected early next year, the company is attempting to further monetize the social media site and its...
Search Geeks, Win all-expense-paid trip to SMX West 2012, San Jose, CA and an Apple iPad
The SMX Biggest Search Geek contest sponsored by Marin Software is open to anyone willing to test their SEM chops with 20 tough questions about...
A Better Use of Social Signals
Social as a search signal has been very focused on the tweets/pluses/shares of a particular page and how that impacts rankings. Search as a social...
Google Extends Lifeline to Mozilla’s Firefox [Infographic]
Due to the competition that currently exists between Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, many analysts were predicting that Google would not renew its agreement with...
AdWords – Using the ‘Dimensions’ Tab to Increase Conversion Rates
Since the launch of Google’s PPC (‘Pay-Per-Click’) advertising network, ‘AdWords’, countless reporting features have been added to the platform to give advertisers as much insight...
Norad Santa Tracker : The History of NORAD, Google & Santa [Infographic]
Christmas Eve is only 1 day away and that means that Santa Claus is getting his reindeer and sleigh prepped to bring presents to boys...
10 Reasons why you should go to Affiliate Summit West 2012
I’m writing this to those of you who have never went or have never heard of the Affiliate Summit conferences. The conference name does imply...
Branding in Social Media [Infographic]
This IG is from AYTM. They surveyed 2,000 US nternet users about their expectations from brands using social media and created this very informative and...
Weekly Webinars 12/22
According to most calendars this is the Holiday season. I’m hoping most of us take some much needed time off to relax with family and...
WordPress Q&A With Andrew Norcross
I am starting off a series of interviews with Andrew Norcross. I met him in 2010 at the Search and Social Conference in Tampa. He...
Facebook Just Won Social Media
Back in August, I wrote an article about Google+ and how its list of new features had the potential to take on Facebook as the...
Facebook Bitten by Hand that Feeds It: Social Network Sued Over Sponsored Stories Ads
On Friday, a California judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Facebook brought by users who believe that displayed ads featuring advertisers their friends “like”...
Google Announces Panda Updates Will Resume “Next Year”
Google announced via Twitter that Panda Updates have ceased for 2011 and will resume after the New Year. Perhaps this is an early Holiday gift...
KLM Announces “Social Seating” with Facebook Data: Brilliant Idea or Nightmare?
Unfortunately, the fun and celebrations of the Christmas season are often dampened by the stressful experience of holiday air travel. Whether you despise the TSA...
How to Manage Twitter Multi-Language Accounts
One Twitter out of two is written in a language other than English. In the digitally globalized third millennium, whatever your content is, tweeting it...
Hate Facebook? 3 Glaring Reasons Not To Expose Your Community
Image © laurent hamels – Fotolia (Dot) com With social media penetration at an apex internationally, niche’ communities are being built surrounding businesses of all...
Facebook Financials Leaked: They Need a Strong Fourth Quarter
Although it is common knowledge that Facebook has over 800 million users and is the most popular social network in the world, the company is...
Sponsored Advertising Strategy for Twitter’s Beta Ad Serving Platform
To date, I think I have filled out the request to contact form on Twitter’s adverting page at least 10 times. DAVID ANGOTTI wrote a...
Google’s Autocomplete On-Deck and What It Means for Online Reputation Management (ORM)
With the rise of Google and the power of Search, online reputation management (ORM) has become an extremely hot topic. Let’s face it, after hearing...
What is the importance of the new personalization quiz in Google Offers for marketers?
Google Offers, the new offering being molded to compete with the likes of Groupon, is expanding and in the process, hoping to make an impact...
Stop Online Piracy Act Version 2.0
Today, the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on the newest version of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) bill. The bill, which was...
Zynga IPO: Is The StockVille Already a Flop?
Although Zynga is not scheduled to begin public trading on the stock exchange until Friday morning, many stock analysts are already warning investors to stay...