The Vote Is In: European Parliament Is In Favor Of Breaking Up Google
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....
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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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Looming Decision By Apple Could Have Significant Impact On Search Market
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...
Twitter Is Now Keeping Track Of What Apps You Use, But Don’t Worry, You Can Opt Out
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...
Tumblr Is Now The Fastest Growing Social Media Platform, Edging Out Instagram and Pinterest
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...
Google Helps Retailers Get Ready For Black Friday With Insights Into The Hottest Products
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...
Google Enhances User Security With Release Of Devices And Activity Dashboard
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...
How To Be More Effective At Social Media Marketing in 2015: Interviews With Two Experts
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 Releases Quarterly Highlights, Continues To See Growth In Active Users
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...
European Parliament To Call For Separation Of Google Search From Other Services
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 Releases Critical Security Update, Immediate Update Recommended
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 Complete Index Of Public Tweets To Become Fully Searchable
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’...
After 10 Years Firefox Abandons Google As Default Search Engine, Partners With Yahoo As US Default
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 Partners With Square To Introduce Snapcash, A Money Sending Service
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...
Google Launches Mobile-Friendly Site Testing Tool
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...
The Fascinating Way Google Is Recruiting New Talent
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...
Top Marketing Trends And Predictions For 2014 Holiday Season [STUDY]
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....
Facebook To Reduce The Amount Of ‘Overly Promotional’ Page Posts Appearing In News Feed
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 Plans To Introduce A Timeline That Resembles Facebook’s News Feed
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 Displays Unprecedented Transparency In Update To Privacy Polices
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...
Google To Lease Moffet Airfield From NASA With Plans To Open A Public Educational Facility
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...
Without Mobile Optimization Your Website Is At Risk Of Losing Search Discovery [REPORT]
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...
Google News Continues To Drive More Traffic Than Facebook
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....
Lawsuit Against LinkedIn Claims Reference Search Is Costing Candidates Jobs
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 Adds Ability To Edit Captions, Improves People Search
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,...
Apple Starts Crawling Web – Is Apple Launching a Search Engine in 2015?
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...
Tracking User Behavior Leads To Better Conversions: Interview With Two Leading Experts
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...
Quickly Unfollow Pages And People With New Facebook News Feed Settings
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...
Advice Interactive Group Closes First Round of Funding For Local Search Tool
Advice Interactive Group provider of Local Site Submit, announced today that it has raised its first round of funding led by Cypress Growth Capital, LLC...
Mark Zuckerberg Answers Pressing Questions About Facebook In First Ever Public Q&A
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg conducted his first ever public Q&A today, and while he was lobbed fluff questions about his fashion choices (among other things),...
Google Offers A New Way To Monetize Site Content – Embedded Consumer Surveys
This week Google introduced a new way for website owners to monetize their site’s content — the Google Consumer Surveys publisher network is now open...