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Google vs Facebook: Name the 2011 Winner

Ari Herzog

Judging by an analysis of the most-visited websites during the first 11 months of 2010, in comparison to 2009, Facebook hit first place and surpassed Google. How Bloggers and Webmasters Violate Your Privacy With Google Analytics. Care to guess this year’s top website? Contact Ari: Twitter | Email | 978.558.0008.

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Google to Pay $22.5 Million to Settle FTC Privacy Charges

Bill Hartzer

Google has agreed to pay a $22.5 million dollar civil penalty to settle FTC (Federal Trade Commission) charges that Google misrepresented themselves when it came to the privacy of Apple users. Google told users of Apple’s Safari web browser that Google would not place tracking cookies or serve targeted ads to those users.

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How To Opt-Out of Social Ads on LinkedIn in 5 Clicks

Almost Savvy

While some say Google+ may steal some of the professional spotlight away from LinkedIn, it is much too early to know if this will ever come to pass. I can hear you thinking that 5 is a lot of clicks to opt-out of anything regarding privacy. Would you like to see future privacy changes on LinkedIn communicated differently?

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What I Like About the New Facebook Timeline Profile, Privacy Settings, and News Feed

Kikolani

As a side note, this is why I love Google+. Almost every update happens within Google+ itself meaning if you comment on something, the person might actually be there to answer you vs. someone who just auto updates to update and not to engage. A Longed For New Privacy Settings. Good stuff! Review All Tags.

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Why Minimalism and My Blog Lack Copyright

Ari Herzog

My privacy statement since 2011 is explicit: “All words, images, video, and other content on this blog are uncopyrightable except where specified as the property of someone else.” You produce more work because more people will benefit from it and they will innovate if they want to replicate or adapt it.

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8 Marketing Trends to Implement in Your 2012 Marketing Plan

yMarketingMatters

What a year was 2011 for social media and marketing! I think these marketing trends are a must for your SMB this year, following how the landscape “ended” in 2011 and are going to be very powerful in 2012. Although this has raised privacy issues, I think these will be sorted out. Things moved at the speed of light, right?

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This Week in Social Media – 5/22/2013

Social Media Marketing

If you have additional links, sources or ideas that might be helpful, I''d encourage you to add some via a comment below or tag me in Google+. Yahoo gets with the program, Google makes some major overhauls, Nutella goes nuts on a fan, teens know how to use privacy settings (and Twitter!), Lee Odden has them.