One of the most prominent business schools in the US, Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, and the American Marketing Association has delivered their second CMO Survey of 2010 and there are plenty of interesting findings. On the social media front it looks like the CMO club either knows the right things to say or they are actually catching on to...

I am very excited. I stand on the precipice of truly entering the mobile age in a few short days because I will rid myself of the “smart phone” I currently wrestle with on a daily basis and move to the next level by becoming an Android user of some kind. It’s exciting because now I may actually be able to get something from my smart phone...

We all hate email overload. Web-based email programs like Gmail have built-in smart spam filtering and advanced labelling, but you can still miss important emails if you receive hundreds per day. In an attempt to solve this problem, Gmail software engineers have today launched the Priority InBox. Basically, this is an advanced sorting tool for...

Starting tomorrow, Gmail users will have a little help setting their priorities at the start of the day thanks to the new Priority Inbox. The concept is pretty cool. From day one, Gmail will take a look at your incoming email messages to determine which ones are important and which ones not so much. The important messages get a gold flag and they...

clickz The social networking giant has launched "Universities on Facebook," while partnering with 10 retailers to kick off the initiative.

Debate whether Google should penalize over paid links all you want. The bottom line remains that Google DOES penalize, when it finds them, and when it wants. And in this case, an online flower shop's SEO firm bought links for them. Penality ensued, and it figures it lost $4 million in sales from 2008-2009. Good news is the lesson taught them...

clickz So far users have not flocked to create branded accounts, but it's early.

clickz Censorship of a pro-marijuana legalization group's ads could be attracting attention to its cause.

Picking up the gauntlet thrown down by Bill Slawski, here's my guide to optimising your images for ranking in Google Image Search. From filenames to picture dimensions, it's all relevant.

Remember when Google promised us they were getting close to being able to provide search results in real-time? Well this week they’ve cracked it. In an official blog post, Google announced real-time search results are now available. But instead of being integrated into regular search results pages, real-time search has been given it’s...

This post is about sharing something Jennifer Mattern recently discovered occurring on Compete.com, as well as her opinions on the ethics and defenses of it.

There are ads that I like. Target is always kitschy and catchy. Those Mac vs PC ads are charming and I wish the Gap would go back to those great dance commercials. I really liked those. But when Facebook asks me to “like” a sidebar ad, I find that weird. Two parents in Los Angeles are finding it more than just weird....

Update: See comments section for comment from Facebook. Original Article: WebProNews reached out to both Teachbook and Facebook for comment on the suit the latter has filed against the former. So far, we've only heard back from Teachbook. In case you're not familiar with the story, Facebook is suing a company called Teachbook, which...

It's become clear that check-ins are becoming about more than just locations. While location is obviously a big part of it, we've seen several examples of non-place "check-ins". For example, Booyah recently released product check-ins. Third parties have already begun using Facebook Places for physical items. It looks like Facebook is...

On Monday, we posted a piece about Philadelphia’s new Business Privilege Tax. In short the city now wants to tax bloggers whether they are making an income with their blog or not. It appears to be another case of a misguided municipality looking to bring in new revenue streams. As expected, most bloggers are angered by this...

Ben Huh, who runs the Cheezburger Network, has offered to buy Reddit. This comes after Condé Nast, which owns Reddit, rejected Prop 19 ads on the site (Facebook also rejected them). Yesterday, Reddit posted the following message: The reddit admins were just blindsided with the news that, apparently, we're not allowed to take advertising...

Everyone knows that social media provides some great opportunities for marketing, but measurement issues continue to plague businesses. You know content is being shared, but you don't know how people who its being shared with are responding to it. Are you content with your ability to measure social media effectiveness? Let us know....

63% of marketers are already using social media marketing while more than half of those who aren’t currently involved said they were planning on jumping in probably within the next year. But why? Extra Mile Audience Research conducted a study for PivotCon and here’s what they found out: People said they used social media...

comScore released its monthly Media Metrix top 50 revealing the top 50 U.S. web properties. Here are the top ten: 1. Google sites 2. Yahoo Sites 3. Microsoft sites 4. Facebook.com 5. AOL 6. Glam Media 7. Ask Network (IAC perhaps?) 8. Turner Network 9. Fox Interactive Media 10. Amazon Sites Google has acquired Angstro, a social startup that is said...

