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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaWhat makes for good self-promotion on social media? Learn why we share a high percentage of our own content on social and why you could consider the same.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaFacebook has experienced overwhelming success like no other website or social network before it. This however, is not a surprise to neuroscientists who have been studying social interactions all over the world. In the past 10 years, neur...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaAs more small businesses get involved with Facebook, they’re using contests to engage more of their followers. Unfortunately, not all businesses follow Facebook’s official rules and guidelines for contents; in some cases, failure to foll...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaWhen it comes to the massive technological giant of a company that is Google, the burning question is usually, "What will they come up with next?" Here are six areas where we can expect to see more Googleish shine in the coming years.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaThe marketing department of yesteryear can’t be successful in 2014. Today’s highly personalized, highly mobile, highly social, and highly automated world has had radically changed the way brands market to their audiences.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaFor publishers and lifestyle websites that target moms, sponsored content can be a powerful marketing tool. Its form can range from quick articles to total site takeovers, and it allows consumer brands to tap into the audience of well-kn...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaIn this episode: Today we welcome Vanessa DiMauro, CEO of Leader Networks. Named by Forbes as a Top 40 Social Marketing Masters Worldwide, we are thrilled to have her on our show! Stay with us as we take a look into Ric Dragon's crystal ...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Social Media newsGovernments worldwide are requesting that Twitter reveals more personal account information of users than ever before
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from The most recent social networking from V3.co.ukGovernment demands continue to increase
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from The most recent social networking from V3.co.ukSocial network will take startup staff on board
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from NYT > Social MediaThe Chinese retail giant has made a half-dozen major investments in American start-ups over the last year, focusing on mobile and e-commerce.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Social Media ExaminerAre you planning to launch a new blog, product or service? Do you want to know how to organize and execute a successful launch with social media? To share ways you can use social media to launch or celebrate anything, this episode of the...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from HootSuite Social Media ManagementLondon event company Secret Cinema has come under a huge amount of criticism last week for the last-minute cancellation of their early “large scale immersive theatre” events, much of... Read More The post Rufus Hound’s Lessons in Social ...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaBe human, don't flood people's timelines, and really listen to your customers. Here are my top netiquette tips for brands and organizations talking to customers on social media.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Social Media News Headlines - Yahoo! NewsAustrian law student Max Schrems appealed to a billion Facebook users around the world on Friday to join a class-action lawsuit against Facebook's alleged violations of its users' privacy. Schrems, a thorn in Facebook's side who has a ca...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Facebook news and reviewsMobile phone users in Zambia can now access basic web services free of charge via the Internet.org app
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Socialmedia.biz
Advertising is one of the most common and profitable ways to make an additional income through your website or blog. Here’s a short list of just some of the top platforms out there for monetizing your blog, whether it's a small business ... -
Friday, August 1, 2014 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaAsk yourself this: why would a customer share my content? You will likely come to the conclusion that quality is a key point here, but what use is good content if nobody has heard of you, or worse, if they don’t trust you? Not only does ...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social mediaAs with Facebook, one of the biggest benefits of a large Twitter following is the social proof that the number implies. It is a vanity metric for sure, but one that imparts some meaning to customers. If you delete suspicious connections ...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from VentureBeat » social
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Social Media News Headlines - Yahoo! NewsNEW YORK (AP) — Facebook's Internet.org project is taking another step toward its goal of bringing the Internet to people who are not yet online, launching an app Thursday in Zambia.
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from SocialMediaNews.com.au
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from MediaPost.com: socialCapping off another busy week for Twitter, the micro-broadcasting giant just acquired security software startup Mitro. Best known for a Web browser extension that lets people store and share passwords, Mitro's small team will join Twitte...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from VentureBeat » social
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Social Media News Headlines - Yahoo! NewsWhimsical TV disaster movie "Sharknado 2" reeled in 3.9 million viewers, the Syfy specialty channel said Thursday, one day after the sequel's broadcast. The followup to last year's instant cult classic about a freak w...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Forbes - Social MediaHow long will it take for Twitter to match the one billion users that Facebook has? This question was originally answered on Quora by Mark Rogowsky.
