Internet Marketing

Cookiegate Another Privacy Black Eye For Google

raj — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 02:32:00 +0000

Call it “Cookiegate” — or “Safarigate” perhaps. Late last night we got the Wall Street Journal’s piece: “Google’s iPhone Tracking: Web Giant, Others Bypassed Apple Browser Settings for Guarding Privacy.” Danny covered the article and its claims extensively at Marketing Land. This morning there’s an expanding debate about whether the WSJ mischaracterized Google’s behavior unfairly or whether the company has [...]

Microsoft Security Patch Marked Google.com As Malware

raj — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 02:26:15 +0000

Some of those who use Microsoft security software received a security patch a couple days ago that lead to malware warnings for users trying to visit Google.com. Softpedia posted a picture of the warning. Microsoft quickly learned about the issue on their support forums and issued a patch yesterday to address the issue. Microsoft didn’t explain it was a Google specific [...]

Facebook Breaks All Bit.ly Links, Marks Them as Abusive

raj — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:09:19 +0000

Don’t try to use Bit.ly links on Facebook; they have been marked by the world’s largest social network as abusive, leading to dead end pages and frustrated users. Posting Bit.ly links on Facebook is currently impossible. If you attempt to share a link with your network, you are presented with the following message: “This message [...]

Computer scientists have discovered the four factors that make news stories popular on Twitter

raj — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:15:55 +0000

Twitter has revolutionised the way millions of people receive news and the type of news they get. So it’s no surprise that there is huge interest in predicting what kind of stories are likely to spread furthest and fastest. One way to make this kind of prediction is to study how a story spreads soon [...]

Guide To Finding Linkbuilding Targets With Social Media

raj — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:31:52 +0000

There’s been a lot of debate in the SEO community lately regarding social media versus traditional linkbuilding methods. While some SEOs argue that social media links are the wave of the SEO future, traditionalists staunchly maintain traditional, authoritative links from quality sources are still the best way to go. Whatever your stance, I think it’s [...]

Facebook: India to power future growth

raj — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:48:02 +0000

WASHINGTON: Social networking giant Facebook, which plans to raise $5 billion through an IPO, has said India is a key source for its future growth and its user base in the country has more than doubled in the past one year.The growth of 132 per cent in India has been higher than many other countries, [...]

10 Tips For Optimizing Local Business Listings In Bing

raj — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:40:56 +0000

Local business marketers often hyper-focus on Google search rankings, but it’s important not to forget that even if Bing and Yahoo! do not have the lion’s share, even 15% of search volume can create a sizable number of potential business referrals. So, here are a few basic tips for optimizing for Bing Local search rankings. [...]