Organizers of the JavaOne and Oracle Develop conference may be fielding more than a few emails and phone calls about refunds this afternoon.  Google, which was supposed to have a significant presence at the event, backed out today due to the lawsuit Oracle brought against it. Joshua Bloch, Google's chief Java architect, wrote on the Google...

Baskin-Robbins has launched a new campaign for its Facebook fans to get free scoops of ice cream. Baskin-Robbins Facebook fans can sign up for “Group Scoop” on Facebook and start their own group or joins someone else’s. Once the number of people in a “Group Scoop” reaches 31, the organizer and all 30 other members...

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has a company called Interval Licensing, and it is suing the following  eleven companies: AOL, Apple, eBay, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, Yahoo, and YouTube. The claim, filed in the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Washington, alleges that these companies have...

clickz Two parents claim their respective adolescent children are being exploited for commercial purposes whenever they see a friend has "Liked" a Facebook.com ad.

A couple months ago, Google introduced the "Analyze Competition" feature for AdWords advertisers. This can be found in the "opportunities" tab. The feature was initially only available to a small number of advertisers using the English language AdWords interface. Today, Google announced that it is expanding. Now the feature...

A company that was founded for the specific purpose of addressing one of Google's weaknesses has now been acquired by the larger corporation.  Angstro should help Google (and whatever sort of social network it's building) distinguish between lots of results for a given name. Angstro is shutting down due to the acquisition, and Google's given...

clickz Layoffs will hit 9 percent of staff, and paper will restructure to focus on Web and mobile.

Even before an acquisition was announced, talks between Google and ITA software were causing a stir in the travel industry. Once Google announced its intent to acquire the company at the beginning of July for $700 million, plenty of talk about regulatory obstacles ensued. Google announced an update on the situation today. On the company' public...

You may recall that earlier this year, Facebook took a lot of heat over user privacy. While some may still not be satisfied, the company did release simplified privacy settings in response. Around that time, however, a project called Diaspora started generating a lot of hype as a potential, open alternative to Facebook as a social network....

What happens when you don’t add Google TV to your television? Apparently, it turns into a freaky, one-eyed, monster that terrorizes your house, that’s what! Check out these ads that are running to promote Logitech’s partnership with Google TV. (Hat-tip)

Nielsen released its version of the U.S. search market rankings for July this week. Google is of course on top with 3 out of 5 searches (64.2%). Yahoo came in second with 14.3%, leaving Microsoft in third at 13.6%. Yahoo and Microsoft both gained in month-over-month share (2% and 4%, respectively). This is all good for Microsoft, as Bing has now...

Update: WebProNews reached out to Teachbook for comment. Read Teachbook's full response here. See comments from Facebook in the comments section of either article. Excerpt: "We were unaware the Facebook owned the Internet or the term 'book,'" Teachbook Managing Partner Greg Shrader tells WebProNews. -- Original...

Social networking use among Internet users ages 50 and older nearly doubled from 22 percent in April 2009 to 42 percent in May 2010, according to a new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Social networking use among Internet users ages 50-64 grew by 88 percent over the past year, from 25 percent in April 2009 to 47 percent...

Google has given its realtime search feature its own homepage at google.com/realtime. Searches from this destination still take you to the updates section of a regular Google search. While realtime search on Google itself isn't new, there are still some new features Google has revealed along with the homepage. Product Manager Dylan Casey...

Last week, Vevo launched its mobile app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Today, the company announced that the app has already been downloaded over a million times. "Our new app for iPhone and iPod touch is a huge success! Since we debuted VEVO Mobile last week, it has ranked #1 among Free Apps and Music Apps in the iTunes store and was named...

Google is rolling out some changes to the event page in Google Calendar. The goal is to make scheduling events easier, while making the style more consistent with other Google apps. The information that is most commonly used is displayed at the top of the screen, the layout is simplified, and they've added some other features. "The old...