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from MediaPost.com: socialLinkedIn on Thursday reported that revenue rose 47% in the second quarter, with growth in its ad businesses picking up from the prior quarter. Sales from LinkedIn's premium subscriptions business increased 49% to $322 million, or 60% of ...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Inside Facebook
Are your Facebook ads striking out? Maybe it’s time to add a call to action in the post or make sure the ads are relevant to the audience. Ampush, a Facebook Strategic Preferred Marketing Developer, recently... -
Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Social Media News Headlines - Yahoo! NewsFlying sharks chomping through New York City drew a record audience for Syfy's "Sharknado 2: The Second One," and became the most tweeted-about TV movie on social media, the U.S. cable network said on Thursday. "Sharknado 2," which aired...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from AllFacebookFacebook announced an update to its Slingshot photo- and video-sharing application, giving users the ability to react to reactions to their slings, as well as making it easier for them to find friends to sling with. (more…) New C...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from SocialTimes.comThe dog days of summer are here, and so is this giveaway for Amazon: a package of 30 free apps worth well over $100. The special promotion’s theme is ‘Summer Self-Improvement Bundle,’ which includes apps like Instapape...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Social Media News Headlines - Yahoo! NewsTwitter on Thursday released a new transparency report showing a steady rise in government requests for information from the globally popular one-to-many messaging service. The number of requests for information from governments climbed ...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from MediaPost.com: socialApparently -- unlike sharks-gone-terrestrial -- it's not time to kill off Twitter, just yet. The social network this week saw its stock jump 30% after reporting its second quarter earnings, which showed that the platform increased revenu...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from The Next Web » Social MediaDmitry Davydov is a Chief Marketing Officer for Bitrix24, worlds fastest growing free CRM, project management, private social network and online collaboration platform created specifically for small businesses. PR is hard. And expensive....
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from TechCrunch » SocialGive away a dollar, and you’ll make someone’s day. Teach someone to give, and they’ll make a difference for a lifetime. The anonymous duo behind the @HiddenCash Twitter account didn’t quite realize that was ...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from TechCrunch » SocialLinkedIn is fleshing out its tools for salesepople today with a new version of its Sales Navigator. The biggest difference — the Sales Navigator is now a standalone product, rather than an additional set of features on the ma...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Forbes - Social Media
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Forbes - Social MediaThe pop comes off of a down day for the market at large and for LinkedIn especially.
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from VentureBeat » social
NOTE: GrowthBeat -- VentureBeat's provocative new marketing-tech event -- is a week away! We've gathered the best and brightest to explore the data, apps, and science of successful marketing. Get the full scoop here, and grab your ticket... -
Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Forbes - Social MediaPeople use online dating sites for a variety of reasons, only some of which include finding a lover, partner, or mate. Be informed and be careful out there.
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from TechCrunch » SocialWith social networks Facebook and Twitter handily beating analyst estimates for Q2 earnings, LinkedIn today reported its Q2 results and showed that rising tides are lifting its boat, too. Revenue for the second quarter was $534 mil...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Social Networking Watch: News on the Social Networking and Social Media Industry
REUTERS - July 30 - Snapchat, an app that lets users send messages that disappear after a few seconds, is in talks with investors, including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, for financing that could value the company at $10B. Snapchat turned...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Social Media News Headlines - Yahoo! NewsNEW YORK (AP) — Twitter said government requests for user data grew sharply in the past six months as more countries asked for a greater amount of information about users.
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Growing Social Media
There is an article that appeared in the USA Today that featured a horrendous story of a young woman who had to give up the allures of social media in order to protect her health. According to the story, a 27-year-old woman called Dona u... -
Thursday, July 31, 2014 from SocialTimes.comMobile growth is the hidden driver behind the increase of people online around the world. While wealthier countries are more connected that poorer countries, an infographic from Hot Bargain Phones illustrates the opportunity in a growing...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from Social Media News Headlines - Yahoo! NewsPoles launched a Twitter campaign on Thursday urging countrymen to "#eatapples to spite Putin" a day after Russia slapped an embargo on Polish produce in retaliation against Western sanctions. Poland is the world's largest...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from AllFacebookFacebook appears to have tweaked its notifications icon to reflect the locations of its users. (more…) New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media .
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from VentureBeat » social
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from MediaPost.com: socialA study has revealed that British employees are the most likely in Europe to ignore workplace restrictions on social media and messaging apps, but 60% of workers are still too scared to defy their bosses' rules. Forty percent of European...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 from SocialTimes.comA new study published in the journal Computers in Human Behavior investigated the widespread practice of sharing personal news and events via social media and smartphones. The study looked at which types of media and platforms people ch...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from BizReportIt is estimated that 55% of Americans regularly shop online at an average of 15.6 online purchases per year. However, one-third of these customers are shifting from using computers for making purchases and instead are moving towards mobi...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from BizReportHere's why the savvy ones in the business are outsourcing their content right now (and why you should be, too).
