- Google Acquires Odysee, Team Joins Google+
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, February 9, 2015
Google has acquired Odysee, and the platform team behind the app will join the group of developers at Google+. The acquisition fuels rumors that Google will separate its photo servic ...
- How Google Glass Fits Into Nest Labs
SearchBlog, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, January 16, 2015
What would Google do to lead Intel, Microsoft and others into home automation? The company would put Nest, the smart-home device maker, in the forefront to lead the charge. That ...
- Google+ Lets Users Pin Posts
Around the Net In Social Media & Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, December 5, 2014
Despite the perception that Google+ is a lost cause, Google’s social network continues to tweak its service. Taking a page from Pinterest and other social platforms, Google+ users can n ...
- Yes, Google+ Is a Failure
The Social Graf, Erik Sass - Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Whatever Google and its acolytes may claim, the simple fact is that Google+ has failed. Don't take my word for it: that's the judgment of a former Google developer a ...
- Facebook Plans Professional Move To Rival LinkedIn
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, November 17, 2014
Facebook is secretly working on a new Web site called "Facebook at Work" to get a foothold in the office that will see the social network of more than 1 ...
- Digital Engagement Index
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Erik Sass - Thursday, November 6, 2014
Nintendo's Digital Engagement Rating increased 204%, driven by the Nintendo Direct Presentation, which was promoted across the official Nintendo Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Google+
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- Sundar Pichai To Oversee Google Products
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, October 27, 2014
Larry Page has appointed Sundar Pichai to oversee Google's products -- running research, search, maps, Google+, commerce and ads and infrastructure. The six execs responsible for the product areas n ...
- Tiffany & Co. To Hold First Live Google+ Hangout
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, October 9, 2014
Tiffany & Co. will hold its first live Google+ Hangout On Air later this month for its Tiffany T collection. The luxury brand hangout features Tiffany design director Francesca Amfitheatro ...
- Teens Flocking to Instagram, Dropping Facebook?
The Social Graf, Erik Sass - Thursday, October 9, 2014
While news about social media trends should usually be taken with a grain of salt, there may just be something to all the reports that teenagers are abandoning Facebook ...
- New Google+ Head: Google+ Doing Just Great
Around the Net In Social Media & Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, October 8, 2014
After Vic Gundotra, longtime head of Google+, jumped ship in April, it was widely believed that social network was doomed. Yet, according to David Besbris, Google’s new head of soci ...
- Say Hello To Ello Before It's Time To Say Goodbye
London Blog, Andy Oakes - Thursday, October 2, 2014
The scramble for Ello invites has been the talk of social media -- but does this new network have the right model to bring the fight to Facebook? ...
- Google Acquires Polar, Mobile Opinion Technology, For Google+
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, September 12, 2014
Google has paid an undisclosed sum to acquire Polar, a startup with technology used to poll mobile device users for their opinion on a variety of subjects. The deal giv ...
- How Social's Influence Contributes To Search Campaigns
SearchBlog, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, September 4, 2014
Search engine marketers tying in social advertising campaigns on Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter, and YouTube want to determine how intent signals in likes, shares and retweets influence a purchase onli ...
- Google Kills Authorship, Reinforces Structured Markup Language
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, August 29, 2014
Google Webmaster Trends Analyst John Mueller wrote in a Google+ post that the engine has discontinued use of the Authorship feature that highlights the author's name and photo of t ...
- Building Blocks Of U.S. Small Businesses And How Google Gives 28 Million A Leg Up
SearchBlog, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, August 29, 2014
Creating an online business plan that helps small and mid-size businesses grow requires more than honing paid-search and search engine optimization strategies. It means focusing on the basics, and findi ...
- Google's Top 10 Milestones In 10 Years
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Amit Singhal, Google senior vice president and software engineer, outlines in a Google+ post what he believes are the 10 biggest Google search milestones since 2004, the year Google we ...
- The Beat Goes Online: Live Nation Music Events More Closely Tied To Search, Smartphones
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, August 7, 2014
Consumers may soon have an option to search and purchase tickets for live events from a search engine if Live Nation EVP of Digital Marketing Ryan Okum gets his wa ...
- Actually, Teens Love Facebook
The Social Graf, Erik Sass - Thursday, July 31, 2014
Remember a few months ago, when lots of bloggers (including yours truly) were all in a tizzy about studies that seemed to suggest that teenagers are leaving Facebook? And therefo ...
- YouTube, Google+, LinkedIn Lose Share Traffic
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, July 21, 2014
By at least one measure, YouTube, Google+, LinkedIn, and Reddit are all dramatically declining in value. New research suggests that each site saw its share of Web traffic referrals nosedi ...
- Google+ Lifts Username Restrictions
Around the Net In Media, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Google+ (which we thought was effectively shutting down), is lifting any and all username restrictions. “In 2012, YouTube and Google sought to crack down on inappropriate and vulgar YouTube commente ...
- Doctors Still Leery of Professional Social Media
The Social Graf, Erik Sass - Thursday, July 10, 2014
While some professions are basically shoo-ins for social media (journalists and Twitter, for example) others have been much slower to embrace the online universe, especially in cases where using soci ...
- Google Continues To Back Google+
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Google is countering rumours that is has given up on Google+ following the resignation of the services boss, Vic Gundotra, two months ago. David Besbris, a Google engineering VP w ...
- Blue State Digital Helps Brands To Keep Social Campaigns Real
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Humanizing a brand requires social media authenticity, and few easily discover the way. The task of finding a voice may seem daunting, and many brands find if increasingly difficult ...
- Google+ Hits Gets A Big Negative From Millennials
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, May 2, 2014
YouTube, WhatsApp, Skype, Facebook and Instagram are the brands that 16- to-24-year-olds most love, according to a Voxburner survey. YouTube is way out in front with 53% of "love" wi ...
- "Sign in with Google" Button Could Be Death Knell For Google+
Around the Net In Social Media & Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Spelling more bad news for Google+, some developers have spotted an option to add a "sign in with Google" button to their Websites. The test, which Google has confirmed, “sugges ...
- Google Giving Up On Google+?
Around the Net In Social Media & Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, April 25, 2014
At least for the moment, Google has reportedly surrendered any hope of forging a successful social network. “Google+ will no longer be considered a product, but a platform -- essential ...
- Google Loses Google+ Head
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, April 24, 2014
Although not for lack of trying, Google has yet to establish a social network worthy of its name. To further complicate matters, Vic Gundotra -- Google+ head, and the executi ...
- Google, Sony Release 'Spider-Man' In Shoppable Hangout
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, April 18, 2014
Sony's "Spider-Man 2" cast and director Marc Webb will host their first film-themed Google+ Shoppable Hangout Monday, allowing fans to purchase tickets for the film through Fandango. It also giv ...
- How To Use Google +Post Ads
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, April 17, 2014
Initially announced in December, +Post ads are pieces of content that brands place in Google Plus profiles, such as videos and photos, which gets repurposed in ads and served acro ...
- Century 21 Inks Co-Marketing Agreement With Google, Videolicious
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, March 21, 2014
Century 21 has rolled out a new marketing suite called C21 Social Xchange for agents and brokers with help from Google and Videolicious. ...