There are currently some interesting happenings with Google search that webmasters may want to pay attention to. The company, which is always busy, has been making moves, which may greatly affect its flagship product - search. This is all in addition to everything the company is doing in social media, mobile, gaming, advertising and everything...

As usual, Facebook is making its way into a lot of headlines for a lot of reasons. While many of them have to do with legal issues, some are also based on the social network itself and other areas of innovation. As reported, the company has partnered with Y Combinator to lend some support to social-minded startups. Facebook will provide product,...

Depending on their tolerance for awful writing and acting, YouTube users in the UK should now be able to watch around 400 movies for free on the site.  YouTube's expanded its movies section due to deals with companies like Blinkbox, Lionsgate, MGM, and Sony. Fair warning: the word "awful" was not some sort of typo.  Home and...

Gooogle announced today that it has made a change to its algorithm that is supposed to make it easier to find multiple pages from a single site. "For queries that indicate a strong user interest in a particular domain, like [exhibitions at amnh], we'll now show more results from the relevant site," says Google software engineer Samarth...

In a nutshell, NewsBasis is a site where journalists and bloggers can find sources, while experts and companies can find journalists and bloggers to write about them in their articles. WebProNews had a conversation with NewsBasis Founder and CEO Darryl Siry (who also happens to be a contributor to Wired, and was formerly CMO of Tesla Motors)...

Updatre: Following the below news, HP and Dell got into a bidding war for 3PAR, but according to TechCrunch, 3PAR has accepted the latest offfer from Dell  for $27 per share in cash, or approximately $1.8 billion. Original Article: Dell announced that it is acquiring virtualized storage solutions provider 3PAR for $1.15 billion....

Google has introduced a new video series about search called Google Beat. The series highlights search trends on Google in the U.S. Google Beat taps into both Google Trends and Google Insights for Search, as well as some additional tools to come up with a snapshot of what people are searching for. Google's Emily Wood writes: You’ve...

More than half of Malaysians online visited a news/information site in July, reaching more than 5.5 million visitors, according to a new report from comScore. Yahoo News led as the most visited site in the category reaching 1.2 million visitors, followed by the New York Times Digital with 873,000 visitors. “News sites combine both...

Even with its 500 million users and omnipresence in society, Facebook is not discounting the threat posed by Google's supposed plans to launch a social network, according to a new report.  Instead, the company's gone into a sort of "lockdown" in response. Do you think the lockdown's a sign that Facebook thinks it's in trouble? ...

Social-minded startups with ties to Y Combinator, a well-known provider of seed funding, will soon get another benefit from the relationship.  Last night, Facebook announced that it will provide support to the startups in a number of ways. Don't look for more money to change hands; Facebook hasn't quite decided to become a venture capital...

A great deal of attention has been put on what Facebook Places means for the future of other check-in apps. This discussion has been around as long as the rumors of Facebook launching a location feature, which have been swirling for quite some time. Will you check in with Facebook Places? Let us know. A lot has also been made of the...

Yesterday Google began its rollout of its Realtime search offering. While You could send some precious time reading my description of the service let’s let the folks from Google tell you instead. The LA Times reports The idea is to give people one place to find timely information about an earthquake or other major event that...

Like most studies, surveys, and stat counts related to Internet user behavior, search market stats should generally be taken with a grain of salt. While they can give us a general idea of which search engines users flock to, there are too many variables to paint a completely accurate picture. What's your search engine of choice? Why? Let us...

You read it right. As I noted yesterday, Facebook had become so big and so powerful that they are starting to make Microsoft like moves that make it impossible to not poke fun at them. The efforts to force sites like Teachbook, and possibly others, to stop using book in their names apparently weren’t enough for Facebook. Now it...

As you may have read, Facebook is suing Teachbook for using the word "book" and being a competitor. To put it in Facebook's exact words, the company's Director of Policy Communications, Barry Schnitt, tells WebProNews: "The problem is not merely that they use the word "book." You'll notice that we have no complaint...

CareerBuilder released some survey findings this week, indicating that over a third of employers in the U.S. are using social media to promote their company, but it's employee use that still has some businesses worried. A lot of companies are afraid to let their employees use social media freely, but they're also afraid not to. On the one hand,...

clickz As the real estate market struggles, real estate sites are seeing traffic gains and increased ad spend.

