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Google Maps Adds Emergency Alerts

Posted on 27. Jan, 2012 by in Search Engine Watch

Google Maps Adds Emergency Alerts

Google has announced Google Public Alerts, a platform designed to bring you relevant emergency alerts when you’re searching on Google. If a major storm is headed your way, Google wants to be your go-to information source. The Google Crisis Response team wants to alert users about when a storm will strike, how bad will it [...]

US Mobile Ad Spend Grows Faster Than Predicted

Posted on 27. Jan, 2012 by in Marketing Pilgrim

US Mobile Ad Spend Grows Faster Than Predicted

In what seems like a rare moment these days, analysts are saying that they actually underestimated something rather than hyping it beyond recognition. Maybe there is hope after all . This time it is about mobile ad spending in the US. eMarketer writes The US mobile advertising market is growing far faster than expected, driven [...]

Google Responds to Lawmakers’ Privacy Policy Concerns

Posted on 27. Jan, 2012 by in Clickz

Google was on the hot seat yesterday as online privacy concerns swirled in Washington, D.C., where the Data Privacy Day event was held. A group of lawmakers sent Google CEO Larry Page a letter requesting responses to several detailed questions about changes the firm made to its privacy policies on January 24. This week Google [...]

Report: Facebook May File For IPO As Early As Next Week

Posted on 27. Jan, 2012 by in Webmaster World

Facebook Inc. could file papers for an initial public offering as early as next week and is close to picking Morgan Stanley as the lead underwriter for its IPO, said people familiar with the matter. Facebook could file papers for the IPO as early as this coming Wednesday, but that timing is still being discussed, [...]

Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: January 27, 2012

Posted on 27. Jan, 2012 by in SE Round Table

Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: January 27, 2012

Busy week in search this week – with Google confirming a Panda update, which I labeled 3.2. Bing seems to really love regional sites in their regional indexes. Google added a bunch of new features to Webmaster Tools, from testing sitemaps, new reports for sitemaps, a new definition for “average” position in the reports and [...]

Feed Your Blog`s Readers Well

Posted on 27. Jan, 2012 by in SEOchat

(Page 1 of 2 ) What do a great cook and a great blogger have in common? A lot more than you might think. So grab a quick snack and keep reading for an explanation you can really sink your teeth into. Inspiration strikes in strange ways; in this case, I reached the end of [...]

Congressmen search for answers from Google

Posted on 27. Jan, 2012 by in Internet Retailer

Congressmen search for answers from Google

Eight Congressmen yesterday sent a written inquiry to Google Inc. seeking information about the company’s revised privacy policy. The revised policy, which will be introduced in March, makes clear that the search giant is monitoring a consumer’s actions across various Google products so that it can better target ads at consumers across multiple web-enabled devices. [...]

More Options for Google+ Badges

Posted on 27. Jan, 2012 by in Google Webmaster Central Blog

More Options for Google+ Badges

Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 1:53 PM Webmaster Level: All When we launched Google+ pages in November, we also released Google+ badges to promote your Google+ presence right on your site. Starting today in developer preview (and soon available to all your users), we’re adding more options for integrating the Google+ badge into your website. [...]

Lead Scoring: CMOs realize a 138% lead gen ROI … and so can you

Posted on 27. Jan, 2012 by in Marketing Sherpa

Lead Scoring: CMOs realize a 138% lead gen ROI … and so can you

In last week’s blog post, I looked at the importance of lead nurturing. Some readers wanted more, so this week, I’ll dive even deeper into the complex B2B sale with a few data points and some very actionable tips on lead scoring. First, let’s look a few data points from the 2012 MarketingSherpa B2B Benchmark [...]

Creating a Website That Works!

Posted on 27. Jan, 2012 by in AllTop

Creating a Website That Works!

How to make a website that works A website that works may sound like an obvious thing. After all, all websites work don’t they? Actually, many websites only work in very basic, functional terms, but fail to work in bringing in web traffic and converting it into sales. Here are three things you need to [...]