Google+ May Charge For Custom URLs in The Future
A post yesterday on Social Media Today pointed out an aspect of the new Google+ Terms of Service for its custom URLs, which it has...
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Kelsey Jones is a marketing consultant, writer, and owner of SixStories.com and StoryShoutNews.com. Kelsey has been in digital marketing since 2007 and journalism since 2004. During her career, she served as a US Search Awards judge for three years, was managing/executive editor of SEJ from 2014 to 2017, and has spoken at State of Search, Pubcon, SEJ Summit, and others.
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Should We Be Valuating Social Media Users by Stock Prices?
According to a new post by Forbes, a social media user can be given a dollar value. Their calculations on Linkedin, Twitter, and Facebook’s stock...
Google Debuts New Internet Information Kiosks in London
Google has partnered with the London office of digital and interactive marketing agency R/GA to debut new internet information kiosks, a pilot project it is calling...
Facebook Rolls Out New Like & Share Buttons; Partner Categories
Facebook made a couple of announcements today, both applicable to marketers, especially around the holidays: New Partner Categories For Facebook Ads This new update allows...
Google Helpouts Released; Offers Expert Help Through Hangouts
The online expert video market is one that has continued to grow, and Google has thrown its hat in the ring with its newest offering:...
The First Ever YouTube Music Awards: What it Means For Marketers
The YouTube Music Awards happened for the first time ever last night, and from the looks of reviews from GigaOM, the Los Angeles Times, and...
Google Releases Android 4.4 KitKat
According to TechCrunch, Google has officially rolled out its latest update to the mobile Android OS, known as 4.4 (or KitKat). Google announced several of the updates...
The Year 2003 in Search #throwbackthursday
Search Engine Journal been documenting the search marketing industry for the past 10 years. To commemorate this milestone, Loren Baker, founder of SEJ, got in the...
Google+ Rolls Out Upgrades to Photos, Video Chat, and More
At a press event yesterday, Google executives announced a massive update to Google+, one which includes over 18 upgrades to existing features. Robert Hof of Forbes...
Matt Cutts: More Indexed Pages Doesn’t Always Equal Better Rank
In the latest Webmaster Help video from Matt Cutts, he received a question from Leah in New York, if wanted to know that more indexed...
Study Reports Facebook Generates 30x More E-Commerce Customers Than Twitter
According to new research from Curebit and reported on by VentureBeat, the difference in social commerce sales between Facebook and Twitter are extraordinary. According to...
Google Releases Easier Offer Builder For Local Business Targeting
Within the next week, Google will be slowly rolling out an easier Google Offers builder, which work in tandem with Map listings. This news came...
Google Updates DoubleClick For Publishers Ad Serving Algorithm
The Search Engine Journal team received an email from a member of the Google DoubleClick team last afternoon that announced that changes to the Ad...
Study Reports 40% of Top Instagram Videos Were Brand-Created
A new study announced by Unruly reports that 40% of the top 1,000 Instagram videos were created and published by brands like MTV. Many of the...
U.S. District Judge Orders Yahoo! to Add Microsoft Search to Remaining Markets
News of the ruling on the case between Yahoo! and Microsoft regarding the continual rollout of Microsoft’s search technology into Yahoo’s international markets became public...
Facebook Mobile App Ads Now Have Video, Cost-Per-Action Pricing
The Facebook Developers blog announced two changes to mobile ad options for advertisers today, both aim toward increasing the efficiency of mobile ad campaigns, specifically...
Retail Advertisers on Facebook Average 152% ROI; 162% ROI on iOS
A new report by Nanigans, an ad platform based on optimization for ROI, states that retail advertisers who have campaigns on Facebook have experienced a...
Twitter Opens Direct Messaging to Anyone; Will This Be a New IM Platform?
Twitter rolled out a new option this week: profiles can choose to let anyone direct message them, even Twitter users they don’t follow. Previously, the...
Just Launched Google Media Tools Aims to Help Journalists
The Google+ for Media: ATL Summit brought some big news today, as Google announced its launch of Google Media Tools, a website designed to help...
Matt Cutts Reminds Webmasters That Google Will Always Be Changing
On the Google Webmaster Help YouTube channel yesterday, Matt Cutts answered the following question from a user: Since Google has actively been updating its search...
Pinterest Promoted Pins Launch Today
According to an updated post on the Pinterest blog, promoted pins are launching today. The announcement states that each promoted pin will clearly be marked...
Facebook Announces New Platform to Create Ads Based on Objective
Facebook announced today via its Facebook for Business News section that it has created a new platform that will allow advertisers to create ads and...
Study Reports Majority of Marketers Spend Less Than 10% on Paid Social
A new study reported by eMarketer and administered by media software company STRATA reports that 92% of marketers polled only spend up to 10% of...
Instagram Announces Ad Rollout
Instagram announced via its Tumblr blog yesterday that it will begin rolling out advertisements that users will see in their feed. Mentioning that it now...
Apple Reportedly Acquires Personal Assistant App Cue for $40M
Multiple press outlets, including TechCrunch, are reporting that Apple has acquired Cue for approximately $40M (note: Apple Insider says this number is reportedly at least $35M)....
Bing Image Search Results Now Display Pinterest Boards
Bing announced on its search blog today that it now directly displays Pinterest board collections in its image search results. The Pinterest board results appear...
Google Launches Interactive HTML5 Ad and Website Builder
Yesterday afternoon, Google announced its latest free tool: Google Web Designer. This downloadable program is focused on helping designers “create engaging, interactive HTML5-based designers and...
Users Can Now Search Facebook Graph For Status Updates and Posts
The Facebook newsroom announced today that users can now utilize graph search to search Facebook posts and status updates by their friends as well as...
Facebook to Show More Relevant Ads in News Feed
Facebook released an update about the changes it is making to the way it displays ads in users’ news feeds, according to Hong Ge, Engineering...
Google Now Displays Google+ Hashtag Results in Search Queries
Google now supports hashtag searches within Google+ from the search engine’s query result pages: The box on the right hand side of the screen...