Google News visitors who are logged into their Google account will now sometimes see socially promoted data on their news spotlight. The data will be promoted if a Gmail contact or a user connected on Google+ has +1'd the content. This essential.

Google and Bing both seem poised to continue their foray into television advertising, given the success of recent campaigns and news of upcoming spots. Google aired a 90-second Google+ commercial during the Green Bay Packers vs. Detroit Lions fo.

Today, Egyptians began voting in the first election since dictator Hosni Mubarak was ousted. To mark the occasion, Google Egypt posted a Doodle with a design similar to logos Google has posted in other countries to draw attention to elections.

Google's Instant Previews pane increases the importance of post-click-through behavior, while local search plays a more significant role in queries lower in the purchase funnel, according to a new eye-tracking study from Rosetta. They a.

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New social networks are popping up on a regular basis, and the fact that these specialized communities don't have Facebook's 800 million users doesn't necessarily mean they aren't great places for brands to be. In many cases, brands are adopting n.

The amount of data being hidden thanks to Google's SSL search decision has been climbing steadily but now seems to be leveling out. The most recent research indicates that about 9 percent of referrer data is being blocked. What Portion of Result.

Developing a mobile application )app( is a great way to build brand exposure and links at the same time. The key is marketing, and getting people to link to the app page on your site. Let's explore this in more depth. Getting Noticed Making .

Google's cloud-based computers are getting a holiday-season push. Chromebooks are getting a price drop, the Chrome OS is getting some in-demand tweaks, and those taking plane trips for the holidays may get access to a free Chromebook during their .

Google is pushing to get more celebrities, politicians, nonprofits, and other organizations onto Google+ by providing "community guides." These free guides showcase successful profiles, give free advice, and link to additional community resources.

Volunia, an Italy-based search engine, is preparing for its early beta stages. It promises to be a "radical new view" of search, and is being spearheaded by famed technology thinker Massimo Marchiori, PC World reported. A New Search Concept from.

Google recently added bubble ads to select Google Maps locations. The choice to create new ad space has caused controversy, with some business owners concerned about the potential for reputation warfare and poorly targeted ads. The New Ad Space .

I was recently questioned by a colleague who was surprised to learn after all the talk about mobile apps and smartphones, that Google doesn't have a library of apps. By that, I mean Google lacks native apps for platforms like iOS, Blackberry.

If it isn't quite clear that traditional )old( affiliate marketing is dead, then you've been living under a rock the last year. "Pure affiliate sites consisting of content that appears in many other places on the web is unlikely to p.

An Irish hotel was suing Google for an autocomplete suggestion that implied the hotel was in financial trouble. That case has now been withdrawn, although no details of any settlement have been released. Hotel Defamation Case Withdrawn The .

Thanksgiving recipe searches peak prior to Thanksgiving each year. "Thanksgiving turkey recipes" skyrocketed on Google )950 percent in the past 30 days( and Yahoo )968 percent in the past week(. Here's how Thanksgiving looks from.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! As has been Thanksgiving tradition, Google posted a special Google Doodle to mark the holiday in the U.S., with this year's interactive and shareable logo arriving a couple days early. Thanksgiving is the long.

Over the past years adCenter performance history has been a bit hard to understand, let alone access. This has now changed with the new adCenter Multi-Metric Trend Graphs that will allow you to more easily understand your campaign performance. T.

In what is being called the third installment of their "off-season spring cleaning series", Google announced more products are being terminated or integrated in to other products. "Overall, our aim is to build a simpler, more intuitive, tru.

Last week's SES Chicago was a whirlwind of sessions, tweets, blog posts, and events out on the town. Now that we're all home and settled, we can begin to digest the mass of information taken in and put it to work for us. Jonathan All.