Pinterest Is Reportedly Planning To Launch A ‘Buy’ Button Early This Year
According to a report released today by Recode, sources say Pinterest is working on its own “Buy” button that could launch in as little as...
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Matt G. Southern, Senior News Writer, has been with Search Engine Journal since 2013. With a bachelor’s degree in communications, Matt specializes in gathering details, checking facts, and making complex subjects easy to understand. In addition to writing articles, Matt oversees strategy development for SEJ’s news department.
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Now You Can Decide Who Manages Your Facebook Profile After You Die
Have you ever put any thought into who you’d trust with managing your Facebook profile when you pass away? I can’t blame you if that...
Which Sites Have The Most Valuable Search Engine Traffic? [INFOGRAPHIC]
If you’ve ever used the tool SEMRush before, you’ve likely noticed how it assigns a dollar amount to your organic traffic. This value is based...
Facebook To Grade The Effectiveness Of Your Ads Before You Run Them
Facebook has taken the guesswork out of wondering whether or not that ad you’re about to run is any good with the introduction of relevance...
Google Celebrates Safer Internet Day By Giving Everyone 2GB Of Free Drive Storage
In case you didn’t know, today is Safer Internet Day, and if you were looking for a reason to celebrate such an occasion how does...
Google To Answer Health-Related Questions In The Knowledge Graph
The next time you search for health information you may get your answer instantly, as Google has added information about common health conditions in its...
Google Acquires Photo Storage App Odysee, Is A Major Google+ Update On The Way?
It was announced today that Google acquired photo storage app Odysee. The app, which automatically backs up photos and videos taken on your smartphone, will...
As Google’s Search Deal With Apple Is Set To Expire, Bing And Yahoo Want A Piece Of The Action
The coveted role of being Apple’s default search provider for the Safari browser is going to be up for grabs soon, according to a report...
Twitter Sucks At Dealing With Abuse And Trolls, Says CEO Dick Costolo
An internal memo sent out to Twitter employees, obtained by The Verge, reveals candid comments made by CEO Dick Costolo about the company’s shortcomings in...
Google To Once Again Show Tweets In Search Engine Results Pages
Google once again has access to Twitter’s firehose thanks to a new deal reached between the two companies, Bloomberg reports. Within the first half of this...
Twitter Launches Quick Promote, A Faster Way To Promote Tweets
Ever wish it was as easy to promote a tweet as it is to boost a Facebook post? Well now it is (almost), as today...
Google’s Senior Vice President of Knowledge Is Leaving The Company
Sources tell TechCrunch that Alan Eustace, Google’s Senior VP of Knowledge, is leaving the company. In addition to being a longtime Google employee, Eustace also...
Google Disabled More Than Half A Billion Ads in 2014
Google released its annual “Bad Ads” report today, which revealed the search giant had to disable more than 524 million bad ads last year. The...
Google Search Ranking Shakeups May Be Linked To Mobile Algorithm Update
For the past week site owners have been reporting to see shifts in mobile search rankings, which is believed to be the result of a...
Google’s Desktop Search Share Drops To Lowest Point In 6 Years
In the months following Google’s fallout with Firefox as the browser’s default search engine, the search giant’s share of the desktop search market has been...
Google Improves Crawling and Indexing of Location-Adaptive Pages
Pages can be designed to adapt to a user’s specific location, showing different content to users in different parts of the world. While these types...
Google Agrees To Change Privacy Policy In UK
Google has agreed to change its privacy policy in the UK with respect to how it gathers personal data, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office announced...
Facebook To Show Location-Based Place Tips In Your News Feed
Facebook introduced a brand new feature for its iPhone app today which should help people learn more about the places and attractions they’re visiting. Taking...
Study Reveals Top Performing Retailers On Facebook During 2014 Holiday Season
Disclosure: Searchmetrics is a Search Engine Journal partner, but this coverage has not been sponsored or paid for in any way. A new study by...
Facebook Reaches 1.39B Monthly Active Users, Half A Billion Are Mobile-Only
Facebook announced its Q4 2014 earnings today, revealing that 1.39 billion users now use the social network every month, which marks a 13% year over...
Snapchat To Deliver Bite-Sized Pieces Of News And Entertainment From Media Publishers
Snapchat announced today that it will now be giving media publishers the ability to distribute short, edited clips of news and information. Content distributed via...
Facebook Introduces New Tool To Measure Sales Driven By Ads
It has always been easy to measure how well Facebook ads are performing when it comes to clicks and views, but what about sales? Measuring...
Pinterest Search Gets Smarter, Delivers Results Based on Gender
There’s nothing worse than searching for a new pair of kicks on Pinterest, and having to sift through pins of high heels when you really...
Social Media Makes Up Nearly A Third Of All Referral Traffic, + More Stats
Social software company Shareaholic argues that the shift from search to social is here with the release of a new set of data that reveals...
Matt Cutts Speaks On Lessons Learned From Early Days Of Google: Full Highlights
You may remember a post a couple of weeks ago announcing that Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, would be giving a speech at...
Twitter Teams Up With Bing To Offer Translated Tweets
Twitter announced today it is bringing back project it terminated in 2013, which is the ability for users to view tweets in multiple languages. Now...
Google Campaigns To Get Firefox Users To Change Default Search Provider
Is Google threatened by Yahoo’s recent gains in search market share? A report was released just yesterday detailing how Yahoo is slowing eroding Google’s search...
Twitter To Show Tweets You Missed ‘While You Were Away’
Twitter announced today that its introducing a new feature on everyone’s home timeline where you’ll be shown an overview of popular tweets you may have...
Yahoo Gains 1.6% Search Market Share From Google, According To Latest comScore Data
Yahoo’s desktop search market share has been steadily growing in the months following the company’s deal with Firefox, which saw Yahoo become the browser’s new...
Outtakes from Pubcon Las Vegas 2014 [VIDEO]
While digging through our archive of Pubcon 2014 footage, we found some interesting clips that didn’t make it into the final cut. Please enjoy. #Bloopers #Pubcon #Outtakes