Archive for September, 2013

Google Says European Law Does Not Support Mosley Lawsuit To Censor Search Results

2013/09/05

Yesterday, Google posted a plea on their Google Europe blog asking European courts to dismiss a lawsuit filed by former Formula One president Max Mosley. The lawsuit requests that Google build a filter to identify and block what Mosley claims is unlawful content. A report on Bloomberg.com claims..

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Foursquare Aims To Improve Venue Database By Expanding Superuser Program

2013/09/05

Foursquare’s superuser program, now 40,000 people strong, is getting an overhaul. The company says it’ll soon launch an automated test that will make it easier for users to become superusers — they’re the ones with special privileges to edit business listings and venues in…

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Bing News Gets Easy Way To Spot Trending Stories On Twitter & Facebook

2013/09/05

What are the top stories being shared on Facebook and Twitter? There’s a new way to get a sense of that.

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New Yahoo Logo Revealed

2013/09/05

Yahoo has finally unveiled the logo that it spent 30 days counting down to releasing. Its new logo, designed over on weekend this summer, isn’t dissimilar to previous Yahoo logos.

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Mozilla Moves to Block Cookies, What Impact Will This Have on Google Analytics? by @SEO_PRO

2013/09/05

On October 18 2011, search marketers (and all marketers) took a vital blow when Google announced the “Not Provided” keyword segment in Google Analytics. Click Consult reports that over 40% of all keyword traffic in Google Analytics is now bundled into the black hole known as “Not Provided.” I wrote a post on this back […] Author information Gabriel Gervelis Gabriel Gervelis is the owner of Gervelis Search Marketing . You can find him on Twitter – @seo_pro , Twitter Facebook Google+ The post Mozilla Moves to Block Cookies, What Impact Will This Have on Google Analytics?

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Bing Deep Links Directly In Search Box

2013/09/05

Bing is apparently testing showing deep links, what Google calls sitelinks, directly in the Bing search box, without going to the search results page. Aaron Wall spotted this and posted a picture on Twitter…

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SEJ Alumnus Michelle Stinson Ross Joins Strategic Alliance with Digital Always Media by @mattsouthern

2013/09/05

Michelle Stinson Ross, SEJ Alumnus and founder of her own agency Firestarter Social Media, recently announced a strategic partnership with Toronto-based digital marketing agency, Digital Always Media Inc. The trio of veteran internet marketers and conference speakers say this partnership offers their clients a wider range of complimentary services. Going forward the two companies will operate […] Author information Matt Southern Matt Southern is a marketing, communications and public relations professional. He provides strategic digital marketing services at an agency called Bureau in Ontario, Canada

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How To Automate Mobile Bid Multipliers — And Other New AdWords Scripts Tricks

2013/09/05

September 5th marks the first anniversary of AdWords Scripts. I’ve been using them extensively to automate tasks ranging from reporting Quality Score to creating entire AdWords accounts from spreadsheets of products and services. Scripts have come a long way since they were launched, so to…

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10 Quick Time-Saving Excel Shortcuts & Mouse Tricks for Marketers

2013/09/05

Excel is amazing. Many easy-to-use tricks are built-in just waiting to be utilized to make your data easier to manage.

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