Facebook launches Snapchat Competitor: Slingshot
Facebook launches Slingshot, a Snapchat competitor which makes you answer before you can see the message.
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Facebook launches Snapchat Competitor: Slingshot
Want To Speak At SMX Milan? Here’s How
The agenda is live and we’ve opened up our “speaking pitch” form for SMX Milan, November 13-14, 2014 at the Meliá Milano Hotel. View the agenda here: SMX Milan 2014 Agenda And the speaking pitch instructions and form here: SMX Milan 2014 Agenda Speaking Pitch Form The speaking…
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SearchCap: German Publishers Against Google, iOS City Tours & Google Music Search In Apps
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Rather Than Opt-Out Of Google, German News Publishers Demand 11% Cut Of Revenue German news publishers are picking …
Google Kills Google+ Direct Connect Feature
The Google+ Direct Connect feature in which you could quickly find Google+ pages in the search results by using the “+” command has quietly slipped away. A Google spokesperson said it was no longer a focus for Google moving forward.
Rather Than Opt-Out Of Google, German News Publishers Demand 11% Cut Of Revenue
German news publishers are picking up where the Belgians left off, a now not-so-proud tradition of suing Google for being included in its listings rather than choosing to opt-out. This time, the publishers want an 11% cut of Google’s revenue related to them being listed. The news comes from…
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Do Google+ Social Annotations Improve My PPC Performance?
We all know that Google’s been pushing their social platform (if you can call it that), Google+, in recent years. Every marketing and branding agency will have their own opinion on the importance of having a presence on Google+, but I’m here to show you some stats on how it actually affects your AdWords performance.\ […]
Bing Ads Bid Landscape Tool Comes to Ad Group Level
Bing Ads has announced that their Bid Landscape tool can now be used for both keyword and ad group for U.S. advertisers. The bid landscape tool, which was originally released in March, is similar to Google AdWords’ Bid Simulator Tool.
Google: Search For Music And Play Immediately In Apps
Google has faced an existential threat from apps in mobile. Its all-purpose functionality on the PC didn’t translate into mobile; and the company was in danger of losing its internet “gatekeeper” role as smartphones become primary internet devices. Google Now, voice search and…
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Google Adds One-Click Music App Integration
Starting this week, Android users can now search Google for a musician, band, or song, and tap a link to open the music right into a music application (Rdio, iHeart Radio, Spotify, Google Play, Tunein, or YouTube) on their smartphone.
Google Issues Best Practices For Shopping Campaigns Ahead Of This Summer’s Big Transition
With Shopping Campaigns becoming the default campaign type for running Product Listing Ads on Google by the end of August, the search giant has issued a best practices whitepaper to help marketers make the transition. The main points the paper dives in…
Google Updates Shopping Feed Requirements
Google yesterday announced new shopping feed requirements. Google’s new feed specifications include updates to mobile links, bundle attributes, availability specification changes, and changes to apparel identifiers. Here’s what’s changing.
A Finishing Touch to Effective Outreach
So you’ve spent a significant amount of time and/or money creating something that both you and your company are proud of. You have ready the name and email of the person you want to reach out to. One carefully crafted email later, you now with a hint of anticipation and excitement hit send…and then. Nothing. […]
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PPC Budget Forecasting 101
As pay-per-click professionals, we’re often asked to play with our numbers, shift our budgets, and essentially predict the future. A daunting task, for sure. Here’s a simple walk-through on how to answer those tough budgeting questions from clients.
Video: Matt Cutts Interview At SMX Advanced On Payday Loan, Reconsideration Requests & Metafilter
Here is the video from last week’s SMX Advanced last week with Matt Cutts and Danny Sullivan…
Video: Matt Cutts Interview At SMX Advanced On Payday Loan, Reconsideration Requests & Metafilter
Here is the video from last week’s SMX Advanced last week with Matt Cutts and Danny Sullivan…
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: June 20, 2014
Lots of topics to cover this week, starting with the trouble Microsoft got in over a sponsored post campaign for Internet Explorer. I think Bing and Google should take some sort of action, especially Bing. Bing is testing Catapult…
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: June 20, 2014
Lots of topics to cover this week, starting with the trouble Microsoft got in over a sponsored post campaign for Internet Explorer. I think Bing and Google should take some sort of action, especially Bing. Bing is testing Catapult…
What does My Business Tell Us About the Future of Google Plus?
The recent rollout of Google My Business provides an interesting view port into the future of Plus. It is the first public major rollout in Local since Larry Page took the helm and since the introduction of Google Plus three years ago. We can see in this product the widespread use of Plus features but […]
6 Reasons for Your Lack of Content Marketing Success
If you’ve invested a lot of energy and money into content marketing and the results aren’t meeting expectations, perhaps the reasons that led to this failure are apparent. If not, here are six possible explanations for your content marketing woes.
Virtual 3D “City Tours” Coming To Apple Maps In iOS 8
One of the features in the forthcoming iOS 8 is apparently called City Tours. These are animated flyovers of various cities in Apple Maps. Mostly a novelty, they’ll take users on a 3D tour of key buildings and landmarks in a city. Google Maps/Earth have allowed developers to create animated…
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