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Groupon Planning IPO in Early November
Groupon has announced plans to go public the first week in November. Although the Chicago-based deal giant had initially expected the IPO to be based...
Google in Talks to Potentially Fund Yahoo Acquisition
According to recent reports, Google is exploring the possibility of financing an acquisition of Yahoo’s core products. Although Google has reportedly held early discussions with...
E-Commerce Microdata Best Practices
SEO for e-commerce sites is like playing on a teeter-totter with all the kids at the playground, and search engines are the fulcrum. Whether the...
Gmail Update: Details About the New Product Update
Yesterday, Gmail, which has over 260 million people using the free email service worldwide, accidentally released a video that details upcoming product changes. Although the...
iOS5 Takes 20% of Traffic in 5 Days
On Monday, October 17th, Apple announced that over twenty five million customers have made the iOS 5 update. For reference, iOS5 was released on October...
SEO Recap: Amazing Finds On Twitter This Week
There were some fantastic and very important articles around the web this week. Here are some of our favorites. Happy reading! SEO – 7 Technical...
Can Facebook Solve The Unemployment Problem?
Earlier today, Facebook and the U.S. Labor department announced a new program to help unemployed workers find jobs. The program, which is called The Social...
Dropbox Raises $250 Million of Series B Funding
Dropbox, which enables users to easily store and share documents, photos, videos, and other files, recently announced they closed a $250 million round of Series...
Dennis Goedegebuure’s Thoughts on Changes in Google Analytics
I contacted Dennis and asked him what he thought because after working at Ebay for nearly 10 years I know referral data had to be...
Article Recap on the Google Analytics “Secure” Change
Here are some articles we found after the big GA announcement about referral data from searches not being available from those logged in to Google....
SEO Under Attack – The Google Analytics Keyword Data Apocalypse
Google announced today they’re going to take a step toward user privacy by hiding keywords used by searchers signed into their Google accounts. We’ll leave...
Google Buzz: Did Google Get a Buzz or a Hangover?
Since the launch of Google+ in June, the new social network has grown rapidly to over 40 million users. On Friday, Google announced that they...
YouTube Merch Store Aims to Make YouTube a Musical Hub
YouTube, which has over 800 million monthly visitors and three billion daily video views, recently announced a new feature: Merch Store. The new service will...
Best of the Web : BOTW Constantly Evolving the Web Directory
For years on SEJ we’ve been a proponent of listing sites web directories as a form of traditional organic link building. And over these years...
Crushing Barriers to Launching an SEO Firm — Part 5: Personality
All the money, tech and time in the world won’t help you get your firm off the ground if you don’t have an entrepreneurial personality.
Google Music Store to Compete with iTunes in Near Future
Five months ago, after failing to reach agreements with record labels and publishers, Google launched a cloud based music service that was essentially a cloud...
Recap: Informative Articles Tweeted This Week
We are trying a new strategy for our weekly recaps. I am going to be looking on Twitter for really great articles to post in...
Dennis Goedegebuure’s Advice on Creating Effective SEO & IT Relationships
I heard Dennis speak at the BlueGlass Tampa conference last month where he mentioned relationships with IT departments. Dennis worked at Ebay for nearly 10...
Google: An Economic Giant
After the markets close today, Google is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings, which will let investors know how Google’s core business of search-related marketing is...
Apple Launches iOS 5 & iCloud Today
Although the iPhone 4S will not be available until Friday, Apple consumers with older products will begin to see changes before then. Apple, who is...
Crushing Barriers to Launching an SEO Firm — Part 4: Finances
If you’re working with a minimal budget, your main tools are inbound marketing tactics: SEO, e-mail marketing, social networking, word of mouth, Q&A sites, content...
Google Celebrates Art Clokey’s 90th Birthday with New Logo
Google is celebrating the 90th birthday of Gumby creator Art Clokey in the U.S. today with an interactive homepage logo featuring Gumby. Check it out...
Twitter Wrapping All Links Regardless of Length
In June, Twitter launched the t.co URL shortener and began reformatting links that were 20 characters or greater. Yesterday afternoon, Twitter announced that they will...
Happy Reholidays – Three Ways to Use Remarketing This Holiday Season
It’s that time of year again for marketers. The holiday season is quickly approaching, and digital marketers are developing their final strategies for targeting holiday...
Five Questions with Jon Henshaw from Raven Tools
Can you tell us about the exciting new features coming to Raven Tools? The biggest feature we will be releasing within the next few weeks...
YouTube Rental Service Launches in the UK & Challenges LoveFilm
YouTube’s rental service, which was initially launched in the US last May, allows YouTube users to rent feature films with their online video service. Last...
Relationships Matter: Where You Share Affects How You Search
Although social media sites have been around for less than a decade, they have played an active role in shaping the future and culture of...
Facebook Translation Powered by Bing Translator
Facebook recently introduced a new feature that enables users to translate posts and comments inline on Facebook Pages. The new feature, which is powered by...
Internet Sales Tax: Tennessee & Amazon Reach Agreement
On Thursday Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam announced that Amazon, which recently opened two distribution centers in the state, will be required to collect state sales...
Amazon Tip: How to Remove Kindle Ads
Last week, Amazon announced the Kindle Fire and introduced the new line of Kindles. Many customers are choosing to allow Amazon to display “Special Offers”...