Friday, 29 Mar 2024
Month: July 2018

Microsoft Ventures Into Checkout-Free Retail, Takes on Amazon

Microsoft is reportedly taking on Amazon, as the company ventures into retail territory. The company is said to be looking into checkout-free shopping, an innovation that Amazon has pioneered. Reuters reported that at least six people have talked to them about Microsoft developing technology that will give retail companies the option to have cashier and checkout-free […]

Snapchat and Amazon Could Be Teaming Up on a New Visual Search Tool

Snapchat is seeking to expand its horizons and utilize its camera to go beyond social media with a new visual search feature. This novel search capability and a team-up with Amazon could open a new revenue stream for the company. According to reports, a new Snapchat version for Android smartphones includes a secret code for […]

Two Top SEM Firms Featured As Offering Poor SEM Results By WSJ

It is not every day you see SEM companies featured in Wall Street Journal articles but a few weeks ago, they ran a story named Small Businesses Search in Vain for Web-Ad Help. It isn’t good. It calls out two very large SEM companies named ReachLocal and Yodle as not delivering on their promises to […]

Google: Focused Search Updates Daily & Core Updates Every Other Month

When Google confirmed the Google update from the weekend, Danny Sullivan explained that it was a “core update” that happens only several times per year, versus the Google statement around Google doing updates several times per day. Those daily updates are called “focused updates.” Here is how Danny put it, “We do some type of […]

Bing Holds Agency Awards

It looks like Bing is holding an Agency Awards event on September 15th in New York City. Bing launched the domain bingagencyawards2016.com and yesterday posted on Twitter the introduction to the event. The Bing Agency Awards, Bing said “aims to recognize and reward outstanding creative, effective and passionate work by Search Advertising individuals, teams and […]

Amazon Web Services Now has a Tool for Managing ‘Secrets’

Even companies have secrets that must never be revealed to outsiders. These include passwords,  API keys and other credentials that could spell trouble and even cost the company money if they fall into the wrong hands. In this age where data breaches are a fact of life, securing company data has become even more important […]