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Twitter Refreshed To Reflect Mobile Interface

Twitter is rolling out a new look this week; however, it is one that some users will already be familiar with, as the interface used for IOS and Android has been[...]

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[...]

Yelp Ordered To Identify Reviewers

There has been an alarm in Yelp circles this week due to a court’s decision to order that the identities of seven of its reviewers be revealed. The decision follows[...]

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[...]

Yahoo Hones In On Contextual Search With Aviate

Following last week’s hacking scandal Yahoo has come out fighting, with CEO Marissa Mayer putting on quite a performance at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las[...]

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[...]

Bing Targets Awards Event Fans

Most people on the internet love movies, right? Bing certainly thinks so, and this is why it has launched a brand new awards site focused on the upcoming Golden[...]

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[...]

Google Admits Social Media Mistake

It was the company's biggest mistake, said Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt, and it will never happen again. He was referring to his failure to anticipate “the[...]

The Rise Of The Chromebook

The end of the year always sees a flurry of interesting sales statistics released, and this year is no exception. One of the most dramatic stories to emerge from[...]

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 And Mark Zuckerberg To Face IPO Lawsuit

It is over a year and a half since it happened, but a court ruling revealed yesterday means that Facebook is now set to face charges over the handling of its[...]

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[...]

Blaise Agüera y Arcas Quits Microsoft For Google

The rivalry between Microsoft and Google rarely gets more intense than when it comes to personnel. With only a very few people considered top-level talent, both[...]

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[...]

Get Noticed On Twitter

Sometimes it can feel as if endless effort goes into Twitter without very much coming back out. There is so much happening on there, all formatted in much the same[...]

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[...]

Gmail Image Caching Obscures User Data

New moves at Gmail could make it faster, more private and more secure for users, but the moves are bad news for marketers. An apparently simple but far-reaching[...]
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