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Microsoft And Foursquare Partnership Focuses On Local Search

In the rush to improve local search facilities for mobile devices, Microsoft has been in danger of being left behind. Now a deal with Foursquare could be about to[...]

4 Things Every Local Search Pack Needs

Local search has become dominant in all of the major search engines, so becoming part of the "local search pack" is important for any business whose market is local.[...]

Optimizing Mobile Search Strategies

In the year that mobile searching is expected to become the predominant form, it has never been more important to have a search engine optimization strategy that[...]

Yahoo Upgrades Local Search

Improving the visibility of a business for local customers can require very different tools to those for improving its profile more generally. For some businesses,[...]

Responsive Web Design: The Top Trend For 2014

Ask anybody about what is hot in web design this year and they are likely to mention responsive web design. If anything it is overdue, given how much popular means[...]

Google Purchases Artificial Intelligence Startup DeepMind

To get into the robotics business, it is a good idea to have a team that can build machine intelligence. If already in the search engine business, such a team might[...]

Google Knowledge Graph Incorporated In Search

Google searches are changing. For some time now the search engine’s team has been talking about ways it might enrich the search experience and it has now begun to do[...]

What Is Trending On Facebook?

After running tests on small groups of users last summer, Facebook has now launched a Trending section alongside its newsfeed. Competing directly with Twitter, this[...]

Yelp Aims To Detect Paid Reviews

“We have a team that is dedicated to running sting operations,” Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman told the Telegraph this week. “So we pose as review writers who are[...]

Study Reveals Where Top Retailers Source Traffic

A new study looking at the online social activity of 900 top-rated retail companies over 2013 has found that Facebook is their number one choice for paid[...]

No More Sponsored Stories On Facebook

The social media giant has announced that sponsored stories are to disappear from Facebook effective April 9th. Due to their high potential for conversion, sponsored[...]

2013 Was A Good Year For Search

The release of fourth-quarter U.S. stats has confirmed that 2013 was a strong year for digital marketing and one that has seen continued growth despite witnessing[...]

Android Sales Set To Hit One Billion

Despite a slight slackening in its rate of expansion, Android is set to pass one billion device sales this year, putting it well ahead of Apple’s mobile devices and[...]

Malware Attack On Yahoo Could Impact Advertisers

It was discovered on Friday, but it may have been going on for a week. Adverts on Yahoo have been infecting users’ computers with malware and may have been turning[...]

Comic Strips May Go Social With Google

Turning a conversation into a comic strip – it is not new, but it could function in a new way. A patent filed by Google this week suggests that the search engine[...]

New Study Seeks To Explain Facebook Youth Exodus

It has been clear for some time that Facebook has been struggling to hold on to the youth market, and one study has looked at the reasons why this is occurring. It[...]

Bing Foundations Finally Complete, Says Microsoft

Over the past six years, Bing has been fighting not only to stay ahead of its rivals but also to effectively develop its own internal foundations. Now, according to[...]

Google Glass Faces A Challenger

As Google brings out the updated version of Google Glass this winter, news of a new competitor has the tech world in a state of excitement. Ambitious start-up[...]

Android Ambitions Spur New Facebook Purchase

As it launches a new look for its Android app, it would seem that Facebook is also in the market for a new way of analyzing its performance. The social networking[...]

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Xcellimark

Wishing You Peace, Joy and Prosperity in the Coming Year The staff at Xcellimark would like to take a moment to wish you a very happy holiday season and a blessed[...]

Twitter Goes Local

There have already been a lot of changes at Twitter since its floatation last month, and now the social network is making a move into the local search market. The[...]

Facebook Hires Artificial Intelligence Expert

Yesterday this blog reported on the transfer of machine learning expert Blaise Agüera y Arcas from Microsoft to Google. Today we can report that Facebook is also[...]

New Facebook Video Ad Plans Revealed

A copy of a presentation deck designed by Facebook for marketing its new video ad scheme was yesterday obtained by TechCrunch and has sparked intense debate within[...]

Instagram Direct Speeds Up Targeted Photo Sharing

Instagram has a new feature as of this week, and it is one with interesting potential for internet marketers. Instagram Direct provides a new option for quickly[...]

Google Adds New Metrics In AdWords For YouTube

A new group of metrics on Google AdWords forYouTube has advertisers getting excited this week. Lately this blog has featured a number of stories about how things are[...]

Pay To Play, Facebook Tells Businesses

Facebook says it is about making the user experience on its network more enjoyable. Critics say it is all about the money. Either way, Facebook has now admitted that[...]
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