May 20, 2013
- Mobile isn’t just for finding local merchants to start the shopping experience. Recent data from Google shows mobile is a shopping companion while consumers are in the store looking to buy. In a new study, “Mobile In-Store Research: How in-store shoppers are using mobile devices,” Google showcases consumer behavior while they shop.
- Mobile isn’t just for finding local merchants to start the shopping experience. Recent data from Google shows mobile is a shopping companion while consumers are in the store looking to buy. In a new study, “Mobile In-Store Research: How in-store shoppers are using mobile devices,” Google showcases consumer behavior while they shop.
May 6, 2013
- Last summer, Craigslist filed a federal lawsuit against the company Padmapper (and some related entities). Padmapper.com is a site that, among other things, allows users to view Craigslist postings on a geographical map. It is a business premised on providing value added services to Craigslist postings — with some of that added value going back to Craigslist in the form of more users....
May 3, 2013
It was 20 years ago today that the World Wide Web was opened to all, setting off one of the biggest transformations in technology and altering the way we communicate. To celebrate the occasion, the creator has brought the world's first website back to life.
May 2, 2013
Mobile is movin’ on up as a preferred device for consumers to perform research on and purchase with in the U.S. This, according to findings in the 2013 Mobile Path-to-Purchase study by Telmetrics and xAd.
April 30, 2013
- Google has launched its Now predictive search platform for Apple's iOS. The company is bringing the platform to Apple's mobile operating system as a feature on the new version of Google's Search application for the iPhone and iPad.
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April 18, 2013
The proposed terms of the Google antitrust settlement in Europe have started to come to light, first through a report in the Financial Times, and this weekend, in articles from the Wall Street Journal and New York Times. As anticipated, the primary “remedy” Google is offering involves labeling its own results to distinguish them from third-party publishers....
March 27, 2013
Hyperlocal social directories and listings sites like Yelp and Craig’s List can be rich resources of user-generated local information — but that data may not always be free for the taking. Frustrated by data scraping by competitors, both companies have recently thrown down the legal gauntlet in an effort to lay exclusive claim to their data....
March 20, 2013
Google and Nielsen recently teamed to understand when and why people turn to mobile search, and the actions they take as a result.
For its "Mobile Search Moments" report, Google and Nielsen asked 426 consumers to log their mobile searches over two weeks in a diary smartphone app,...
March 17, 2013
There are many webmasters and SEOs believing right now that Google has released an update to their Panda algorithm late yesterday.