Facebook To Clean Up News Feed Spam By Showing Fewer Hoaxes
Facebook announced today it’s launching an update to its news feed algorithm designed to reduce the appearance of hoaxes. This includes scams, as well as...
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.
Facebook announced today it’s launching an update to its news feed algorithm designed to reduce the appearance of hoaxes. This includes scams, as well as...
For the first time in history, search engines are considered the most trusted source of news an general information, even being trusted over traditional publications...
Google has been making strides to improve mobile search results to make the SERPS a better place for users searching on smartphones and tablets. One...
The Google Glass experiment as we know it is coming to a close, as reports surface that the company will no longer be selling the...
I am thrilled to announce the date and venue for our third event in the conference series SEJ Summit “3Takeaways”, presented by Searchmetrics. The inaugural one-day conference for enterprise marketers...
Structured data can give you that edge you need when it comes to getting content discovered and clicked on in search results, and other Google...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg held another public Q&A yesterday and discussed, among other topics, what he believes the future looks like for social networking. An...
SEJ Summit Santa Monica is right around the corner and we have exciting news — one hundred additional spots just opened up! Initially we were limited...
Though we may try to hide it, it’s no secret that we browse Facebook at work. Now the social network wants to make it so...
Just days ago it was reported that Google was working on a fairly major update to its Translate app. It has now been confirmed that...
Google’s domain registration service, launched in public beta this past June, is now open to all US residents. When first launched, the service was only...
Not every major brand has jumped on the responsive design bandwagon yet — take MTV for example. MTV recently redesigned several of its web properties...
LinkedIn announced its team has been working to reengineer its search engine to help users find what they’re looking for faster. The company claims that...
One month after Microsoft announced its real-time translation service for Skype, reports are emerging that Google intends to announce plans to update it’s translation app...
New data from Pew Research Internet Project finds that while Facebook is still the most popular social media site, Instagram is by far the fastest growing....
Google will soon let advertisers and publishers know whether or not their video ads delivered via the DoubleClick ad services are actually being watched by...
LinkedIn’s publishing platform, previously only accessible to US users, has now been rolled out to more than 130 million English-speaking users outside of the United...
Video on Facebook is growing at an alarmingly rapid pace. Last year alone video views on the world’s leading social network grew by 94% in...
Two popular features that Reddit Gold users enjoy will now be available to all users, VentureBeat reports. All Reddit users will now receive a notification...
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of web spam, has remained relatively low key since taking his leave of absence. Cutts is back in the headlines this...
Google’s AdWords Editor 11 is said to be the biggest update since the tool first launched in 2006. With such an extensive update new features...
TorrentFreak took the liberty of processing all of Google’s weekly transparency reports from last year to find that the company fielded more link takedown requests...
Wit.ai, a Y combinator startup founded 18 months ago, has been acquired by Facebook with the intent for the company to help the social network...
Google released a list of the top 3 tech trends marketers should watch in 2015, which are predictions based on information about consumer intentions gather...
After a successful beta launch of Promoted Pins, first introduced eight months ago, Pinterest has announced its decision to give all users the ability to...
Facebook has recently been spotted testing a new design and a handful of new features aimed to enhance the user experience of business pages when...
I am thrilled to announce the next date and venue for SEJ Summit: 3 Takeaways, Hosted by Searchmetrics. Our second invite-only, one-day conference for enterprise marketers will be...
LinkedIn recently revealed the top 25 hottest skills of 2014, which was determined after analyzing data in over 330 million LinkedIn member profiles to determine...
The SEJ team has been working diligently behind the scenes to assemble A-list speakers for 2015’s first SEJ Summit Hosted By Searchmetrics, to take place on February 24...
Not even two months after being laid off, Duane Forrester has announced he’s back at his old position with Bing as the senior project manager...