Wissam Dandan informed me on Google + that Google is testing horizontal maps on the web search results with gray map pins. The gray map pins have been spotted before, but I have not seen horizontal maps…

Just because your SEO campaign is experiencing hiccups doesn’t mean you aren’t a good SEO practitioner. Certain situations like this force you to look at the alternative factors that can affect SEO success. When you work within the a..

Google recently launched a new program that will allow popular businesses to add interior imagery to their Google Place page. The Business Photos program, which will provide Google users with 360 degree views of business interiors, will allow potential customers to “virtually visit” the interior of participating businesses. A Google spokesperson told BBC the following of the new program: “Building on the Google Art Project, which took Street View technology inside 17 acclaimed museums, this project is another creative implementation of Street View technology, to help businesses as they build their online presence.

If you are looking for ways to monitor and measure your website performance, you’re probably confused on where you should start, right ? With all of the different products out there, which ones should you use and which ones should you ignore

Twitter now has 100 million active users generating some 200 million tweets and 1.6 billion search queries every day. Despite the promise of reaching such a massive, highly-engaged audience, many advertisers have struggled to find the best wa…

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It’s only a matter of weeks before the industry’s thought leaders and top practitioners converge on Chicago for our annual Midwest online marketing bonanza. As many thousands of past attendees are aware, getting to meet the expert speakers for s..

I’ve been liveblogging conferences since about 2005. While I had personally liveblogged SES and Pubcon, the first time I ever liveblogged for a conference itself was ad:tech Chicago thanks to Steve Hall.

Posted by Jamie Realtime Google Analytics data inside a Google Doc—a panacea! Don’t believe me?

Coming up with an idea to get people to link to your site can be challenging, whether you’re looking for a story idea, developing an online tool, or wanting to do something humorous. Yet there are strategies to find new ideas on a regular basis. …