The Week We Searched For- November 5, 2010
In this week's search wrap up, the war between Google and Facebook continues to rage with Google's new Terms of Services that could dramatically affect Facebook's Open Graph. [...more]
In this week's search wrap up, the war between Google and Facebook continues to rage with Google's new Terms of Services that could dramatically affect Facebook's Open Graph. [...more]
In this week's news round-up, Google introduces its new In-Page Analytics service, Facebook comes under attack (again) for privacy controls, and Google TV faces new challenges. [...more]
An early adopter of Facebook offers a unique perspective on "The Social Network" and the evolution of online advertising. [...more]
In this week's search news wrap up, we focus on two big stories -- the rumored deal between search veterans AOL and Yahoo! and Bing and Facebook's new push for more personalized search results. [...more]
In this week's news roundup, Google introduces its new image formatting system, Facebook improves its photo posting features, and AOL announces its acquisition of TechCrunch. [...more]
NewMediaMetrics released a study this month on the relationship between consumers and media consumption to determine which outlet or network attracts the most ‘engaged’ users.The study ranks Google Search as the most engaging media outlet, followed closely by AOL email, YouTube, Facebook and Amazon.com. [...more]
Apple introduced a new music-based social networking site, causing a bit of controversy with Facebook. Also, Consumer Watchdog launches a holiday weekend cartoon attack on Google. [...more]
Google devotes a new page to real time search results and a new Gmail Voice service. [...more]
Most people in this industry are too young to remember, but Heinz ketchup did a huge advertising campaign in the 1970's based on Carly Simon's "Anticipation" song, which turned their ketchup's attribute of slow pouring into an advantage... [...more]
Still waiting to dip your toe in the pool of location-based social media? The launch of Facebook Places is sure to increase the number of people "checking in" and make it even easier for marketers to drive new business and reward their most loyal customers. [...more]
Google dominates this week stories with their announcement that they will be shutting down Google Wave. [...more]
Facebook introduced two new services this week: "Facebook Questions," which enables users to pose questions to Facebook's community, and their new social shopping service with Amazon. [...more]
This week's stories are filled with disappointing quarterly revenue reports from many of the industry's leading companies. [...more]
In this week's The Week We Searched For, we discuss Google's new App Inventor, Apple's purchasing spree, and Facebook's explosive growth in mobile. [...more]
In this week's stories, Twitter and YouTube both try to expand their market base with new, more targeted strategies. [...more]
Google dominates this week's stories with their planned acquisition of the travel software company ITA and the redesign of their Google News platform. [...more]
In this week's segment, we discuss Facebook's new VP of Global Policy, the possibility of a Google version of iTunes, and Twiter's settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. [...more]
Twitter dominated this week stories with their acquisition of Smallthought Systems' Trendy, an analytics company. [...more]
Google and Facebook continue to face international problems for privacy violations. Apple surpasses Microsoft as the #1 tech company in the world. [...more]
After weeks of external pushback from users and privacy defenders, Facebook has implemented changes to their privacy policy. On Wednesday, Facebook began rolling out a new set of privacy settings that should simplify how users censor their profiles online. [...more]
This month, The Search Agents sat down with Alec Green, VP Marketing at The Search Agency, to discuss the year anniversary of our blog, future marketing initiatives and more... [...more]
Google dominates this week's stories with some big announcements from their I/O Conference and Eric Schmidt's response to the latest privacy breach. [...more]
In this week's "Week We Searched For," we discuss Google's not-so-extreme makeover, the FCC increasing its regulation of internet providers, and more Facebook privacy problems. [...more]
Ever since Facebook and Google sought to make the web more open and social, there has been a lot of talk about protecting privacy. But it wasn't until I drove home yesterday and was listening to NPR's All Things Considered that I realized how mainstream this debate has become. [...more]
In this week’s column, we discuss Google’s relationship with Germany, as it tries to push forward with its Street View product, Mark Zuckerberg's views on privacy, and Steve Jobs’ recent attack against Adobe. [...more]
With the mass roll-out of its newly-introduced "Open-Graph" protocol, Facebook has greatly extended its capability to collect personalized web traffic data by freeing the oh-so-tempting "Like" button from the confines of your Wall. [...more]
Faceboook has launched the Open Graph Protocol and Social plugins to make the Web a more social place. What exactly are these new personalized web tools, how do they work, and what impact will they have for online marketers? [...more]
This week's stories are marked by positive economic news from both Microsoft and Amazon, whose quarterly results exceeded analysts' forecasts. [...more]
Seems like any new feature from Facebook raises concerns about user privacy. Facebook's "like" button enables easy sharing of content from across the web to all your Facebook friends. But will Facebook ultimately use this data to serve highly targeted ads based on the specific pages you promote? [...more]
This week's stories are on the move as Apple previews a new OS and ad platform for the iPhone, Google tries to finalize its acquisition of mobile ad firm AdMob, and Rupert Murodch gives the iPad a spin. [...more]