The changes made by Google to their algorithm has caused a lot of grief to marketers and anyone that has involvement in search engine optimization. Today, it claimed another victim in the form of 26 employees at Indianapolis based ChaCha. That Google is the blame is the claim being made by ChaCha CEO Scott Jones.
Steven Jobs offered the world “one more thing” just barely four years ago, when the very first iPad was launched. Since then, the product has spawned four versions of the Apple product and hundreds of other competitors trying to get market share and audience attention.
I was fortunate enough to get to visit the future of media and marketing this past week. The vision was very clear, powerful and strong; and I felt very ill-equipped to tackle all the opportunities and challenges ahead. Juli Metzger and John Strauss were kind enough to open up the hallways inside the David Letterman…
When I look at local media competitors, more and more I believe you have to look global. That sounds like a misstatement, but hear me out. More and more money from local advertisers in small towns are going to Google and Facebook. And now Twitter is trying to get a taste of that money as…
Long before the NSA scandal, I became aware of the power of information being hoarded on our every move. It was the government that I was concerned with as much as it was Google. CNBC did a business biography on the power of Google which enlightened me on just how powerful their data-mining efforts were.
America is going blind at an alarming rate and something needs to change! The number of people who don’t see and ignore digital advertising is a problem for marketers in this digital age.
Online security is a big concern, and a growing business around the world. While hard for me to understand, there are people out there in the world who get a kick out of screwing up my computer; and yours too. Some will place a virus on your computer with hopes of gaining secure information for…
Perhaps I should be afraid of big data for the intrusions that it brings into my life. For all of my concerns, I’m still overwhelmed with curiosity with all the positives that can come from big data used for good. For me, I think the difference is that I’ve made the decision to offer up…
There have been some mentions about the slowly (very slowly) eroding audience for Facebook. I’ve mentioned it before as well, as more of the younger audience leaves Facebook for other social media options.
It was announced a few weeks back that LG Smart TVs were caught sending data on viewer habits of those using LG sets. There was a mini outrage, including a segment on Fox Business discussing how this was a violation of personal information.