Barry Schwartz a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry's personal blog is named Cartoon Barry and he can be followed on Twitter here.
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the Web. From Marketing Land: Instagram Video: What About Vine, Monetization And Porn? Danny Sullivan captured the stats, the announcement and offered an initial “hands on” impression of the new video-recording feature on Instagram. My initial […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the Web. From Marketing Land: Google Analytics Now Offering Unclicked Display Ad & Video Ad Impression Reports Google Analytics has launched new display ad and video ad impression reports, giving advertisers a look at how unclicked […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the Web. From Marketing Land: Report: Google Grabs 52 Percent Of Mobile Ad Dollars Globally A new set of digital advertising revenue estimates from eMarketer argue that Google captured 52 percent of global mobile ad revenue […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the Web. From Marketing Land: Google Analytics Administration Page Gets A New Look & Feel With Upgraded Settings Google Analytics announced today a new administration landing page with upgraded settings that is scheduled to launch during […]
Yesterday, the first porn app for Google Glass was released; shortly later, Google banned the app after updating its Glass developer policies to prevent pornographic apps. MiKandi, the maker of the first Google Glass Porn app, updated the app to try to comply with those new policies, but Google has still limited or blocked their […]
LinkedIn announced they have added the two-factor authentication option for users to help protect their accounts on the popular business-focused social network. LinkedIn said they have added an “optional feature that adds another layer of security to your LinkedIn sign-in: two-step verification.” How does it work? (1) Go to “Privacy & Settings” under your account […]
Twitter announced they’ve added two-factor authentication in order to help better secure Twitter. Recently, there has been a large increase in the number of high-profile Twitter accounts being hacked into. Such examples include the AP Twitter account, MTV Twitter account and many more. Many are due to insecure passwords; thus, Twitter has added the option […]
The Rimm-Kaufman Group has acquired Vanessa Fox’s company, Nine By Blue, for an undisclosed amount consisting of 100 percent cash and stock deal. The acquisition includes hiring the talent behind Nine By Blue, including our very own Vanessa Fox, a Contributing Editor here and at Search Engine Land, as well as the Blueprint search analytics […]
YouTube launched 8 years ago today, and they are celebrating their eighth birthday! The growth of YouTube has been significant over these short eight years. Now, every minute, over a 100 hours of video are uploaded. Google acquired YouTube back on October 9, 2006 for $1.65 billion. Back then, that was the largest acquisition Google […]
AllThingsD reports the anticipated Tumblr acquisition was approved by Yahoo’s board today for the amount of $1.1 billion. Kara Swisher from AllThingsD said the deal was a “foregone conclusion and was an unanimous vote” by Yahoo’s board. They plan to announce the deal tomorrow, Monday, morning. This will be Marissa Mayer’s largest acquisition as the […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the Web. From Marketing Land: Report: Online Video Ads To Eclipse $4 Billion In 2013 Thanks to the rise of mobile sophistication, faster Internet speeds and a more connected society online, video ad spends continue to […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the Web. From Marketing Land: Retail Ecommerce Spending Hits $50.2 Billion, First Time Ever To Hit $50 Billion In 2 Consecutive Quarters According to a new report from comScore, retail ecommerce spending reached $50.2 billion for […]
Last night, some users who were conducting searches on YouTube were seeing a red banner at the top of the search results that said they were part of an “experiment.” What the experiment was and what YouTube was testing were unclear. Truth is it seems like there was no experiment, that the banner was a […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the Web. From Marketing Land: YouTube Launches (Ad-Free) Paid Subscription Channels YouTube officially launched its anticipated pilot program for paid subscription channels. The program debuts with 53 paid channels and subscription fees starting as low as […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the Web. From Marketing Land: Google Glass Gets A Software Update That Tightens Ties To Google+ Less than two days into my Google Glass ownership and I’m already getting a software update. As Phandroid first reported, […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the Web. From Marketing Land: Celebrating A Decade’s Worth Of Professional Networking On Linkedin On the heels of announcing record level financial results and member engagement numbers for the first quarter of 2013, Linkedin is celebrating […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the Web. From Marketing Land: Google: Viewable Impressions Will Be The Standard On GDN And DoubleClick Google announced today that it has received Media Rating Council (MRC) accreditation for Active View, the company’s viewability measurement solution. […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Pinterest Launches ‘Old School’ Improvements To New Look Launching a new UX and design is tough. Reverting to old features and functionality can be even tougher. That’s exactly what Pinterest did […]
As many of you know, Google Glass started shipping to Google Glass Explorers last week. I wanted to share with you some of the lucky people to get Google Glass early, what their experiences have been and where to track who else is getting Google Glass. First, those getting Google Glass within the Explorer group […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the Web. From Marketing Land: Twitter Strikes Major Ad Deal With Agency Worth “Hundreds Of Millions” The Financial Times (FT) is reporting that Twitter has struck a major deal with agency Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG), which […]
