Google Analytics just announced a new set of reports called “Real Time.” They will be seen in the new interface of Google Analytics (available to all users), under the Dashboard tab; according to another recent announcement, this tab will soon be renamed the Home tab.

It’s that time of the year again. There are code freezes just around the corner for most online retailers and those big brands that aren’t focused on hitting holiday sales goals are getting their 2012 search engine marketing budgets al..

A social media panel at a bowling alley?

Last weekend, Australian technology blogger and hacker Nik Cubrilovic posted that Facebook cookies were tracking users in an unconventional manner. Even after a user had signed out of Facebook, the social networking giant was continuing to track that user’s web activities. Facebook openly admitted it was collecting data from a network of approximately one million sites with the Facebook plugin even after users had signed out of their accounts.

A few months ago we asked you to take our poll on the types of sites hurt most by Panda and I wanted to now share those results with you. We had over 200 responses and affiliate, e-commerce and how to sites were the ones that lead the pack.

When deciding whether or not to offer a Groupon, many merchants struggle with wondering if they will gain repeat business or simply offer deeply discounted products or services to one time customers. In order to combat this fear, the daily deal giant launched Groupon Rewards as a way to allow merchants to track deal redemption and ROI and incentivize customers to do repeat business at their favorite merchants. Groupon’s Wednesday blog post described the new program: “Consumers earn rewards at participating merchants simply by paying with the credit or debit card they have on file at Groupon.com.

Blekko is the either the fourth US search engine or the third if you no longer consider Yahoo a search engine. And the company has been able to maintain visibility and stir the pot with its persistent criticism of Google search results being spam-filled. Now the company has secured $30 million in…

According to a recent eMarketer report, Twitter’s 2011 advertising revenues will fall short of the earlier $150 million projection. However, when compared to Twitter’s $45 million of revenue in 2010, the revised 2011 projected revenues of $139.5 million represent a growth rate of 210%

There are new reports via WebmasterWorld and Google AdSense Help that Google has mixed up the exchange rate for the Canadian to US dollar…