Marketing Day: April 12, 2012
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: ICANN Extends Domain Application Deadline After Technical Issue The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has extended its deadline for applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) after discovering […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the web.
From Marketing Land:
- ICANN Extends Domain Application Deadline After Technical Issue
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has extended its deadline for applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) after discovering a “technical issue” with its software. The deadline, which was originally set for tonight, has been extended until next Friday, April 20th. In its announcement, ICANN explained the deadline delay: ICANN constantly […]
- Facebook Offers Up More Data To Download, Includes IP Address Data
On the heels of the recent Facebook employee/employer scandal Facebook is beefing up the data included within their download feature. The most important addition? IP addresses. Users will now be able to download a copy of all IP address activity that is occurring on the account. Additional information that can now be downloaded are previous names and […]
- Expand Your App’s Reach By Teaching It A New Language
With a population of over 300 million people, and over 100 million smartphones sold, it’s easy to see why the United States is the first target for most software developers — app developers included. More than half of the smartphones sold in the United States are Android phones. That number has been steadily rising since […]
- If Google’s Really Proud Of Google+, It Should Share Some Real User Figures
Google+ now has 170 million users. Well, 170 million who have “upgraded” to Google+, whatever that means. It’s the latest in crazy numbers from Google. The people who actually do use Google+ as a social network deserve better than this PR spin. It’s time for Google to properly report their numbers, lest outsiders begin believing […]
- Back To School (Email Addresses That Is) – Facebook Adds Groups For Schools
The world’s largest social networking site is going back to its roots … well kinda. When Facebook launched having a college email address was a requirement to join. Those days are long gone, but they are bringing back email-based verification for a new feature, “Groups For Schools.” These new groups are based around a particular school […]
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
- The 1940 U.S. Census: Soon, A Searcher’s Treasure Trove
- Google Becomes Answer Engine With Semantic Technology – Great News For Retailers
- 11 Considerations For International SEO
- Bing Search API No Longer Free
- Three Questions To Ask When Selecting An Enterprise SEM Tool Provider
- Elevate Your Paid Campaign ROI – Attend SMX Advanced June 5-6
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Affiliate Marketing
- 5 Online Resources to Follow News on Affiliate Nexus Tax, www.amnavigator.com
Analytics
- How to Track Off-Site Clicks as Goals in Google Analytics, www.searchenginejournal.com
Blogs & Blogging
- Tumblr Tests New Tools for Users and Brands, Ad Age
- What Bloggers Are Saying About Your PR Pitch, www.distilled.net
- WordPress 3.4 Beta 2, wordpress.org
Business Issues
- Google Q1 Earnings Preview, allthingsd.com
- LinkedIn Competitor Viadeo Raises $32 Million In Funding, thenextweb.com
- Patch Editor-in-Chief leaving AOL, VentureBeat
- Yelp Gets Reviewed – Costs And Income Fail To Justify The Price, seekingalpha.com
- Zuckerberg Might Not Bother Attending Facebook’s Road Show, www.businessinsider.com
Content Marketing
- Digital Natives: How They Are Changing the Content Marketing Game, www.contentmarketinginstitute.com
- Spice Up Your Content Marketing with Proven Direct Response Tactics, www.revenews.com
- The Secrets Behind Content With 10,000+ Shares, www.blueglass.com
General Internet Marketing
- 8 Marketing Lessons from RIM’s Slow Death, www.quicksprout.com
Mobile Marketing
- Majority of US Smartphone Owners Use Devices to Aid Shopping, www.emarketer.com
Social Media
- 3 more ways to spot a Pinterest spammer, www.dailydot.com
- 4 Ways To Social Media Success: Start By Ignoring, Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus., smallbiztechnology.com
- Instagram snaps into top 10 social networks, weblogs.hitwise.com
- Introducing: Laptop Stickers!, blog.turntable.fm
- Is Pinterest Broke? Pinterest Stops Updating Their Home Page!, pinnablebusiness.com
- Is Pinterest’s Exponential Traffic Growth Slowing?, Mashable
- Kred Adds Facebook to Its Influence Score, socialtimes.com
- Pinterest Clone Pinspire ‘Tampering’ With Users And Pimped By Spammers, TechCrunch
- Using Data to Drive Your Google Plus Program, BruceClay.com
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