The biggest problem with social media marketing is that it’s hard to measure your results. You throw everything you have at Twitter and Facebook and mostly you just hope to see an upswing in traffic. To alleviate this problem, ShareThis, the social media sharing widget, is adding an analytic component that will not only...

A brand that seems to make a splash at least every few months, getting its videos featured on all sorts of blogs, talk shows, and news programs, has picked Google as a search provider.  As a result, Google Site Search now powers JibJab.com. Chris Poe, JibJab's engineering director, wrote a short guest post on the Official Google Enterprise...

This one has been on my mind for 6 months, finally got around to finishing it up. Exceptional content? Dunno, but damned important and over-looked. Is it from SEJ? Yea, sorry Michael... Am I also be a cheecky fella today? U bet, sleep deprivation does wonders! hee hee... But heed these words I tell ya!

The Mall of America has 4.2 million square feet of gross building space, 4.3 miles of storefront footage, 520 stores and 40 million visitors annually. Now try to remember where you parked, let alone find a bathroom when you need one. Sam Feuer, CEO of Mindsmack has the solution. It’s a smartphone app called FastMall which...

clickz The movie tickets site was featured in a modestly distributed online campaign that saw excellent sales results. But who paid for the effort?

According to Google's own people, Google Music - which might be a music download service designed to let users store songs in the cloud at some point - will launch this year.  Trouble is, the Google Music project doesn't have any sort of public leader, and Google's now supposedly trying to remedy that problem. Peter Kafka reported this...

clickz Agency has helped market a game starring porn legend Ron Jeremy, a Beer Bong app, and "Rock Band." But promoting sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll isn’t what got it in trouble.

Google announced (via Twitter) that over 1,000,000 people placed calls from Gmail within just 24 hours. This feature began rolling out yesterday (and as far as I can tell isn't even finished yet). "Gmail voice and video chat makes it easy to stay in touch with friends and family using your computer's microphone and speakers," says...

Retailer Target has introduced a new online weekly ad called “My TargetWeekly” that offers users deals. My TargetWeekly allows users to create customized views and deal alerts so they know when items they are looking for are on sale. Users can also view coupons, see top 10 deals, share via Facebook and Twitter and create their own...

Microsoft has launched some new Bing Maps integration with Hotmail. When Hotmail users create a new email message, they can insert Bing Maps data. When a user selects "Maps and Places", a task pane opens, which lets you add new locations or interact with previously defined locations. It will default to the address you have in your...

Yahoo's search results may now be accompanied by a "Powered by Bing" tagline, but the company remains adamant that it hasn't exited the search race.  Shashi Seth, SVP of Yahoo Search Products, protested the idea in a recent blog post. The title of the post was "Yahoo! Search will always be a Search Engine," and Seth...

A public relations firm hired by video game developers will settle Federal Trade Commission charges it engaged in deceptive advertising by having its employees post favorable reviews on iTunes on behalf of the developers and not revealing the reviews came form paid employees. “Companies, including public relations firms involved in online...

A summary of one of the most detailed discussions on the topic of pagination with a Googler and some of the brightest SEOs covering the various options.

Cisco announced today that it intends to acquire ExtendMedia, a content management systems provider out of Newton, Massachusetts. ExtendMedia's systems manage video content through monetization for pay media and ad-supported business models. Cisco says that with ExtendMedia, it will be able to help service providers deliver multi-screen...

In the category of “Why should this even surprise anyone?”, Facebook is working hard to shut down any social networking service that is incorporating the word “book” into their name. Over at Wired magazine’s Threat Level blog it reports on a small start-up called Teachbook that is either delusional or just milking as...

If you were characterize the relationship between Google and Yelp these days it would have to occur on a sliding scale that runs between contentious and bearable. Let’s face it, they don’t get along well and each new event in the relationship adds some more drama. Yelp has rebuffed a Google attempt to buy the service at the...

Sunshine.co.uk are a UK-based travel agency offering cheap holidays. Within six months of working with Conversion Rate Experts, their conversion rate almost doubled. Read how they did it here...

clickz Discount brokerage's paid tweets rack up considerable retweets, replies and clicked links.

clickz Media companies like Foodbuzz help brands connect with consumers through the engaging world of social food and cooking sites.

