Twitter forces people to follow @POTUS, @FLOTUS & @VP accounts
Did you transition away from the official accounts for the US President, Vice President and First Lady? There's a good chance Twitter made you follow...
Danny Sullivan
Danny Sullivan was a journalist and analyst who covered the digital and search marketing space from 1996 through 2017. He was also a cofounder of Third Door Media, which publishes Search Engine Land, Marketing Land, MarTech Today and produces the SMX: Search Marketing Expo and MarTech events. He retired from journalism and Third Door Media in June 2017. You can learn more about him on his personal site & blog He can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.
Google studying ways to fix offensive search suggestions & results
Facing criticism over "fake news," inappropriate search suggestions and more, the search company is looking for long-term and comprehensive...
How Google may be slowing down AMP by not using direct links to publishers
What's in a name? A URL that's not the publisher's may not smell as sweet, when it comes to...
Why Google might not be able to stop “fake news”
Google says it wants to prevent fake news from spreading, but the search giant has serious challenges in actually curbing...
Facebook is killing people, posting erroneous ‘Memorialized Account’ messages
Apparent error is killing off people on Facebook, shifting their accounts to have a "memorial"...
SEE: How Twitter is stripping ads & engagement options off publisher content
The use of Safari Reader is causing those in a test group to see pages without advertising, email sign-up boxes, social sharing options and in some...
How to make Google Home & Amazon Echo talk to each other in an infinite loop
They might be rivals, but these home assistants are happy to talk to each other... and keep talking and talking and...
Google creates its own antitrust woes with poor communication over search listings
Have an issue with your listings in Google? Getting an official answer might be tough. And when that happens to a Google competitor, as it did with...
Facebook’s racial targeting isn’t new, bad or always illegal despite renewed attention
"Ethnic Affinity" targeting has been offered for nearly two years, has real benefits and is legal for many types of...
How Trump & Clinton have failed to use free space in Google for US presidential candidates
For a week, neither campaign used the special program giving them guaranteed listings in Google for their...
Will usability issues hinder Google Assistant, the star of Google’s new Pixel phone?
Voice-only search might hinder use of Google Assistant and split attention between it and the search bar -- which is now hidden behind a...
Google debuts new Pixel phone, Google Home & Google Assistant
New Google Pixel phones. Google Home to take on Amazon Echo. And more hardware news from Google, during its big event...
Clinton wins Grubhub presidential ‘debate’ as diners cast votes with special discount codes
Among the findings: Indian food is big with Clinton supporters; Trump supporters like Chinese...
Allo: Google again moves deck chairs on its sinking Titanic in the messaging wars
Yet another messaging app from Google, with little reason to expect it to be a...
Catching up on the Google Performance Summit
At Google's annual event for AdWords and Google Analytics customers, it shared new ad formats, mobile-first bidding options and...
WATCH: Google lets you speak in natural language & get analytics reports
Think of it as Google Now, Siri or Alexa for Google Analytics. Speak the stat you want, get the answer, courtesy of machine...
Google will build its own Daydream VR headset & controller
While Google will build its own VR hardware, "reference designs" mean that any manufacturer can make their own to work with...
Google I/O Live Blog: Home voice-activated assistant, Allo messaging app announced
Google announces its rival to the Amazon Echo, unveils yet another messaging...
Sorry, Google’s cool Gboard GIF search isn’t coming to the web
Gboard makes it easy to find GIFs from the keyboard of your iOS device. But Google has no plans for GIF search beyond...
What I learned fundraising on Facebook & Twitter: We need donate buttons!
Facebook likes and Twitter retweets don't necessarily translate into charitable donations. A "donate" button could...