You might have encountered a “Twitter bot” before: an automated program that perhaps retweeted something you wrote because it had particular keywords. Or maybe you received a message from an unfamiliar, seemingly human-controlled account, only to click on an accompanying link and realize you’d been fooled by a spambot.
Now a group of freelance Web researchers has created more sophisticated Twitter bots, dubbed “socialbots,” that can not only fool people into thinking they are real people, more…
If you are an advertiser using Google AdWords you need to pay attention to the latest Google update. Advertisers can now target mobile devices that are using WiFi, as well as target what type of OS the mobile phone has. more…
This has been a year where search marketing truly matured. Mobile became one of the largest growth components, with its share of the overall search market now reaching 20 percent.
Looking ahead, expect 2012 to be the year when we push further into the more…
OMAHA, Neb.–(EON: Enhanced Online News)–Proxibid (www.proxibid.com), the world’s largest real auction marketplace, today launched Proxibid Classifieds, www.ProxibidClassifieds.com, the Company’s new listing service. Proxibid Classifieds enables auction companies and business sellers the ability to sell items directly to buyers more…
Twitter is now officially speaking out against Google’s new search features that give prominent placement to content from its own social network, Google+.
In a statement, Twitter complained that “people, publishers, news organizations and Twitter users” would suffer from not being more…
BitTorrent Inc. launched a personal file sharing application called Share Thursday that aims to give users an alternative to paid cloud storage companies and media sharing over social networks. Share makes it possible to transfer files without any size limits to an unlimited number of personal contacts. Files are cached in the cloud, so users don’t have to be more…
Facebook has announced its 2012 Hacker Cup, a global computer programming competition. The event will serve as an important recruiting tool to attract great coders to the company, which is constantly battling for fresh engineering talent more…
With tech blogs leaking somewhat inaccurate information about Microsoft and Nokia’s plans for marketing Windows Phone in the United States during the first half of 2012—and others still predictably parroting that information – I thought it might be worthwhile to set the record straight. Microsoft and Nokia will not spend “in the neighborhood of $100 million” to market Windows Phone this year. more…
You don’t have to use auction sites or the classifieds to get rid of your old gadgets. If you got the newest version of your favorite gadget you may be wondering what to do with the old one.
If you have a friend or family member who would love your hand-me-downs then you have an easy solution, more…
Last week Google announced that Googlebot-Mobile now crawls with a smartphone user-agent in addition to the previous feature phone users-agents. The information crawled will be used in mobile search to improve user experience. The new crawler will optimize content displayed on smartphones where it is specifically made for smartphones. more…
B2Betrader.com provides a free outlet for businesses to sell, buy, trade, and barter used equipment or services with ease. This classified site offers a perfect, one-stop shop for those who are looking to begin a new business, expand an old one, or just hoping to sell unwanted equipment. more…
Tis the season for top 10 lists. I guess I’m playing right into the cliche. However instead of looking back at “best of” fodder, I recently decided to partake in some forward looking speculation – what us analysts do best (or worst).
What can we expect in mobile and local in 2012? more…
