Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on
Marketing Land and other places across the web.
From Marketing Land:
Yelp Hires Republican DC Lobbyist For IP, Free-Speech Issues According to “inside the beltway” publication The Hill, Yelp has hired a former Republican legislative aide as its first formal lobbyist. The lobbyist is Laurent Crenshaw, who was most recently an aide for House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.). Crenshaw will reportedly be addressing patent and copyright issues, including issues arising under the 1998 […]
Google’s Share Of Social Logins Hits Highest Level In Q4 Since 2010 Google continues to be an increasingly popular choice when it comes to social logins, and Q4 of 2013 was its best single quarter since 2010, according to the latest report from Janrain. Google hit 35 percent of all social logins in the quarter, its highest level since being at 38 percent in Q4 of 2010. […]
Report: Apple Gains Smartphone Share But The iPad Slips Ad network Chitika is out this morning with a post-holiday analysis of smartphone and tablet traffic. Based on “tens of millions of smartphone and tablet online ad impressions from the Chitika network,” the study looked at North American internet traffic from December 20 to December 29, 2013. According to the study, the iPhone saw a […]
Marketing Land’s Most-Shared Stories on Google+ in 2013: Google+, Google Reader and Google Glass Happy New Year Marketing Land fans! We kick off 2014 with our last look back at 2013, the most-shared Marketing Land stories on Google+. What was the hottest topic our readers “+1′d” this past year? Just as our Facebook fans prefer to share stories about Facebook, our readers on Google+ like news and stories about Google, […]
Google’s Eric Schmidt: “Mobile Has Won” In an “ask a billionaire” interview with Bloomberg, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt makes a number of predictions about the coming year and beyond. Among them he says, “Mobile has won.” What does he mean? The simple meaning of his remark — and the one he intends — is that there are more tablets and […]
Today’s Methods Help Us More Aggressively Compete It used to be that one of your primary means of competing as a brand was raising the spend and buying more impressions than your competitors — and doing it creatively, in order to stir up more laughter and tears than the other guy. Your budget and creative wherewithal were your arsenal. We carried that […]
Creating Fatigue-Proof Retargeting Ads Web surfers aren’t going to engage with the same dreary creative displayed over and over again. This makes it key to vary your message, pursue a theme, or even tell a story with multiple creative units, especially if impression frequency per user is more than a couple times a day. As there are many elements […]
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Affiliate Marketing
5 New Year’s Resolutions for Affiliate Program Managers, Affiliate Marketing Blog
Analytics
Blogs & Blogging
11 Essential Ingredients Every Blog Post Needs [Infographic], Copyblogger
23 ways to be a more productive blogger, PR Daily
How To Get More Readers With Repurposed Blog Content, pushingsocial.com
Business Issues
IPO Prospect Coupons.com to Buy Yub for $30 Million, Wall Street Journal
Twitter SVP Chris Fry Breaks Down How His Engineering Org Works, recode.net
Content Marketing
Conversion Optimization
Copywriting, Design & Usability
Seven UX Resolutions for App Design in 2014, uxmag.com
Display & Contextual Advertising
Domaining
.email and two other new gTLDs go live, DomainIncite
GoDaddy gets sixth patent for “Adwords for Top Level Domains”, Domain Name Wire
SeekingAlpha: “New gTLD’s Pose No Threat To Verisign”, The Domains
Welcome to the Year of Dot-Sexy and Other Wild Web Addresses, BusinessWeek
E-Commerce
3 Ecommerce Trends to Watch in 2014, Get Elastic
5 Keys to Mobile Ecommerce Optimization in 2014, Practical E-Commerce
New Year Rings in Sales Tax for Amazon Shoppers in Three States, Wall Street Journal
Online sales rise 10.3% year over year in Q4, Internet Retailer
Email Marketing
Why Email Marketing Still Matters in 2014 , www.mobilemarketingwatch.com
General Internet Marketing
3 Essential New Year’s Resolutions for Online Marketers, Marketing Pilgrim
Digital marketing and the music industry: six key trends for 2014, econsultancy.com
Will Your Digital Marketing Strategy Rock in 2014? 3 Questions to Ask, Silverpop
Internet Marketing Industry
How Should I Structure My Marketing Automation Team?, blog.marketo.com
Mobile/Local Marketing
Christmas spike: iOS Downloads and Revenue grew by more than 50%, Distimo
Google to Discontinue Sharing App Bump and Flock on Jan. 31, 2014, iPhone in Canada Blog
Across Industries, Mobile Ad Spend Increases Dramatically, eMarketer
Google’s Local Social Conundrum, streetfightmag.com
Local’s New Year: Some Thoughts and Predictions, localonliner.com
Older Mobile Users Adopt Tablets Around the World, eMarketer
Thinking about Local (and Mobile) in 2014, Screenwerk
Other Items
Skype’s Blog and Social Profiles Hacked By Syrian Electronics Army, thenextweb.com
The top four tech legal cases to watch in 2014, Ars Technica
Social Media
Everybody everywhere, ringing in 2014, Twitter Blog
2013 Year in Review on Instagram, nitrogr.am
Are Politicians and Public Figures Failing To Use Twitter Correctly?, www.koozai.com
Facebook Holds Steady At 127 Out Of 137 Countries In December 2013 World Map Of Social Networks, All Facebook
For Ecommerce, 12 Social Media Essentials for 2014, Practical E-Commerce
How To Name Your Brand Pinterest Boards, Social Fresh
Let’s Stop Talking About Social Media, Mack Collier
Social Media Scheduling, blog.tailwindapp.com
Study: 9 simple ways to get more retweets, www.prdaily.com
Weibo users tweet a record 800k posts in 1st minute of 2014, www.techinasia.com
Winning Habits of Successful Social Media Influencers and Brands, Online Marketing Blog
Video
Top 10 Predictions for Video in 2014, Search Engine Watch
YouTube goes 4K, Google signs up long list of hardware partners for VP9 support, gigaom.com
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