A few minutes ago, I pointed by my browser to the Daily Radar Blips sites with the intention of dropping a link to my last post here on Marketing Pilgrim. This is what I found: Apparently Future US, the parent company of Daily Radar, has pulled the plug on the entire network including BallHype, ShowHype and my beloved TVBlips....

Customer interaction is the key behind two new marketing campaigns that hit the web this past week, Hyundai “Uncensored” and Halo’s Robotic Arm. Let’s take a closer look and see if we can get inspired for a campaign of our own. Hyundai’s “Uncensored” campaign has gained the interest of both consumers...

Here @Alysson talks about necessary steps you need to take to protect your  WordPress blog being hacked.  She shares very insightful 'how tos' on ways to implement your sites security.

An in-depth case study on how WordStream leveraged infographics to build links from highly authoritative sites while generating enormous traffic (and even some leads and sales!) via social media.

I was all set to post a simple announcement that Yahoo had officially flicked the switch and changed its search results to Bing’s. I had no plans to give Yahoo a hard time. Give it a break, I told myself. Let it prove to the world that it’s not bailing on search. Then I read Shashi Seth’s rebuttal to…well,...

Our newest author, Barry Adams, had an interesting first post where he see's the future of the internet in 'appification' and believes that our future, SEOs that is, will be changed far and wide from what we know today. Me? Believe it or not I am not much of a gadget geeek, so I have my doubts. An interesting suposition none-the-less. Give it a...

Facebook has taken a stand on just what you can or cannot show in an ad on the social media service. Of course, their decision came a week after said ad was running. As a result, st least a short while it was OK for Facebook to take the money of the Just Say Now organization before it extinguished the campaign. The LA Times...

How much benefit do you get from being part of Twitter’s limited test of Promoted Tweets? Well, according to one of the participants, Zecco, life is pretty good at the top of the Twitter Search results! Over the past two months, Zecco sampled 50 Promoted Tweets and measured their effectiveness. In comparison to regular...

Terrible story about people who are taking advantage of an expired domain and Google to profit from the name and death of a young female golfer.

A great collection of resources and links for all types of Google Universal Search ranking factors, from video to news, from blogsearch to maps. Assembled by Jeroen van Eck from State of Search.

This content series builds high-trust links because of its thoroughness, emphasis on utility and the inclusion of "info-swag" such as free tools, checklists and widgets.

There have been a lot of stories in the media lately about cyber-stalking and privacy issues on the Internet. It seems to be a knee jerk reaction to the tsunami of social networking that has occurred in the past few years. Or is it? Are the media over-reacting? Or have we forgotten what privacy is in the age of the World Wide Web? The Rise of...

Each time I find out about how Google is making strides in turning many of their popular services into a usable mobile form I am reminded of just how far mobile has to go. Honestly, I am naïve enough to think that a company like Google would already have done something long ago with an important feature like Google Finance to...

Enhanced CPC - all sounds good, but will this tool really make that much of a difference? What’s the difference between this and Conversion Optimiser, which also promises to boost your ROI with an easy-to-use bidding tool?

Last week, Groupon members got a great deal, $50 worth of clothing at The Gap for only $25. More than 440,000 subscribers took advantage of the deal and they did it so quickly, they temporarily stalled the servers at the popular new deal site. Part of the reason for the huge influx was that it wasn’t just Groupon members who...

clickz An in-depth look at the group-buying platform's biggest and most successful campaign to date.

clickz Microsoft's Bing engine now powers all organic search results on Yahoo sites.

Local online ad spending is climbing faster than expected with sales reaching a number in 2011 that was originally predicted for 2012. According to a study by Borrell Associates, which was reported on by PaidContent, online ad spending is likely to rise 18% next year rising to $16.1 billion dollars. Ad spending overall is expected...

clickz Integration follows the departure of the unit's President, Adam Bain, to Twitter.

It's official! Yahoo is now officially being powered by Bing.

clickz According to Borrell Associates, targeted display and streaming video ad spending will surge as less targeted run-of-site display and national paid search fall.

