- Don't Ignore Designing A Google+ SEO Strategy
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Search on the keywords "social media" in google.com, press search and in the right rail you'll find a list of people and pages on Google+. A little line at t ...
- Google Tackles Super Bowl XLVI
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, February 3, 2012
Embracing the gridiron goings-on, Google has launched several Super Bowl-focused features and services to help fans enjoy the game. Offered through Google’s Inside Search, Game Day with Google is ...
- Google+, You Suck
Online Spin, Kaila Colbin - Friday, February 3, 2012
Google+, you are really starting to piss me off. Yes, you're "gaining momentum." You've got "90 million members." But there's one problem. You're "a sham." ...
- Google Search Plus Your World: Monitoring Your Reputation Just Became Even More Important
Inside Performance, Janet Driscoll Miller - Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Google recently launched its new default search results deemed "Google Search Plus Your World," which is already creating quite a controversy in SEO circles and beyond. Regardless of if searche ...
- Presidential Google+ Hangout Could Land Laid Off Semiconductor Worker A Job
Raw, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, January 31, 2012
The wife of a laid off U.S. semiconductor engineer got the chance to present her husband's resume to President Barack Obama Tuesday after participating in the presidential Google+ Hangout th ...
- Digging Into Google+ Opportunities
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, January 27, 2012
Ruben Sanchez explains the opportunity marketers gained after Google connected Google+ business pages to company Web sites, as well as AdWords campaigns. He explains how this can help marketers mo ...
- Google+ Adds Friends To Search
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Continuing to integrate its various services, Google just introduced a new Google+ feature that lets users ask friends about search results. The search giant is currently testing the new “A ...
- Google Pushing + On New Mail Users
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, January 20, 2012
According to the unofficial Google Operating System blog, the search giant has created a new sign-up page that automatically signs users up for Google+ when they sign up for Gma ...
- Google+ Has Over 90 Million Users
The Social Graf, Erik Sass - Friday, January 20, 2012
Google's big push into social networking appears to be gaining traction, with the news that Google+ now has over 90 million registered users, according to CEO Larry Page, who announc ...
- Does Google+ Video Threaten YouTube?
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, January 19, 2012
Google is now letting members of its Google+ network post video recordings as updates to their “circles.” In the video-sharing menu, Google+ now features a “Record video” option that tur ...
- Social Wrapp Proves Entrepreneur's Gold Ticket Into U.S., VC Funding
Online Media Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Social gifting service Wrapp, which lets consumers give retail gift cards for free through a mobile app, has secured $5 million in funding from Greylock Partners. The venture capital fi ...
- Social Networks Can Still Rise (and Fall)
The Social Graf, Erik Sass - Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Some interesting new data from our friends south of the equator proves that social networks can still rise -- and fall -- with remarkable speed, when a newcomer's utility (a ...
- What If Facebook Entered The Search Market?
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, January 12, 2012
What impact could Facebook make in search? It's a question that Andreas Pouros ponders after Google's announcement to integrate Google+ posts into search engine query results. He looks at bo ...
- How Google Search+ Your World Influences SEO
SearchBlog, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, January 12, 2012
Independent thinkers who are not easily influenced will listen to what others have to say and weigh their options. So when Google announced this week the integration of Google+ soci ...
- Twitter Slams Google+ For Not Playing Fair
Around the Net in Online Marketing - Top of the News, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, January 11, 2012
As was widely predicted, social networks are taking issue with Google’s move to bake Google+ into users’ Google search results. In a statement, Twitter complained that “people, publishers, news organizatio ...
- Microsoft Windows 8 OS Could Become Thorn In Google's Side
SearchBlog, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, January 11, 2012
No -- search and social engines are not ready to play nice. Marketers will just have to own up to the fact that one search engine will not become everythi ...
- Google Wants Your Attention, Please, Now Now Now
The Social Graf, Erik Sass - Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Like a dog making progressively greater demands for our attention, Google is determined to get us engaged with its Google+ social platform one way or another; and with this week ...
- Arkadium Develops Microsoft Windows-based Casual, Social Games
Online Media Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Video game developer Arkadium and Microsoft Studios signed a three-year development contract to design and distribute casual and social games on multiple platforms, such as smartphones, tablets, desktop and Xbo ...
- Google+ Grows Audience
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, January 3, 2012
A foregone success or not, Google’s social network is growing. From November to December of 2011, Google+’s total monthly U.S. visits grew by 55%, according to the latest data fr ...
- Surprise! Unexpected 2011 Happenings In Search
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Phil Nottingham runs through what he considers some of the most surprising things that happened in the world of search in 2011. Starting with Google's launch of the social netwo ...
- Google+ Gains Users
The Social Graf, Erik Sass - Thursday, December 29, 2011
After months of skepticism and nay-saying from doubters like myself, Google+ appears to be establishing itself as a viable social network and possibly even a competitor to Facebook (even thou ...
- Google+ Launches 3 New TV Ads
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Fern Siegel - Tuesday, December 27, 2011
What do you do when your viral growth begins to wane? Like all companies -- advertise. It worked for the Google Chrome Web browser, which now owns 25% of t ...
- How One 10-Word Sentence From Google Exec Turns On Media Spotlight
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, December 22, 2011
No one disputes the ability by Google executives to create buzz. Sometimes there is one sneeze and the world jumps. Such is the case of Andy Rubin's post on Googl ...
- Microsoft Kinects Voice With Xbox 360, Gaming Console Turns Into Entertainment Center
Online Media Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, December 5, 2011
Microsoft has moved a step closer to turning the Xbox 360 from a game console into an entertainment center with the release of voice-activated search powered by Kinect and Bi ...
- Zuckerberg Talks Google+
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, December 5, 2011
The BBC just aired a one-hour profile on Mark Zuckerberg, in which the Facebook founder is asked whether he considers Google+ is threat? “Yeah Google’s a great company, and ...
- Adobe Acquires Efficient Frontier, Streamlines Ad Buying
Online Media Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Adobe scooped up another marketing company Wednesday with the acquisition of Efficient Frontier. The digital publishing company, known for turning digital documents into PDFs, will better support search and displ ...
- Google Debuts New Navigation System
Around the Net in Online Marketing - Top of the News, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Changing the face of the Web for millions of users, Google plans to retire its classic navigation bar in exchange for a flashy new menu. “Google announced that it’s ‘rea ...
- Twitter Campaign Pays Off For AMC Shows
Online Media Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, November 21, 2011
140 Proof, a social stream media platform company, has created a business strategy and technology that ties interest-based keywords and sentiment from social streams with targeted ads. The company work ...
- Three Steps To Building Google+ Business Pages
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, November 21, 2011
Creating a Google+ business page could become frustrating for some. So Paul Chaney guides us through three steps to make the process much easier. He tells us that the benefi ...
- How To Set Up Google's Social Extensions
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, November 18, 2011
A tool from Google dubbed Social Extensions allows the company's social network Google+ to interact with AdWords ads. It can help improve click-through rates, according to Bryan Watson. He tak ...
