May 19, 2013

Please, Bust the Chat Queue

Posted on 14. May, 2012 by in AllTop

Please, Bust the Chat Queue

If you’re a commercial company selling products or services to customers (either B2B or B2C), and the customer experience matters to you, having chat on your website is no longer an option, it’s an expecatation.  In much the same way that you have a company email address and phone number, in a social world you [...]

With Scott Thompson Out at Yahoo, Former PayPal Colleague Heads for Exit

Posted on 14. May, 2012 by in Adage

In his short time at Yahoo, former CEO Scott Thompson flanked himself with a couple of his allies from PayPal. At least one of them is following him out the door: PR head Amanda Pires. Ms. Pires joined her former boss in mid-April, replacing former communications chief Eric Brown. She’s now leaving, according to a [...]

The Obvious Way To Build Traffic Using A News Release

Posted on 14. May, 2012 by in Resources, SEO

Although a press release can be a very powerful tool for obtaining the traffic, you need to learn how to use it as effectively as you can. Particularly, you will have to generate newsworthy content on a regular basis. Based on your company type, may possibly not continually be simple to create this kind of [...]

Project Management for SEO (2012 Edition!)

Posted on 14. May, 2012 by in SEOmoz

Project Management for SEO (2012 Edition!)

(Note, if you have thoughts about this video you’d do well to read my follow-up comment about the difference between reports and reportings.) Although there are many ways of affecting change, project management is a crucial part of it. Below I’m going to outline a bunch of tools, tips, and tricks that we’ve discovered and [...]

‘Cash in on the Emerging $38 Billion Mobile App Gold Rush’ Robert Plank’s Webinar May 16

Posted on 14. May, 2012 by in IM News Watch

Robert Plank is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, May 16 at 5.00 pm EDT. The topic of the webinar is “Cash in on the Emerging $38 Billion Mobile App Gold Rush”. Webinar Details Organizer: Robert Plank Topic: Cash in on the Emerging $38 Billion Mobile App Gold Rush Day/Date: Wednesday, May 16 Time: 5.00 pm EDT – Time Zone Converter [...]

Google Considering $100M Meebo Acquisition

Posted on 14. May, 2012 by in Search Engine Journal

Google Considering $100M Meebo Acquisition

According to several inside sources, Google is reportedly in serious talks to acquire the social platform Meebo. Although Meebo CEO Seth Strenberg has not commented on the negotiations, Google is expected to pay approximately $100 million for the seven-year-old technology company. Since the time Meebo launched in 2005, the company has consistently evolved and grown. [...]

Report: Scott Thompson To Step Down As Yahoo CEO, Ross Levinsohn To Step In

Posted on 14. May, 2012 by in Search Engine Land

Report: Scott Thompson To Step Down As Yahoo CEO, Ross Levinsohn To Step In

Kara Swisher at AllThingsD is reporting that embattled Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is going to step down for “personal reasons.” Swisher has one or more “moles” inside the company and consistently gets inside information — which generally turns out to be correct. Thompson’s “personal reasons,” as we all know, are: misrepresenting that he had a [...]

A Mom’s Advice: Master YouTube Annotations (& 3 Hairstyles for Mother’s Day)

Posted on 14. May, 2012 by in Search Engine Watch

A Mom’s Advice: Master YouTube Annotations (& 3 Hairstyles for Mother’s Day)

For Mother’s Day, we also interviewed another mom on YouTube – Mindy McKnight. She runs the Cute Girl Hairstyles channel on YouTube, which does how-to videos on hair braids. Like Betty, Mindy the inspiration for creating the channel was from her family because she would spend time in the morning braiding her girls’ hair (she [...]

Three-Quarters of Smartphone Owners Say Yes to Geolocation

Posted on 14. May, 2012 by in Marketing Pilgrim

Three-Quarters of Smartphone Owners Say Yes to Geolocation

An app would like to use your current location — is that okay? 74% of smartphone owners said “yes” to that question, up from 55% just a year ago. Seems like the tool that gave many people the willies at the start, is now becoming part of their everyday routine. Need directions? Want to find [...]

Yahoo’s Scott Thompson Resigns

Posted on 14. May, 2012 by in Clickz

Yahoo’s Scott Thompson Resigns

Yahoo announced on Sunday that CEO Scott Thompson stepped down, only four months into a tenure that appeared dedicated to improving the Internet company’s stature as an ad platform. While the company cited “personal reasons,” a resume discrepancy that emerged late last week seemed to be at the center of his abrupt departure. Thompson’s resume, [...]