Europeans, EPIC Bring More Scrutiny To Google Privacy Changes

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The controversy surrounding Google’s privacy policy changes continues on both sides of the Atlantic. The European Commission wants to look more closely at Google’s new, consolidated policy before it goes into effect on March 1, 2012. Meanwhile, back in the US, the Electronic Privacy Information Center has initiated a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request [...]


No, You Don’t Need To Fear The Google Privacy Changes: A Reality Check

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Less than a month to go before Google’s new privacy policy changes happen. Microsoft is running an ad campaign encouraging switching to its services as safer or more private. The US Congress is still asking questions. Headlines have painted a worrisome picture. But Google’s users seem largely unconcerned. That’s no surprise. They probably shouldn’t be. [...]


Why Necessity Will Soon Make Facebook The World’s Largest Mobile Ad Network

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As widely anticipated Facebook filed its S-1 to go public today, and interesting fact emerged. Facebook — out of necessity — will soon become the largest mobile ad network in the world. Throughout the S-1 Facebook makes reference to mobile. It sees mobile as both a threat and essential to its future growth. (Last year I [...]


 

5 Things You Can Do To Improve Your Affiliate Program Today

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As a student of performance marketing, I enjoy keeping up on industry publications and forums.  One of the many things I love about this industry is the insight and sharing of information that takes place.  Anyone smitten by affiliate marketing knows the daily challenges that often accompany the rewards of working in such a young [...]

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Why Facebook Advertising Needs To Be Comfortable Checking “In A Relationship With” Facebook Content

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When asked the question, “Notice anything new on Facebook?” — besides the company’s  filing for an IPO, of course — my guess is you would answer it with gusto and say “Timeline” or “Ticker.” And you would be correct — at least for the most part. There was another large change that managed to fly quietly [...]

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It’s Complicated: The Awkward Socialization Of Search

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All hail the vision of truly socialized search — where results and experience are personalized, drawing on social graphs, browsing history and reams of  input data to deliver on the concept. Our expectations for absolute interconnectivity of environments and extensive personalization have us drooling over this concept of search at a glance. But, taking the [...]

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How Google’s “Search Plus Your World” Should Change Your Social Media Strategy

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A lot has been written about Google’s awkwardly named Search Plus Your World (SPYW) and what it means for SEO. But there’s plenty to consider for social media marketers, too. Google’s been getting personal in your search for a while, but SPYW brings in a few new elements: personal results, straight from your Google+ network onto [...]

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