Small Business Mavericks

MAY 28, 2011

At one time, it seemed that no one could topple Yahoo! And that somebody is, of all entities, Google. Last year, Google owned 13.3% But don’t take from this that Google is taking Yahoo!s Google’s target market are PPC advertisers who are now trying online display advertising. s advertisers away.

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Almost Savvy

AUGUST 10, 2011

If you’re still wondering if you ought to bother spending time getting to know yet another social network, I’ve got one big reason you might want to give Google+ a try. I’ll be addressing those features and how to get started using Google+ in the next few posts. Google Search. I’m a huge Google fan.

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Direct Marketing Observations

JULY 20, 2011

If you’ve been in the social space for any amount of time now, you have seen Google’s “other&# attempts at going/being social. Google Sidewiki , Google Wave , Google Buzz and in each case, the premise was clear but the execution not so. Which leads us back to Google + and the logjam.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 9, 2013

Which news sites get the most engagement on their Google+ pages? It’s been a year since I took an early look at engagement rates for news organizations on Google+ , so I thought I’d revisit the topic and do a fresh comparison. So I also compiled the total engagement counts for all of the Google+ pages. 4 TIME 109.73

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Adam Sherk

JULY 9, 2009

In looking at syndicated content on Yahoo News, most of the syndicated articles do not include attribution links (each news source likely has to request or provide them), but among those that do exist there is a problem. The Yahoo attribution links do not point directly to the original article URLs.

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Twist Image

JUNE 23, 2014

Google buys Nest then Nest buys Dropcam for $555 Dropcam. The landscape is shifting when Katie Couric goes to Yahoo and Chelsea Handler goes to Netflix. Canadian courts are forcing Google to remove search results. Do we live without wi-fi? When you feel the need to unplug. unplug (unless you love it). chom 977 fm. digital media.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 6, 2010

I am just putting the finishing touches on the 2nd Edition of Facebook Marketing for Dummies (Wiley) with my co-author Rich Krueger (and BTW we have sold over 20,000 copies in less than a year!). We also just completed Facebook Advertising for Dummies (Wiley) which is due to ship in November.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 31, 2012

Wildfire , a pioneering social media management software application that specialized in contests and promotions, announced today that it has been bought by Google for a smooth $250 million. 4 Reasons Google Bought Wildfire. Google and Facebook aren’t exactly pals. But it’s brilliant. Access to Social Signal.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

After surpassing 1 billion users this past month, Facebook has become an institution that appears to have some staying power. But there is a lingering issue that threatens Facebook’s dominance even more than advertising revenue and stockholder discontent. I’m a grown-up and I’m on Facebook. And so is my mom.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Image: Greig Christie via Flickr, Creative Commons Since Google Instant’s launch just over a month ago, digital marketers have been scrambling to figure out how search engine marketing strategies might need to change. So far, early research indicates little difference in the length of searches since Google Instant.)

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 10, 2012

News organizations (along with businesses of all kinds) have been able to create official Google+ pages for a couple months now so I thought I’d check in and see how their pages are doing. Here are 45 news organizations ranked by the combined figure of total +1’s, shares and comments per post: Google+ Page +1's. Per Post Shares.

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Atom Thought

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Now that Google has lucnhed Google Buzz, the scene is ripe for other players to get inspired. What happens if Yahoo also launches a social platform around it’s email service integrated with flickr? This happened in 2008, but Google was already upto something. And very soon, Google walked out of TeleAtlas too!

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 22, 2012

Facebook stock is not doing very well. Lots of reasons for that, put forward by people much smarterthan I, which you can easily read about via a Google search. Some are even beginning to question whether Mark Zuckerberg can continue as the leader of Facebook (somewhere, the Winklevoss twins are howling with laughter).

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 14, 2010

I saw Malcolm Coles’ post on Google’s reading level scores for UK newspapers and thought it would be fun to do the same thing for US news sites. Last week Google released a new search filter that allows users to refine search results by reading level. So what reading level does Google assign to major news sites in the US?

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Jon Loomer

AUGUST 7, 2017

Facebook is constantly tweaking their news feed algorithm. The algorithm helps determine what users see and what they don’t, all in an effort to make the Facebook user experience as engaging and addicting as possible. The latest impact of the algorithm to the Facebook news feed: Website speed. I use Instant Articles.

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Webbiquity SMM

JULY 15, 2014

Google, Yahoo! Virtual reality seems to be one of the hottest trends: Google has Google Glass , Facebook bought Oculus VR (which makes the virtual reality gaming headset Oculus Rift), and Yahoo! Clayton can be found on LinkedIn and Google+. Guest post by Clayton Wood.

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 15, 2013

In a private, non-publicized press conference held at Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Californian, Mark Zuckerberg announced the new Facebook Graph Search , a way to search for things you might like based off what your friends think. Here’s how Facebook is pitching this: Find people who share your interests.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Google is rolling out guidelines for all email senders in an effort to: Help protect recipients from malicious messages, such as spoofing and phishing messages Help protect you and your organization from being impersonated Help decrease the likelihood of your emails being rejected or marked as spam WHEN do these guidelines start? com @yahoo.

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The Realtime Report

JANUARY 4, 2013

Facebook: 1 billion active users. via Facebook. via Yahoo. Google Plus: 135 million monthly active users. via Google. Facebook Nears Global Domination, Ranks #1 in 127 Countries. Facebook is the #1 social network in 127 of the 137 countries studied by social media analyst Vincenzo Cosenza.