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Search Engine JournalCraigslist is an iconic website. It’s outrageously ugly, incredibly useful, amazingly relevant, and outstandingly successful. But why? I think Craigslist has some great SEO things going for it. So, I’m going to tell you a little bit abou...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Internet | The GuardianWith Airbnb and Foursquare's new logos under fire, how can brands updating their image ensure a smooth transition? People are always falling out with brands , whether it is about ethical behaviour, product changes, or failure to match th...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Business Cloud News
Oracle’s first multitenant relational database, Oracle 12c (the ‘c’ is for cloud), was punted into general availability this week. But with the future of the company being bet on its ability to bring its core database solutions into the ... -
Friday, August 1, 2014 from Cloud Services WorldJuniper Networks has announced findings from its Software-Defined Networking (SDN) Progress Report that found there are two distinct camps when it comes to adoption of the technology. The study found more than half of U.S. businesses sur...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Cloud Services WorldThe Web Technology Group (WTG) has signed a technical partnership agreement with innovative cloud solutions provider Fedr8. WTG will employ Fedr8andrsquo;s tools to help its clients migrate their legacy applications to cloud platforms an...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Cloud Services WorldInova Translational Medicine Institute (ITMI) has chosen Avere for access to the worldand#39;s largest centralized repository of whole genome sequence data. ITMI a research and development arm of Inova Health System will use Avereand#39;...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Cloud Services WorldIndustry-first offering saves companies countless hours and thousands of pounds.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Cloud Services WorldMapR Technologies Inc.says that it is one of the first to receive Big Data Competency status from Amazon Web Services (AWS). Now part of the new AWS Partner Network (APN) Competency Program AWS has named MapR as a Big Data Competency Par...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Reuters: Internet NewsVIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian law student Max Schrems appealed to a billion Facebook users around the world on Friday to join a class-action lawsuit against Facebook's alleged violations of its users' privacy.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Internet | The GuardianFormer Tech City staffer Pasa Mustafa saw first hand how startups battled with delays and expensive fees, and says Ofcom and the government must help Until April, I worked at Tech City UK building new partnerships for the government with...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Business Cloud News
Research published by networking specialist Juniper Networks suggests US companies are split on whether or not to adopt software defined networking technologies. Mike Marcellin, senior vice president of strategy and marketing for Juniper... -
Friday, August 1, 2014 from TechRadar: Internet newsResearchers in Denmark have broken the record for the high-speed transmission of data across a fibre-optic cable. Using a new type of optical fibre supplied by Japanese telecoms company NTT, the High-Speed Optical Communications (HSOC) t...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Internet | The GuardianJason Seiken believes journalists have obsession with Twitter Project Babbs irreverent style targets younger audience Paper will crank out editorial products in space of 10 weeks The Telegraph websites 20% traffic boost in June has been ...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from CBR - E-commerce NewsSeculert claims malicious domain generation has increased sevenfold.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Creative Bloq Web designRead more about The secrets of the Guardian's responsive redesign at CreativeBloq.com One of the world's most widely read newspaper websites, the Guardian attracts tens of millions of unique visitors each year.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from CBR - E-commerce NewsRequests under EU ruling are proving hard to check.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from TorrentFreak
Just as discussion moves away from the punitive measures that did little to curtail piracy in the last decade, an Australian minister has urged a return. Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull says that in order to send a clear message... -
Friday, August 1, 2014 from CBR - E-commerce NewsUK Apps & Games Index shows fitness, dating and news apps topped the ranking.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Get Elastic Ecommerce Blog
You can read articles about mobile web vs. native app vs. hybrid app, but sometimes a visual, such as a decision tree, is the best resource for making a decision that’s right for your business. SapientNitro’s Insights 2014: C... -
Friday, August 1, 2014 from ComputerWeekly: Internet technologyA new information security law which places restrictions on Russian bloggers and social media users has come into force today
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from BizReportTaller images, calls to action and keeping brand images face-free are just some of the secrets to success on Pinterest, according to new information shared by Ripen eCommerce.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from RSSSedo was behind 16,216 transactions worth a total of $35.9 million in sales over the first six months of 2014, the company announced in its First Half 2014 Domain Market Study. Read More...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from BizReportRecent research from Silverpop suggests that consumers tend to have just five brands they are loyal to, repeatedly opening their emails and buying their products. But what is it that forges this friendship?