APR reports Google has been approved in a 10 – 1 vote by the San Jose City Council to lease a private airport terminal for $82 million on the west side of Mineta San Jose International Airport. The agreement is with Signature Flight Services. The only person who voted no was Pierluigi Oliverio who said […]
Canalys’ App Interrogator research published a report showing that there were 13.4 billion app downloads, with revenue of $2.2 billion in the first quarter of 2013. Of that, 74% of the app revenue went through Apple’s iTunes network, while Google Play accounted for the most app downloads with 51%. Apple developers earned over $1.6 billion […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the Web. From Marketing Land: Why Are Banner Ads Showing Up On Popular Websites Like Apple.com & Bing.com? According to a recent Ars Technica article, two CMA Communications customers have reported banner ads being injected directly […]
I am one of the 8,000 people to be accepted into the early Google Glass explorer program. Although, I am told those who applied to the earlier version of Google Glass Explorer program have not heard back from Google about when they will receive their Google Glass. But, those who completed the Google Glass Explorer […]
Marin Software, one of the leading search and social marketing platform providers, has officially IPO’ed this morning at The New York Stock Exchange. The IPO looked to be a hit, with their stock price currently up over 20%. The IPO price was $14.00 per share with 7,500,000 shares. The high went to $19.95 per share, […]
BBC News reports Google has distributed almost $15 million worth of bonuses to their top executives. The largest bonus goes to Executive Chairman and former CEO, Eric Schmidt. Eric is getting a $6 million bonus. The Google co-founders, CEO Larry Page and Sergey Brin get nothing — no bonus. But, the co-founders have the bulk […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the Web. From Marketing Land: Facebook News Feed Algorithm Update Weather Reports?Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the Web. From Marketing Land: Facebook […]
At this morning’s SMX West Keynote with Grady Burnett, Vice President of Global Marketing Solutions for Facebook, Grady said Facebook may offer marketers what we might call “weather reports” for News Feed algorithm updates. The content and shares that show on an individual’s News Feed can play an important role on the traffic marketers see […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the Web. From Marketing Land: The January Smartphone Story: Android Slips, Apple Gains, Feature Phones Fade The US smartphone story has been pretty consistent for well over a year: Android is now on more than 50 […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the Web. From Marketing Land: Google Shares How Often The FBI Sends National Security Letters For User Information How do you talk about requests for user information that legally, you can’t talk about? In the case […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the Web. From Marketing Land: Report: Nearly 40 Percent Of Internet Time Now On Mobile Devices Many marketers still treat mobile as a marginal or still-novel use case that they can afford to think about “later.” […]
Kara Swisher reports that Yahoo has made a decision to require all their employees to work within a Yahoo office. So for all those hundreds of work-at-home employees, you either start figuring out how you will get to work every day or find a new job. The internal memo explains that Yahoo is making this […]
Google announced they are expanding their “explorer” program to allow more than just developers try out Google Glass themselves. Google said they are “looking for bold, creative individuals who want to join us and be a part of shaping the future of Glass.” How does one get their hands on a pair of these glasses? […]
Google’s stock price has broken the $800 barrier this morning for the first time since Google became a public company in 2004 at the IPO price of $85. The 52-week low was $556.52, and just a few months ago, Google became more valuable than Microsoft. Today, Google’s stock is up 1.25% or almost $10. The […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the Web. From Marketing Land: Social User Report: Women Trump Men Across All Social Platforms Except Twitter To no surprise, a recent Pew Internet report found that the youngest demographic (18-29 year olds) were the most […]
Dan Nolan, an app developer, is concerned that Google Play giving email addresses of app purchasers to developers is a privacy blunder. As an app developer myself, I could not disagree more! How Developers Sell In Google Play Vs. iTunes The way the Google Play market works and has worked since it launched on October 23, […]
A bug at Flickr caused some people to have their private photos opened to public view over the past three weeks. Flickr said the bug only impacted a small number of users and only photos uploaded from April to December 2012. Flickr Quietly Tells Users Flickr made no post about this on its blog. Instead, […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the Web. From Marketing Land: Google Launches AdWords Enhanced Campaigns To Reach More Mobile Users Google announced a new way for advertisers to create campaigns within their AdWords network. Google is calling this AdWords Enhanced Campaigns. […]
Google announced a new way for advertisers to create campaigns within their AdWords network. Google is calling this AdWords Enhanced Campaigns. The goal is to make it easier for advertisers to target searchers on all sorts of devices. In short, too many advertisers only focus on desktop users but mobile search is growing. Google is […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the Web. From Marketing Land: US December Smartphone Share: The Apple-Samdroid Battle Continues This afternoon comScore released data on December US smartphone market share. The story is the same as in previous months. Android and iOS […]