
Yahoo beats Q4 earnings expectations, pushes closing of Verizon deal into Q2
Yahoo released fourth quarter and full year earnings this afternoon, beating analyst expectations. The company announced $1.47 billion in...

Google AMP carousels are multiplying!
In case you missed it, Google has launched a new type of AMP rich card carousel in mobile search results — in addition to the Top Stories...

Survey: Mobile devices eclipse PC usage and, in a surprise, drive more conversions
Many industry insiders expect mobile commerce to eclipse PC-based sales in the relatively near future. A new online survey from Fluent...

Cortana comes to Android’s lock-screen in a battle for visibility and usage
Because Microsoft’s mobile operating system has a tiny share of the smartphone market, the company has been forced to get creative about...

5 tips for gaining a competitive advantage with your enterprise mobile app strategy
But there’s another fast-growing trend that competitive organizations are focused on — and it’s giving smart companies an edge over the...

TripAdvisor adds new enhanced listings features for hotels, restaurants
TripAdvisor is enhancing its suite of tools and subscription-based ad products for both hotels and restaurants. The two programs are...

A simple checklist to prep for the Google mobile-first index
Hopefully, all of you learned from “Mobilegeddon” in 2015 and “Mobilegeddon 2” in 2016 that the updates Google makes to improve the...

Google taking another run at simple website creation for small businesses
Google has been in and out of the small business (SMB) web creation and hosting business since 2006. Apparently, it’s making a renewed...

Mobile marketing predictions for 2017 from 11 industry veterans
To that end, I asked about 20 friends, colleagues and clients for their input. From that group, I received 11 responses. Of course, I...

Going beyond ‘right consumer, right time, right place’
“The right consumer at the right time at the right place.” That familiar mantra is exactly what marketers should be aiming for… right?...

Study: Gen Z more discriminating, more advertising-resistant than Gen X or Y
A massive new demographically segmented study from Kantar Millward Brown presents an instructive (and challenging) set of findings for...

Yahoo CEO Mayer and co-founder David Filo to step down from Yahoo board
nevodka / Shutterstock.com Assuming the massive hacking disclosures Yahoo made over the past several months don’t derail the Verizon...

Final holiday figures: $92B in e-commerce, omnichannel retail had big share
The final holiday online shopping tally is out. According to Adobe, total e-commerce sales (November 1 to December 31) hit $91.7 billion,...

7 key components to a winning mobile marketing budget in 2017
If you think mobile success is about landing pages and app install ads, I have some news for you: In 2017, your mobile marketing strategy...

Amazon Alexa now has more than 7,000 voice apps, Google Assistant coming to TV
Amazon’s Alexa now has more than 7,000 “skills” (voice apps), according to a presentation given at CES (the Computer Electronics Show) by...

Google launching free mobile site creation tool in India. Will it come to North America?
Google is trying to mobilize Indian small businesses. According to the The Wall Street Journal, Google will introduce a free mobile...

Lenovo debuts Amazon Alexa-powered smart speaker at CES
Like Microsoft is doing with Cortana, Amazon is making Alexa available to third-party developers and hardware makers to voice-enable...

Report: US advertisers spent $17.6 billion on digital ads in Q3
According to IAB data out today, US advertisers spent $17.6 billion on digital ads in Q3. The trade organization said this was “the...

Top smartphone apps of 2016: Google and Facebook control 8 out of the top 10 slots
Many top year-end lists are now coming out, and Nielsen has released its ranking of the the top smartphone apps of 2016. In its ranking...
























