Archive for August, 2011

Bing Search Ads Leading To Malware

2011/08/12

A few days ago, ZDnet reported that some Bing search ads, i.e. adCenter ads, are leading to malware and viruses. The author wrote that shortly after he notified Bing, Bing removed the ads

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Bing Search Ads Leading To Malware

2011/08/12

A few days ago, ZDnet reported that some Bing search ads, i.e. adCenter ads, are leading to malware and viruses. The author wrote that shortly after he notified Bing, Bing removed the ads

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Hey, Facebook: Not Liking the Group by Topic Feature or Seeing Strangers In My Top News Feed

2011/08/12

Earlier this week Facebook rolled out a clunky “grouping” feature, which lumps together any mention of a topic (say Google, for example). Now Top News is being cluttered with posts from complete strangers. Is this really the best Faceb…

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Hey, Facebook: Not Liking the Group by Topic Feature or Seeing Strangers In My Top News Feed

2011/08/12

Earlier this week Facebook rolled out a clunky “grouping” feature, which lumps together any mention of a topic (say Google, for example). Now Top News is being cluttered with posts from complete strangers

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Update Made To Definition Of A Google Analytics Session

2011/08/12

Google Analytics announced a change on the way a sessions are calculated on the tool. While this change will not affect the majority of the accounts significantly (according to the official blog post “most users will see less than a 1% change”), it is an important change

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Update Made To Definition Of A Google Analytics Session

2011/08/12

Google Analytics announced a change on the way a sessions are calculated on the tool. While this change will not affect the majority of the accounts significantly (according to the official blog post “most users will see less than a 1% change”), it is an important change.

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Twitter Adds @User, Activity Tabs, New Reply Feature

2011/08/12

Twitter has announced the addition two major elements to its interface: An @User tab and an Activity tab. Also new: Twitter now lets you tweet to any user from their profile page.

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Official: Google Panda 2.4 Rolls Out to Most Languages

2011/08/12

Panda 2.4 has officially rolled out to most languages internationally except for Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Google reports this will affect 6-9% of queries

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Content Site Links Are More Valuable than Social Links [Study]

2011/08/12

Despite the hype, the value of social media referrals is questionable. Add another recent study to the un-social pile: Outbrain’s Content Discovery and Engagement report showed that content sites provided more engaged users

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Facebook Adds Targeting By Zip Codes To Advertisements

2011/08/12

Up til now, Facebook Ads could be targeted by Country, State/Province and by City.  Yesterday Facebook added an additional targeting type, by zip code: This is a big deal for Facebook marketing, as it is now much more attractive for local businesses.  Local business owners can now target the exact…

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