Fresh off its success in helping to take the Apple Antennagate fiasco to a new level, Consumer Reports may be trying to make a name for itself in the world of the mobile Internet. According to the LA Times the group is now making some waves in the area of mobile payment security. {Consumers Union} the nonprofit testing and...

In case you haven’t noticed, I am not a big fan of politics or politicians. It doesn’t matter which side of the aisle they come from or claim to have allegiance to, to me a politician is a politician is a politician. So what is happening in Florida Democratic primaries today doesn’t help me feel any better about these folks....

New Eye Tracking Study Released July 2010: New study tried to determine whether the intention behind queries affects the way people browse the results page, the relationship between gaze patterns and intentionality while performing queries.

This post discusses at what point an Internet Marketing company should say goodbye to a client.

If you automatically follow everyone who follows you, then you may find your home feed a bit overwhelming. In order to keep up with all of the people you want to follow based on their interests and your connection to them. Here are nine great Twitter lists to create and ways to use them.

OK, I am about to share a very well-kept secret. There will be many people that will be angry with me that I have decided to share this with the world at large. (Well, at least our readers but who’s counting?) I risk being ostracized by just about everyone when I reveal the following: Business can be very boring. Wow! What a relief! I said...

The writer remembered how many issues he encountered when creating feeds for clients (especially if you are using a CMS and not a custom xml feed for 50 or so products) and also how many questions posted by other people were left unanswered. He decided to compile a list of the 5 common problems when dealing with Google Base, with solutions. Very...

clickz The geo-social brand also echoes Foursquare's claim that user growth has spiked since Facebook 'Places' launched last week.

clickz Democratic AG hopeful Dan Gelber is running mobile ads targeted to Floridians in the hopes of winning their vote in a primary election today.

clickz Twitter continues to build out its ad sales teams as it attempts to monetize its service.

clickz YouTube and Facebook provide opportunities for consumers to comment on the Sonata.

clickz In July, after receiving a contribution from the IAB's PAC, a congressman stated fears about a more powerful FTC - which the IAB opposes.

clickz Handset manufacturer follows competitors in investment in mobile analytics space.

clickz A new site and Facebook page aim to boost communication with consumers.

clickz When ContextWeb SVP Jay Sears boarded AA Flight 24, he didn't know he'd become a part of a national news story – thanks to Twitter.

clickz Dennis Crowley, CEO of the geo-social platform, tweeted that his company saw a single-day record for user gains yesterday. Though, Facebook's much larger scale may still loom as a major problem for Foursquare.

clickz Analysts and agencies agree demand for display ads will rise, but they disagree about nearly everything else.

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clickz Apple is closing its Quattro mobile ad network to focus on the iAd, while Millennial is reportedly in acquisition talks with handset manufacturer RIM.

clickz An in-depth report from Palo Alto on Facebook Places and partnerships with Foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp, and Booyah.

Amid great live streaming fanfare and back slapping, Facebook officially launched their location-based social networking application Facebook Places today. TechCrunch were keen to point out that they spotted the product before the launch even began, but the fact that Facebook were working on geo-networking functionality has been a poorly kept...

clickz Boosted by Apple's presence in the space, mobile ad companies are hoping to capitalize on Apple's slow rollout of its first iAd campaigns.

clickz While points and badges are rewards for political supporters, data is the primary reward for campaigns using Engage's new set of tools.

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clickz Connected Marketing Week attendees think Facebook's expected geo-social play will lead to more brands entering the space, but more privacy concerns loom.

clickz Search campaign platform integrates with Facebook and other channels.

Search Engine Watch: Bloggers Buzzing about SES San Francisco and Connected Marketing WeekGetSomeTraffic.net:  Content Marketing Optimization--SES San FranciscoOnline Strategies Magazine: ClickZ Connected Marketing Awards 2010 Announced in San Francisco, August 17SEO Facts:  Jeff Hayzlett Opening Keynote Pulls No Punches at SES SFState...

clickz Jeffrey Hayzlett said brands must also tap social networks to engage, educate, excite, and evangelize - and shape product development.

clickz Hearst-owned iCrossing taps DataXu to support real-time ad optimization and bidding for display ad campaigns.

clickz Sony Pictures, Heineken and Adidas are among first to sponsor video highlights.

