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by Laurie Sullivan, Staff Writer
Twitter has inked a deal with Adobe Systems, Salesforce, Shift, TBG Digital, and HootSuite that will up its social game without allowing brand marketers to become annoying and obnoxious. Adobe … Read the whole story
by Mark Walsh
Yahoo has unveiled a revamped home page as the company continues its latest turnaround effort under CEO Marissa Mayer. The centerpiece of the updated … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Robin Simkins
Even prior to clicking the little blue magnifying glass, searching for keywords like "cheap escort" or "riding stripper" conjure unmistakably N(ot)SFW results pages and … Read the whole story
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by Laurie Sullivan
Compete, a Kantar Media company, has introduced Ascend, a tool that optimizes search engine query results and paid-search ads based on consumer behavior rather … Read the whole story
by Laurie Sullivan
Google has launched a competition sponsored by ad agency Anomaly to give those outside the developer community a chance to explore a pair of … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Jamie Tedford, Op-Ed Contributor
Nearby's new mobile discovery functionality has important implications, but did not generate nearly as much buzz as last week's Graph Search announcement. Graph Search … Read the whole story
by Wendy Davis
AOL has agreed to pay $5 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit stemming from one of the worst privacy breaches of the last decade … Read the whole story

COMMENTARY
by Steve Smith, Staff Writer
While some Android developers are uncomfortable with the personal level of customer information Google is passing along to them, Google considers it a non-issue. Read the whole story
by Mark Walsh
Twitter has announced the long-awaited opening up of its Ads API, a step expected to increase advertising on the microblogging platform and accelerate the … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Laurie Sullivan, Staff Writer
Sean Quadlin provides a quick example of search funnels before explaining the new feature that Google launched last week. Google now includes search funnel … Read the whole story
by Steve Smith
Despite the rapid migration to mobile platforms among customers, most companies remain cautious about their staff and budget investments in the platform, new Forrester … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Laurie Sullivan, Staff Writer
The loss of traffic data from Google continues to make content analysis more difficult, but Bonnie Steanick explains a "simple top-down method" for marketers starting out … Read the whole story
by Sarah Mahoney
While overwhelming consumers with chatter is already a problem, with 53% of online adults already saying they're annoyed by the amount of advertising they … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Laurie Sullivan, Staff Writer
Maile Ohye from the Google webmaster support team explains how to use the Search Queries feature in Webmaster Tools in a video posted on … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Wendy Davis, Staff Writer
Google's decision last year to revise its privacy policy still isn't sitting well with EU regulators. This week, the French agency CNIL criticized Google … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Laurie Sullivan, Staff Writer
Data will make behavior, rather than intent or interest, more important to marketing and advertising. I'm not referring to behavioral targeting or remarketing, but … Read the whole story