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Tweaklibrary

APRIL 7, 2021

Ever since 2005, Yahoo Answers has been a go-to source for the ocean of knowledge. But with the change in the needs of users and diminishing popularity, coming 4th May 2021, Yahoo Answers will bid its users goodbye forever. What Is Going To Happen To Yahoo Answers Now? Best Alternatives To Yahoo Answers. Answers.com 4.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

When Facebook launched Facebook Exchange (FBX) last September, it was an important day in the history of online advertising. Facebook accounts for some 25 percent of U.S. Now that inventory can be purchased with real-time bidding (RTB), and marketers can target their most valuable customers with a display ad on Facebook.

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The Realtime Report

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Facebook: 1.15 via Facebook. Google Plus: 343 million monthly active users. Facebook Accounts For 17% Of Mobile Ad Revenue in U.S. billion), behind only Google (with $17 billion). billion), behind only Google (with $17 billion). In 2012 Facebook’s share of mobile ad revenues in the U.S.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 4, 2010

I want to roll the clock back a few weeks to the announcement of an initiative by Facebook called – Project Titan. Well first that means that Facebook will issue 400 Million email account – which is no small feat. Second those email accounts will be tied to your Facebook profile Vanity URL in my case PaulDunay@facebook.com.

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The Realtime Report

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Facebook: 1 billion active users. via Facebook. via Yahoo. Google Plus: 135 million monthly active users. via Google. 63% of Facebook Users Share Product Info on the Social Network With Friends, Family. Out of those surveyed, 63% of Facebook users share product info on the social network.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk News Sites Not Making Much Use of Static FBML on Facebook Pages by Adam Sherk on June 9, 2010 Between privacy issues, a sweaty CEO and technical problems with its “Like&# buttons Facebook is having a rough time lately. The short answer? Not so many.

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Social Media Marketing

JANUARY 16, 2011

After Facebook announced that they'd have an email solution that's not email , they've rolled it out to the public. But it also does one other important thing - something that's a salvo at Google's Gmail: users are given the opportunity to get a Facebook email account. Why would you want a Facebook email? It’s too slow.'"

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 5, 2012

Search has grown a massive 68% since 2008 with Google and Bing experiencing good annual growth. However, Yahoo!, We expected as much from Yahoo! So much so, I wonder if a more advanced Facebook search engine would have much of an impact. If you thought search was dead and that social was taking over, think again.

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Idaconcpts

DECEMBER 28, 2010

For many Google has become the patron saint of open source, and the number of open source projects Google supports or directly develops seems to increase every day. Google Refine. Think of Google Refine as a cleansing diet for your database. Think of Google Refine as a cleansing diet for your database.

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Harp Interactive

APRIL 6, 2010

Not only does it pull in your website traffic ranks and graphs from Compete.com, Alexa and Quantcast, Social Website Analyzer also categorizes your website’s social presence into buckets with hyperlinks for each including: Search engine results for social back links for Google, Bing and Yahoo. We have not tested this tool for accuracy.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 13, 2013

If you’ve been thinking Facebook’s Ad Exchange (FBX) as just a source of display, prepare to have your conceptions flipped on their head. Facebook has just integrated Page Post link ads into the News Feed, and the result is the most precisely targeted social advertising the marketing world has ever seen. Bing and Google.

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Bill Hartzer

JUNE 3, 2010

Private email addresses of individuals who have Facebook accounts are getting indexed by the search engines, including Google , Yahoo! , There are certain web pages on Facebook, mainly the Facebook Email Opt Out web page, that are getting indexed by the search engines. In fact, Yahoo! to index those URLs.

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yMarketingMatters

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Tools like Google Alerts and Yahoo Alerts monitor the web for you and alert you, by email or through RSS news feeds (see below), every time a new piece of information relating to your keywords is posted to the web. Web Searches & Alerts: Simple web searches are a fast easy way to find sources of information for your posts.

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yMarketingMatters

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Here is a list of the most popular and effective social media channels: Facebook. billion people using the site each month, 665 million active users each day, and generates up to 645 million local business page views per week, Facebook has proved that its popularity amongst users is here to stay. But the YouTube market is competitive.

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Harp Interactive

JANUARY 12, 2010

Online Reputation Monitoring can be as simple as creating alerts on Google or as comprehensive as subscribing to a syndicated monitoring service like Radian6 that gives you a complete platform to listen, measure and engage with your customers across the entire social web. Google Blog search. Facebook Lexicon. Google News.

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The Social Media Incubator

APRIL 3, 2012

The fact is, there are many businesses who have yet to embrace Facebook and other social media sites in a strategic manner. I just spoke with a prospective customer last week who told me he “doesn’t quite know what to do with Facebook,” so he has chosen to do nothing. (Yes, Have you ever tried to search for something on Facebook?

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The Social Media Incubator

APRIL 3, 2012

The fact is, there are many businesses who have yet to embrace Facebook and other social media sites in a strategic manner. I just spoke with a prospective customer last week who told me he “doesn’t quite know what to do with Facebook,” so he has chosen to do nothing. (Yes, Have you ever tried to search for something on Facebook?

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The Marketing Blog

APRIL 7, 2010

50 am Search Engine Statistics:: Google’s share dips Jump to Comments Although, Google continues to dominate the search market in U.S. Sector wise trends : If we look at vertical searches, all is not lost for Google as they continue to rise in Automotive, Shopping and travel verticals. Reference Links 1. searches 2.

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