Yahoo To Retire Several Old Products, Including The Yahoo Directory
Yahoo recently announced they will be shifting their focus to what they feel are their core products, which means retiring a few products that no...
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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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Facebook Launches Rebuilt Atlas, A Rival To Google’s DoubleClick
Facebook has announced the launch of Atlas, an advertising platform which they say has been rebuilt from the ground up to “tackle today’s marketing challenges.” Facebook...
Facebook Partners With Stripe To Power Facebook’s “Buy” Button
Re/code reports that Facebook has partnered with Stripe to power a “Buy” button that will eventually be a part of the news feed. That’s the...
New Panda Update Rolling Out, Google Takes Another Stand Against Thin Content
Pierre Far, Webmaster Trends Analyst at Google UK, announced on Google+ last night that a new Panda update is rolling out. The update began rolling out...
Use Twitter To Build Your Amazon Wishlist By Using This Hashtag
This week Twitter took another step towards facilitating consumer purchases through tweets by introducing the #AmazonWishlist hashtag. The new hashtag is integrated with Amazon’s wishlist-making...
Hootsuite Raises $60 Million In New Funding, Acquires Zeetl To Integrate Voice Technology
Hootsuite announced today that the company has closed a US$60 million financing round, bringing Hootsuite’s total financing to-date to US$250 million. Ryan Holmes, Hootsuite’s CEO,...
Bing Releases New iPhone App With Features For iOS 8
Bing’s new iPhone app is now available in the Apple’s App Store, and the company stated in an announcement that this release makes Bing even...
Google Enhances Search Listings With New Structured Snippets
Google announced this week via the Google Research blog that they will be introducing a new addition to search listings. The new feature is designed...
#Pubcon Las Vegas 2014 is Less Than 2 Weeks Away: What To Look Forward To
This post is Sponsored by Pubcon Las Vegas – October 6 – 9 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pubcon Las Vegas is less than two weeks away! Proudly...
Facebook To Introduce New Advertising Platform For Tracking Users Across Multiple Devices
The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook is nearing the launch of a new advertising platform for marketers to more effectively connect with their target...
New Google Users Are No Longer Required To Sign Up For Google+
For two and a half years Google has required its users to sign up to the Google+ social network. Now it appears Google is easing...
DuckDuckGo Is Now Blocked In China
DuckDuckGo has been blocked in China, according to Tech in Asia who reported on this after noticing first hand over the weekend. On Sunday, DuckDuckGo founder...
Twitter Releases New iPhone App Just In Time For iOS 8
A day after Facebook unveiled a new iOS app, Twitter releases an updated app for iPhone users just in time for iOS 8. The updated...
Facebook Updates News Feed To Show More Timely Content
Facebook’s goal with the news feed, as they describe in an announcement today, is to show everyone the right content at the right time. Occasionally...
Facebook Releases New App For iOS 8: Here’s What’s New
Facebook wasted no time getting a new app out for iOS 8, and they recently published an update on their Newsroom blog explaining what’s new...
Twitter Releases Update To Tailored Audiences: New Audience List Upload, Audience Manager, And More
Twitter has announced their released an update to their tailored audiences retargeting tool that’s designed to make it even easier to create, manage and activate...
Facebook Launches New Page Highlighting Best Practices For Content Creators
Today, Facebook introduced a new subpage called Facebook Media that is designed to highlight great examples and new trends that illustrate how public figures, organizations...
Facebook Makes It Easier To Delete Unwanted Apps
Facebook has recently updated its app settings page to make it easier for users to get rid of apps they longer want or have any...
Google May Use What’s On TV As A Ranking Signal, According To New Patent
Bill Slawski at SEO By The Sea broke the news this morning that Google has been granted a patent that appears to show they’re working...
YouTube Videos Will Soon Be Available Offline In India
Google has just launched Android One in India, which is a program designed to bring smartphones to the remaining five billion people that don’t have...
Kevin Rose, Founder of Digg, Launches New Photo Sharing App Called ‘Tiiny’
Silicon Valley veteran, Kevin Rose, launched a brand new iOS app this morning called Tiiny. Tiiny lets you share thumbnail-sized photos or GIFs to a...
Ebay To Enter The Mobile Advertising Business This Year
Reaching 4.6 million shoppers is about to get easier than ever if you’re an advertiser, as re/code reports that eBay will be launching its first...
Facebook Is Using User Feedback To Show Better Ads
There are millions of ads that are eligible to be shown in News Feed every day from more than 1.5 million active advertisers on Facebook,...
DuckDuckGo To Be Featured In Apple’s iOS 8
DuckDuckGo will be one of several new search engines to choose from as your default search engine in Safari when Apple’s iOS 8 launches on...
Google Introduces Free Voice Calls From Hangouts
Google understands how important it is to keep in touch with friends and family, as they state in an announcement published on their official blog...
Bing Introduces URL Keyword Stuffing Spam Filtering
Bing just announced this week that they have rolled out a specific spam filtering mechanism a few months ago that targets a common spam technique...
Twitter Officially Introduces The ‘Buy’ Button
Just a couple of weeks ago we reported that Twitter was strongly rumored to be gearing up to introduce a ‘buy’ button that could be...
WordPress 4.0 Now Available To Download
WordPress Version 4.0, which is being called “Benny” in honor of jazz clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman, is available for download or update in your...
Anti-Router Stops Google Glass From Connecting to Wi-Fi Networks
Those who are paranoid about being spied on by things like drones, security cameras, hidden microphones, or Google Glass will now have some peace of...
Yelp Not Obligated To Publish Positive Reviews, According To Court Ruling
Yelp has been the center of much controversy this year. In April we reported that Yelp was allegedly refusing to display positive reviews for certain...