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Should Groupon founder Andrew Mason keep his job?
We've been very critical of Groupon and its founding CEO Andrew Mason. The enigmatic Silicon Valley guy has famously shunned...
On Twitter, it’s okay for businesses to be irrelevant
There has been a lot of discussion about staying relevant on social media, rightfully so. Too many businesses are trying...
Why social signals are only going to get bigger in search rankings
The last time I was involved with search engine optimization, Alta Vista was a player. I was working on my...
Beware of self-appointed social media gurus, ninjas, and evangelists
A recent study by AdAge, which has been tracking such things since 2009, shows that there are over 180,000 people...
The history of the internet
Many of us were born or raised in a world with the internet. For some, it has been a part...
How to track desktop applications with Google Analytics
There are a lot of things that Google Analytics is good for, but is it really good for being able...
If you focus on 4 social media sites, you have 99% of your marketing covered
One of the biggest problems faced when businesses try to use social media as a marketing tool is that there...
Does Google Now know too much about you for your own good?
There's something particularly creepy about Google Now that not only makes it superior to Siri and other voice- and location-based...
By catering only to big brands, @Klout is reducing its usefulness
Every few months, it seems that Klout makes changes to try to bring its importance to a higher level and...
Content isn’t king. It’s more like a president.
The marketing adage "content is king" has been around for a long time. In 2013, it appears that both the...
Only Google can judge me
A digital lifetime ago, the late Tupac pronounced his independence from peer criticism by conceding judgment to only his higher...
YouTube Capture app for iPhone is an ideal sales tool
There are plenty of ways to use mobile devices to promote a business. The merging of social, local, and mobile...
Businesses on social media should never ask for anything without a reason
I had thought the days were behind us. Call it a hope, but I believed that the majority of businesses...
Peter Parker uses Bing and dozens of other things wrong with The Amazing Spider-Man
It's rare that a YouTube channel is born that does it right from the first shot. It's even more rare...
Can Twitter’s photo edit options really hurt Instagram?
The short answer - yes, a little. There are rarely moves made by one social company that make me believe...
Google connects you further with Google+ Communities
Google+ has recently announced another new feature it has added to its social platform called Google+ Communities. This latest feature...
Google demonstrates maps expansion by hitting remote Canadian community Cambridge Bay
Just about everyone who is familiar with Google Maps has explored a distant land at one point or another. Big...
Putting search and social in their place below content
For the past several years, content has been a component of search engine and social media marketing that fell far...
Cisco buys Meraki for $1.2 billion
There was a time not too long ago when billion dollar purchases of tech companies didn't happen all the time....
The first truly scary rumor for Google about search: Facebook and Yahoo working together
Imagine a search engine that truly knew you. No, not in the way that Google or Bing personalize their search...