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Extra, Extra: Google Launches New Organic Search Algorithm to Emphasize Breaking News!
COVARIO – Google is very busy these days. In addition to the recent changes announced for how paid search advertisements will be listed, Google also rolled out a major change to the way organic search listings are ranked—the new Freshness Algorithm. (This article was cowritten by Covario SEO Director Amanda Barnes, [...] more...
LinkedIn Makes Business News Personal
ADOTAS – I’m pretty sure I let my LinkedIn account languish for a year or so. Last summer I was shocked to see my connection invitations nearing the triple digits. I hate to say I’ve never taken my account on the business social network very seriously — currently my profile [...] more...
People Actually Pay for Online Content?
ADOTAS – What? According to a new Pew survey, 65% of Internet users have paid for online content. But I thought the reason journalism was dying was because those cheap-ass browsers refuse to pay for content… Could it be journalism is dying because the quality of writing has disintegrated and mainstream [...] more...
Newsday Paywall Stats Not Promising
ADOTAS – As opinions are still forming about the prospects for The New York Times’ recently announced pay meter for its online content, the initial stats from Newsday’s paywall experiment are likely to make pay-for-content advocate’s faces go sour. Since announcing in October that visitors — beside print subscribers and Cablevision [...] more...
Yahoo! News Is More Popular Than Google News
ADOTAS – Everyone’s favorite media conglomerate curmudgeon, Rupert Murdoch of the monstrosity that is News Corp., pitched a fit all year about Google News to just about anybody who would listen. Conferences, interviews, bar mitzvahs — if there were reporters around, he was likely to bitch about that “parasite” Google. But [...] more...
Twitter: a billion-dollar company that few trust
ADOTAS — Yesterday, news broke that the microblogging company got a huge round of funding. With the injection of $50 million, the company has been valued at $1 billion, according to MediaMemo. This despite the fact that its revenue streams are paltry, and Facebook keeps mimicking its ideas. And now, just to add [...] more...
Murdoch gleefully predicts ad uptick and that Kindle will ruin unions
ADOTAS — Nothing like being an anti-union media mogul in a seismic shift. Rupert Murdoch said while advertising spending is nowhere near where it was in 2007, recent results have been “getting better every month and getting better every week.” The News Corp chief added that the US advertising market is [...] more...
Google news pokes newspapers in the eye – again
ADOTAS — As if newspapers weren’t already apoplectic about what they say is Google-content stealing, a new Google news feature looks like it will show more content, which will have newspapers even more outraged. Google Labs is about to launch, Flipper, according to Techcrunch. It looks like it will make it easier to [...] more...
Another blanket denial from Last.fm that it didn’t hand over user info
ADOTAS — A quick new glance around the webosphere. Has The Ad Recession Hit Bottom Yet? (Paidcontent) Microsoft’s $80 million advertising gamble on Bing search taking on Google. (AdAge) - Another blanket denial from Last.fm that it didn’t hand over user info to RIAA. (Techcrunch) And partner CBS? apparently we’ll find out. Nokia’s Ovi Store went [...] more...
Deleted social network photos surface weeks later, study says
ADOTAS — A quick news glance around the ad world. Microsoft’s Kumo: Already a step behind. (CNet) Hulu set for September UK launch (Telegraph) User photographs can still be found on many social networking sites even after people have deleted them. (BBC News) Google reshuffles sales structure, more data driven focus expected. (WSJ, SIA) Twitter [...] more...
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- Funding in Brief: $10M for Spongecell, $8M for Prolexic February 9th 2012 ADOTAS – Rich media ad company Spongecell has raised $10 million [...] more »
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- Infographic: HootSuite Analyses Social Media Impact of Super Bowl Ads February 7th 2012 ADOTAS - So, it’s the Tuesday after the Super Bowl, [...] more »
- Facebook to Serve Mobile Ads in Coming Weeks February 6th 2012 ADOTAS – According to a Financial Times report, Facebook will [...] more »
- Survey: 39 Percent of Mobile Users Responded to Super Bowl Ads Via Mobile February 6th 2012 ADOTAS - During the Super Bowl yesterday, mobile ad network [...] more »
- Sponsormob Leads the Way Into RTB for Mobile February 3rd 2012 ADOTAS – For more than half a decade, Berlin-based tech [...] more »
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Sponsormob Leads the Way Into RTB for MobileADOTAS – For more than half a decade, Berlin-based tech firm Sponsormob has remained relevant in an industry characterized by [...] more...
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