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Internet | The GuardianOnline abuse reminds us that while technology is upgraded, human qualities of jealousy and bitterness are not It may contain some passages judged by one Amazon customer to be "brilliantly written" , but that isn't enough to spa...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Phys.org: Internet News(AP)—A federal judge in the U.S. territory of Guam denied a motion Thursday to release a Russian lawmaker's son accused of hacking computers inside hundreds of U.S. businesses.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Phys.org: Internet NewsGoogle on Thursday told European officials that forgetting isn't easy, especially when details are few and guidelines are murky regarding when personal privacy trumps public interest.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Social networking | The GuardianPlus, Google bashing, Facebooks tiny design and HTC profits up A quick burst of 7 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team The national campaign - One Armenian, One Article - aims to raise the number and quality of ar...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Internet | The GuardianFrom internet-flavoured coffee to digital 'pills' loaded with healing music, meet the Japanese projects changing art and tech Going beyond the concept of Cool Japan, Tokyo today sees creatives, thinkers, designers and black-market moveme...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from CircleID
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Internet | The GuardianFrom today, popular Russian bloggers will be forced to register with the states media monitoring body. But those posting pictures of kittens could be exempt Russia tightens controls on blogosphere New regulations for the Russian blogosph...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Internet | The GuardianIf only retweets could fix the world's problems, First Dog on the Moon would live in a world with fewer problems... Having trouble viewing this cartoon? Click here Get all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Do...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from eWeek - Cloud - RSS FeedThe Internet of things presents some significant security challenges that need to be dealt with now before big problems arise.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from eWeek - Cloud - RSS FeedFord, alongside the CTIA Super Mobility Week Sept. 8, will host an app developer conference and hackathon, a first for the auto industry.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Internet Marketing NewsWatch
The latest VerticalResponse blog post is titled "4 Tips to Keep Your Search Strategies Up-to-Date".
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Internet Marketing NewsWatch
Bryson Meunier says, “No one applauded louder than I did when Google introduced their warning in search results forfaulty redirects in June of this year, and then, warnings for Flash earlier this month. It’s definitely a step in th...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Internet Marketing NewsWatch
Elaine Yavorcik says, “On the day of your birthday you may expect the dozens of happy birthday texts, calls and Facebook messages from your friends and family. What you may not expect, are the many personalized birthday emails and ...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Internet Marketing NewsWatch
SEO has many nuances that have some effect on your results, but one of the primary factors in a high rating is backlinks. And the most useful backinks are “do follow” links from influential sites. Finding authoritative sites ...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Internet Marketing NewsWatch
Erez Zundy says, “Most companies spend thousands (and thousands) of dollars looking to give their Web designers the tools they need to do their jobs efficiently and successfully, but are they spending their money on the right tools...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Internet Marketing NewsWatch
The latest ‘Web Marketing Today’ blog post is titled “21 Essential Social Media Monitoring Tools”.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Internet Marketing NewsWatch
Courtney Eckerle says, “All of the content Infochimps had prior to this inbound marketing funnel transformation “wasn’t really relative anymore. We started, really, from scratch,” Amanda McGuckin Hager, Director o...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Internet Marketing NewsWatch
Paul Nicholls uses solo ads to run his business. He consistently makes a profit from his ads, earning 2-3 times what he spent on the ad, or even more. In a world where many solo ads don’t earn any profit at all, and often result in...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Internet Marketing NewsWatch
John Tackett says, “Responsive design, like any new technology or technique, does not necessarily increase conversion. This is because when practicing Web optimization, you are not simply optimizing a design; you are optimizing a custome...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Internet Marketing NewsWatch
Peterd says, “For those new to optimizing clients sites, or those seeking a refresher, we thought we’d put together a guide to step you through it, along with some selected deeper reading on each topic area. Every SEO has different...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Aaron Wall's SEO Book.com -Whenever Google does a major algorithm update we all rush off to our data to see what changed in terms of rankings, search traffic, and then look for the trends to try to figure out what changed. The two people I chat most with during pe...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Internet Marketing NewsWatch
Tracy Stokes says, “Is this the long-awaited year of mobile? Last week, Facebook announced that its quarterly profits had more than doubled, driven in large part by mobile; 62% of Facebook’s ad revenue now comes from advertising on...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Internet Marketing NewsWatch
Lane Sutton says, “Today, people expect a lot of brands on social media – studies have shown that 42% of consumers expect a response within one hour when they contact a brand on social media. That’s an incredibly demand...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Domain Name Wire
Et tu, Amazon? Amazon.com is now offering domain name registration in conjunction with its web services. This move is not similar to Google’s recent foray into the retail registration market. Instead, it’s similar to what Goo... -
Friday, August 1, 2014 from BizReportYouth insights consultancy Voxburner surveyed students in the U.K. to see what they find most annoying about mobile apps. One element stuck out more than others - ads in apps.
