
Google Tag Manager: New Google Product
announced a new product to the world: Google Tag Manager. It is an extremely important addition to marketers, as it allows them to add or...

The Long Tail Effect: Why Word Count Matters In Search Query Optimization
Many variables play an important role when you’re analyzing search engine optimization efforts. This includes factors such as site...

The Value Of Nothing
When is nothing worth something? Turns out, just about all the time. Whenever you look at your metrics, consider that a metric is, in...

WolframAlpha Launches In-Depth Personal Analytics For Facebook Profiles
Yesterday Facebook profile analytics took a step up with the release of WolframAlpha personal analytics. Logged in members (tied to the...

Google Results Position: How Much Is First Place Really Worth?
Google page position has long been considered one of the holy grails for site owners, advertisers, or marketers running campaigns to...

Facebook, CNN Partner On Election Insights
This morning they’ve launched a site called Facebook & CNN Election Insights. It offers a snapshot of how much discussion is happening on...

Is it Possible To Overdo Your Company’s Social Media Presence?
Just like with anything else, customers can feel inundated and overwhelmed by company tweets and status updates. According to a survey...

The Shortest Distance From Data To Insights
In our rapidly evolving world of marketing analytics, especially with the daily articles on “Big Data” streams, predictive analytics and...

Fruji: Inexpensive Twitter Analytics For The Masses
Pricing ranges from free for the barebones “Basic” account up to $25 per year for the “Pro” account, which provides unlimited lists of...

Twitter Analytics Company Followerwonk Acquired By SEOmoz
SEOmoz has expanded their offerings today as they announced the acquisition of Portland based Twitter analytics company Followerwonk. The...

Social Media Metrics: Measuring Business Value When Sales Take Place Offline
Social media marketing can be an effective way to generate exposure among potential new customers. Done right, that exposure can be...

The Price Of Perfection
Somehow they figure that the simpler tools on the market (such as Google’s free Content Experiments tool) won’t be able to handle their...

Photos Increase Facebook Reach, But Does It Drive Traffic?
Ever since Facebook started displaying Reach data directly on Facebook fan pages, here at Marketing Land and Search Engine Land we have...

What To Do When 87.5% More Queries Are Blocked: Coping With Firefox 14
One of the more notable changes (from both the user and the marketer’s perspective) is that Firefox will now encrypt all searches made...

Upgrades To Google Analytics Content Experiments
Last week Google announced 3 upgrades that will make testing with the tool significantly easier and more powerful. Below I discuss each...

Taking Action on Mobile Marketing Analytics
According to eMarketer, there will be more than 106 million smartphone users in the U.S by the end of this year, and that number is...

New Google Analytics Interface Becomes Standard
introducing the new version of Google Analytics, the company is removing links that allowed users to revert back to the previous version....

7 Enemies Of Social Media Measurement
If you are serious about measuring social media, here are seven pitfalls that can lead you down the dark path to frustration and failure...

Would You Tip You?
Waitresses are great at this. And as far as I can tell, the over-worked ones at diners and dives often have the best 6th-sense for how to...
























