The pay-for-reviews problem gets acted upon by Amazon. Forget their terms and conditions. Doing that can land you in hot water with the FTC too.

Google execs advised marketers to shift 24% of their TV budgets to YouTube if they want to reach a young audience.

Mobile is NOT an afterthought. Your whole digital business relies on the experience you give users via mobile. More than half of worldwide searches (including the US) occur on mobile. Not. An. Afterthought.

The word “hologram” wasn’t in regular conversation just a few years ago, but here’s how one campaign is warning off drivers without a special parking permit.

A Nielsen study commissioned by Facebook shows the social network now edges the top 10 TV networks in reaching millennials and Hispanics.

The eCommerce giant Amazon has launched Merch by Amazon, a services that lets businesses and ind…

Following in the footsteps of MapQuest last year, Yahoo Small Business is outsourcing local listings management to Yext.

Short, urgent tweets help the government separate big earthquakes from those too small to be felt.Facebook Advertising, Yahoo Local

Filtering email from someone was a bit cumbersome for many users so Google has added block and unsubscribe features to Gmail.

We advise almost every client to use buttons WITHOUT counts because most of our clients don’t get thousands of tweets and likes on most posts. Anything less looks anemic. Twitter is solving part of that issue by changing its buttons so they no longer include counts. Information for your developers is at the link.

Facebook calls their new feature “beautiful” and “customizable”. Adding the ability for cover photos and formatting changes on a new Facebook notes section is the perfect way to lock in more longer content from people. See samples of the new feature rolling out by clicking this article link.

Google has confirmed that the Panda 4.2 update that started rolling out 2 1/2 months ago is still rolling out. The SEO industry is convinced that the update was reversed, but now appears to be back on track. And its twin update Penguin is coming soon. Why should you care? Together, they are two of the most potent Google algorithm changes. This affects your organization’s prominence and your own searches.