May 19, 2012

The Discovery Mode of Mobile – Elliot Nix Speaks at #SMWsmac

Posted on 22. Feb, 2012 by in AllTop

The Discovery Mode of Mobile – Elliot Nix Speaks at #SMWsmac

Elliot Nix, Senior Account Executive, for Mobile Google started out his set with a distinct reach into the depths of where mobile is really taking us. He shares in a couple of different examples about how it is effecting not only those of us who are amazed and appreciative of today’s technologies in relation to [...]

YouTube Hires Bing Exec to Lead Marketing

Posted on 22. Feb, 2012 by in Adage

YouTube Hires Bing Exec to Lead Marketing

Google has hired Bing exec Danielle Tiedt to lead consumer marketing for YouTube, Ad Age has learned. <!––> Ms. Tiedt, general manager of Microsoft‘s Bing, led the search engine’s latest brand push “Bing is for Doing.” She was also involved in the $100 million ad blitz that launched Bing in 2009. She will become VP-marketing [...]

Buying Links is Shallow, Short-Term Thinking. Buying Blogs? Now that’s a Strategy.

Posted on 22. Feb, 2012 by in SEOmoz

Buying Links is Shallow, Short-Term Thinking. Buying Blogs? Now that’s a Strategy.

I’ve been running an experiment with some dark-hatted links for several months, consistently hoping Google will catch them and remove their value. So far… Nothing. Well, except top 3 rankings for all the anchor text pointed at those pages. Google’s webspam team has all the incentive, brainpower and money in the world, yet their bets seem [...]

‘Using Search Insights to Optimize Content – An Election Case Study’ Experian Hitwise Webinar 1.00 pm EST

Posted on 22. Feb, 2012 by in IM News Watch

Experian Hitwise is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, February 22 at 1.00 pm EST. The topic of the webinar is “Using Search Insights to Optimize Content – An Election Case Study”. Webinar Details Organizer: Experian Hitwise Key Person: Heather Dougherty Topic: Using Search Insights to Optimize Content – An Election Case Study Day/Date: Wednesday, February 22 Time: 1.00 pm EST [...]

Weekly Webinar Roundup 2/22/2012

Posted on 22. Feb, 2012 by in Search Engine Journal

Weekly Webinar Roundup 2/22/2012

Many of the webinars this week offer basic techniques for the web programs or services the company provides. Raven Tools and SEOMoz both give in-depth webinars concerning their programs. For the hour it takes to watch, is well worth the time to try and figure the program out for yourself. Enjoy and learn something new [...]

Geek Chic: Augmented Reality Google Glasses To Go On Sale This Year

Posted on 22. Feb, 2012 by in Search Engine Land

Geek Chic: Augmented Reality Google Glasses To Go On Sale This Year

The mystery of Google’s stealth consumer product has apparently been conclusively solved. The NY Times is confirming earlier reports that Google is going to release “heads up display glasses” by the end of the year. The glasses — or literal Google Goggles in this case — will utilize a range of Google technologies and databases [...]

SES London 2012 – Day 1 Coverage #SESLondon

Posted on 22. Feb, 2012 by in Search Engine Watch

SES London 2012 – Day 1 Coverage #SESLondon

An amazing keynote by Avinash Kaushik kicked off SES London 2012 today, and what followed was a day filled with tips on landing page optimization, PPC, link building, and more. Here’s a roundup of today’s live blogging and coverage of SES London 2012. SES London Keynote – Avinash Kaushik – #seslondon – State of Search  [...]

New Social Study: Men Get Personal, Women Talk Shop

Posted on 22. Feb, 2012 by in Marketing Pilgrim

New Social Study: Men Get Personal, Women Talk Shop

Women may be tops when it comes to communicating but online, they’re more careful about what they say and to whom. A new study from UK company uSamp shows that overall, men were more apt to share personal information online, topping women in every area except one – brand’s liked. 78% of the UK women [...]

Surprising Leaders in Super PAC Web Ad Spending Race

Posted on 22. Feb, 2012 by in Clickz

Surprising Leaders in Super PAC Web Ad Spending Race

Millions of dollars have flowed online from Super PACs this election season, but the biggest spender might come as a surprise. Endorse Liberty – a group supporting Ron Paul’s Republican primary campaign – spent close to $3 million since late December. The other major player, Winning Our Future, spent over $2.3 million online in January, [...]

Apache Releases HTTP Server 2.4

Posted on 22. Feb, 2012 by in Webmaster World

The Apache Software Foundation has just announced the release version 2.4 of its award-winning Apache HTTP Server. This is the first major release of the Apache Web server in more than six years. Long before the release of Apache 2.2 in December 1st, 2005 though, Apache was already the most popular Web server in the [...]