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.
Twitter announced several updates to its service today that will all be appreciated for entirely different reasons. One update aims to protect users from abuse,...
Mozilla released Firefox 34 today and with it came several notable updates, namely an improved search bar and the first appearance of Yahoo as the...
Clip art, those delightful images reminiscent of the 90s, are set to become a thing of the past as Microsoft announced today they’re doing away...
Earlier this week I reported on a story about European Parliament wanting to break up, or “unbundle”, Google search from the rest of its services....
It’s being speculated that Apple may be trying to distance itself from Google by dropping the company’s search engine as the default option within the...
A new change to Twitter’s mobile app will see it collect information about the other apps installed on your phone for the purposes of delivering...
A report released today by Global Web Index (GWI) reveals that Tumblr is now the fastest growing social network, with its active user base having...
With Black Friday being just days away, Google has released a new set of mobile features to its Google Shopping platform, as well as some...
In today’s multi-device world there’s no doubt that you have accessed your Google account on a number of different devices, maybe some you don’t even...
At Pubcon 2014 in Las Vegas, the SEJ team had the opportunity to catch up with two social media experts: Cynthia Johnson of RankLab, and...
Facebook, as a public company, reports every quarter on the state of its business. This week it released its highlights for the third quarter of...
According to a report released today, the European Parliament is reportedly calling for Google separate search from the rest of its service offerings. The motion...
WordPress announced today that it has released a critical security update for all previous version, and encourages everyone to update their sites immediately. If your...
Twitter’s Yi Zhuang announced today that it now indexes every public tweet since 2006, and the entire index will be searchable. Want to read peoples’...
Citing a new search strategy of “promoting choice and innovation”, Firefox’ parent company Mozilla has announced a strategic partnership that will see Yahoo become the...
Snapchat announced they have partnered with Square to introduce a new service called Snapcash, which marks Snapchat’s first partnership of any kind with another company. The...
Today Google announced the launch of a mobile-friendly test tool to see if your website passes Google’s criteria for what it consider to be a...
If you’re a coder who aspires to work for Google, don’t worry about going to them — they’ll come to you. Using none other than...
A global study conducted by Experian Marketing Services sheds light on some of the top marketing trends and predictions for the upcoming 2014 holiday season....
Beginning in 2015 you will start to see fewer page posts in your news feed that Facebook considers to be “overly promotional,” the company stated...
Twitter recently announced some changes that are coming soon to the network, with one in particular that’s already not sitting well with longtime Twitter users....
Facebook has been making strides to change the public’s perception towards how transparent and open they are about the data collected on its users, and what...
NASA’s Moffet Airfield is, among other things, the home and launch pad of private jets owned by Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. After...
A study released by Searchmetrics reveals that over a third of mobile web search results vary from desktop results when comparing identical search queries across...
For those who have written off Google traffic in favor of social media referrals, you’re going to want to check out this article from Digiday....
The social network known for connecting prospects with their ideal employers, and vice versa, is now being sued by four individuals who claim LinkedIn cost...
Instagram announced a few new updates and improvements today that will no doubt make a lot of users happy. Have you ever published a picture,...
Web development consultant Jan Moesen alerted the Twitterverse last week about the fact that Apple is running a web crawler, written in the programming language...
At Pubcon 2014 in Las Vegas my colleagues John Rampton (Editor-at-large) and Loren Baker (SEJ Founder) had the opportunity to interview two experts about how...
Facebook launched a new News Feed settings tool today that will allow you to quickly unfollow people and Pages without unfriending, or unliking them. In...
