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Personal Networking: Better Sites than Facebook
Google added several new sources into its real time search results this week. Those looking for opportunities to increase exposure need look no further than towards sites such as Quora, GoWalla and Plixi. Google’s list of sources has expanded gradually over the past few months but what many Web professionals might be missing are the […]
Blame It on the Youth
If you want to know where the future is headed, sometimes telling clues reside in how the youth of the world interact and share with one another. With the rise of the Golden Triangle of technology, mobile, social, and real-time, … Continue reading →
Landing Page Watchdog from Kenshoo
Search marketing and online advertising technology provider Kenshoo released an interesting new product today called Landing Page Watchdog which, through real-time monitoring of landing pages used in search advertising campaigns, aims to provide greater brand protection and ultimately better effectiveness. The Kenshoo Watchdog is based on a… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit […]
OpenX Wants to Maximize Your Yield
Ad technology provider (ad server) OpenX announced a new version of OpenX Enterprise, the company’s Software as a Service product for large publishers. What makes the new system unique is that its technology now combines the ad serving prowess OpenX is known for with real-time bidding on ad inventory. OpenX is positioning the platform as… […]
Report: Ad Startup Rejects Google Acquisition Bid
As a rule, Google doesn’t put out press releases when it fails to acquire companies, making a new rumor difficult to confirm. But the search giant may have tried to purchase an advertising firm called Admeld, and, despite having a solid reputation and more cash than many countries, been unsuccessful. Of course, Google probably didn’t […]
Loyalty A Better Measure of Mobile App Success?
Real-time app analytics provider Localytics is offering up some interesting information on loyalty as it relates to phone and tablet apps. While customers seem willing to give new apps a try (perhaps due to the number of US smartphone users growing from 42.7 million in November 2009 to 61.5 million in November 2010), Localytics data […]
Optify Enhances International SEO, Real-time Lead Scoring
Optify, a leading provider of hosted, enterprise search engine optimization (SEO) and social media software, has introduced some upgrades to its real-time marketing solution. New features include the extension of Optify’s international SEO capabilities, the addition of marketing ROI dashboards for Salesforce.com, and improvements to… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website […]
Google Has a New Social Experiment
A new experiment has appeared in Google Labs. It’s called Google Shared Spaces. It’s hard to provide too much info about it at this point, because when you try to access it (after signing in with your Google account, which it requests) it only gives you a 404. Several people commenting on the site indicate […]
State of Cloud Computing [INFOGRAPHIC]
Today, everything seems to be moving into the cloud. In 2005, investment in cloud computing was about $26 million. But in 2009, the investment grew to $370 million, more than 10 times of what was invested in 2005. What is most impressive is Gartner’s prediction that investment will soar to a whopping $148 billion by 2013. […]
Facebook Can Be Anything It Wants to Be
Facebook is a shape shifting Internet monster. With more than 500 million users, it really can be anything it wants to be. Whenever a new startup pitches an idea, one of the questions an investor might ask is if Facebook could do the same thing. That is definitely a valid question that every start-up should […]
When Facebook becomes a Real Book
How should we boost ‘like’ count of a newly set up Facebook page? DDB Paris has a unique suggestion – create a real book out of Facebook. A Facebook application was developed to pull and organize relevant information from the user’s profile to create the book. Unfortunately, only the first 1,000 submissions were accepted. This […]
Twitter to Provide Analytics Tools
Currently, there are many third-party applications out there that provide analytics to allow you to check out how influential a Twitter handle is, namely TweetGrade, Twitalyzer and TweetStats. Expected to launch by the end of 2010, Twitter will also provide users real-time analytics and data so users can find out which of their tweets […] […]
State of Cloud Computing [VIDEO]
Cloud computing seems like a new concept. But it really isn’t. In this video, it is shared that the idea of cloud computing first originated in the 1960s. It wasn’t technically possible back then. It was only until the rise of the Internet, that the concept of cloud computing started to see light. Unless you […]
Why OneRiot Dropped Its Real-Time Search Engine
This post is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark as a new part of the Spark of Genius series that focuses on a new and innovative startup each day. Every Thursday, the program focuses on startups within the BizSpark program and…