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As Facebook’s Empire Expands, U.S. & Canada Interest Declines [Report]
Facebook is a global empire with a population equal to roughly 10 percent of the world’s population, every man, woman, and child included. But as Facebook becomes even more dominant on a worldwide scale, interest from the North American market is …
Lunar Eclipse Google Logo & Other Eclipse Coverage
Google’s a big fan of the open sky, especially when awesome things are happening in it. A Google Doodle, as well as two heaping scoops fulls of other access points from Google, give users the opportunity to check out today’s lunar eclipse. The L…
SES Toronto 2011 Coverage
SES Toronto rolled into Canada this week. The leading search and social marketing event provided keynotes and many great sessions for marketers on SEO, PPC, social media, video, and much more. Here’s a roundup of coverage of the event. W…
New and Updated SEO Tools for June 2011
Here’s a roundup of various new or updated tools from around the web. Updated Tools Bing Webmaster Tools Microsoft has unleashed a substantially improved Bing Webmaster Tools. Among other highlights in the litany of new features are: the abi…
Google Introduces Me On the Web
Google introduced a new feature available in your Google Dashboard called Me on the Web. It’s officially announced purpose is to “help understand and manage what people see when they search for you on Google.” Google suggests this tool will help…
SEO 101: 5 Simple Steps to Selecting Your Keywords
Let’s say you already have a website or are trying to optimize your blog, but haven’t invested much time in search engine optimization (SEO), or the efforts that you have made aren’t paying off. What’s next? Where do you ev…
Jun 15
Google Buys AdMeld for $400M
Google is continuing its investments in the display advertising arena with its purchase of AdMeld, a publisher utility targeted at optimizing ROI for digital advertising. The $400 million purchase signals Google’s continued intellectual weapons st…
Google Test Adds Website Names, Subtracts URLs in Search Results
Google appears to be testing a new look for search results, adding the name of popular websites including LinkedIn, Facebook, Apple, Wikipedia, Amazon.com, Yahoo, and Bing next to the page’s URL. In some cases, Google replaces the URL en…
Bank of England Using Google Search Tracking for Economic Insights
In an attempt to better understand the behavior of UK citizens, the Bank of England has started tracking search trends on Google. The bank has high hopes that this will improve the speed of economic reporting, especially as it relates to mortgage …
Video Search in China: Baidu vs. Youku
Social networking may get all the rave but latest stats from comScore reveal Chinese Internet users actually spend the bulk of their time on portal sites (24.4 percent) followed by entertainment (9 percent) and search (6.2 percent) before social n…
Privacy Regulators See Red Over Facebook Facial Recognition
The long worked on facial recognition technology recently released by Facebook is coming under attack from European Union regulators questioning its intrusion in to users’ privacy. Facebook gave information to the EU shortly after the investigat…
Facebook Predicted to Lead Display Ad Revenue in 2015
Online advertisers are learning quickly, effectively adapting to the demands, preferences, and habits of consumers. Both social media and display ads have seein intense growth over the last few years. Analysts have predicted that they will continu…
YouTube Updates: Logoless Player, HD Previews & ‘As Seen On’ Pages
While YouTube is itself the largest video site on the web, its embedding features and social environment have made it an especially valuable resource for bloggers. YouTube is honoring that loyalty with the addition of three new features that give …
New and Updated SEO Tools for June 2011
Here’s a roundup of various new or updated tools from around the web. Updated Tools Bing Webmaster Tools Microsoft has unleashed a substantially improved Bing Webmaster Tools. Among other highlights in the litany of new features are: the abi…