Awards Recognize Brands and Organizations that Embrace Innovation and Creativity to Connect with Audiences SAN FRANCISCO, CA, August 17, 2010 - Reebok, the National Hockey League, and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra are among the winners of ClickZ Connected Marketing Awards 2010. The awards recognize brands and organizations that have embraced...

clickz Reebok, the NHL, and the Indianapolis Symphony are among the organizations that have embraced innovation and creativity to connect with their audiences.

clickz ComiXology recently ran its first ad on its iPhone/iPad application.

clickz A Democrat running for Maryland's House of Delegates plans to spend as much as 40 percent of his campaign budget online, and has a social media director.

clickz The deadlocked Senate battle between Alexi Giannoulias and Mark Kirk in Illinois has been less than friendly, and last week each side built up its attack arsenals online.

It’s been ages since we’ve had a Dumbass of the Week, but I saw something yesterday that prompted me to resurrect the title once more. A staff member here sent me a screengrab from a Google search he had made and pointed out one of the Sponsored Links / AdWords ads at the top of the page (see screen grab below) . He had conducted a...

clickz The coffee retailer has struck agreements with The Wall Street Journal, Zagat, Nickelodeon, and others to offer store patrons "subscription-level" content.

clickz Digitaria will keep its name and operate as an independent unit of JWT.

clickz The social site will launch 'Facebook Live' tonight with an America Ferrera interview.

clickz Just two months after picking up Web analytics firm Coremetrics, business software and services giant IBM has acquired Unica for $480 million.

clickz When it comes to promos using geo-location services, what brands are putting their money where their tweets are? Here’s ClickZ’s Top 5 Best and Worst.

Hi Kalena I feel like I am stuck with my keyword research. I am researching SEO keywords for an Australian business that specializes in tree removal and tree felling. The keywords I chose for them were “tree removal” and “tree lopper” however when I enter these into Keyword Discovery for Australia I get nothing (although...

Attorneys are notorious for the high billable hourly rate charged to clients. A number of factors come into play to determine the exact rate, from the size of the firm, to experience, reputation and demand for the lawyer in question. At the elite range, you could easily be paying 4 figures but even at the mid-range, you’ll be forking out...

Features Global Marketing in a Digital World Workshops and Panels with International Marketing Experts NEW YORK, NY, August 10, 2010 - ClickZ announced today that the International Marketing Forum will be taking place during Connected Marketing Week in San Francisco on Friday, August 20. This forum focuses on global marketing and features sessions...

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Two tracks--B2B Social Media and B2C Social Media--provide opportunity for attendees to learn social media best practices, strategies and more NEW YORK, NY, August 6, 2010--Incisive Media's ClickZ announced today that day two of Connected Marketing Week, which is being held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, August 16-20, 2010, will feature...

Job Title: Senior Manager – Enterprise Paid and Natural Search Job Reference #: 129883BR Position Type: Full Time Name of Employer: American Express Location: Manhattan, New York, USA Date Posted: 1 August 2010 Position Description: Responsibilities: The Senior Manager of American Express Enterprise Paid and Natural Search will report into...

On behalf of staff and tutors at Search Engine College, I’d like to offer congratulations to our latest graduates for 2010. All students named below have successfully completed a course at Search Engine College and attained official certification status (requiring a passing grade of 70 percent or higher.) Search Engine Optimization...

As Preview, Join Jeff Pulver of #140conf Events as He Tweets with Incisive Media's Matt McGowan on Thursday, August 5, 11 a.m. EDT New York, NY, August 3, 2010--Day four of Incisive Media's Connected Marketing Week festival, held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, August 16-20, 2010, focuses on using real-time information to communicate with...

Three years ago, staff at Search Engine College launched Search Engine Wiki BETA, the world’s first vertical wiki dedicated to search engines and search engine marketing. Search Engine Wiki is basically a collaborative online library of search engine marketing (SEM) resources. With the search community’s help, Search Engine Wiki has now grown...