The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Facebook Unveils a Smarter Search Engine”.Chris Taylor says, “Now we know what Facebook is building: a better internal search system.Speaking at a much-hyped event at Facebook HQ, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a raft of improvements to “graph search” — that is, the ability to search within your social graph for specifics.The search improvements involve the ability to ask questions in regular English, such as “which of my friends live in New York?” The search is now intelligent enough to rank your... [...]

The latest article on ‘‘Business 2 Community’’ is titled “The Relationship Between Social Media And Broadcast Media”.SEO PAL Blog team says, “Social Media are to the web what multi-channel programming was to television. They have exploded through an interactive experience, be it sharing digital information or being able to select viewing channels from a large range.But social media have done even more than that. We can see today that Twitter, Facebook and tools like YouTube are actually influencing the way TV programs are created and conducted. For example, all the reality... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “New Myspace Opens to Public, Riding Timberlake’s Coattails”.Brian Anthony Hernandez says, “New Myspace — with its drastically different redesign — has left invite-only mode, opening up the revamped social network to the public.The landing page for New.Myspace.com shows a dapper Justin Timberlake and promotes his new “Suit and Tie” single that he released late Sunday night.Timberlake, who took an ownership stake in the company in 2011, had given the world a sneak peek of New Myspace in September, but now anyone... [...]

The latest article on ‘‘Business 2 Community’’ is titled “6 Tasks for Successful On-Page SEO”.ZOG Digital team says, “Search is the #1 driver of traffic to content sites. 75% of users conducting those searches never scroll past the first page of results. If your website isn’t correctly optimized, you are missing out on a wealth of opportunities.Search engine optimization (SEO) is critical for all businesses. On-page SEO, in particular, lays the foundation for all that follows. In order to see results and increase sales, you have to first take a look at your company... [...]

The latest ‘SEO Book’ blog post is titled “How To Start You Own Search Marketing Business”.Peterd says, “Had enough of the day job?A common new years resolution is “quit the rat race and be your own boss”. In this article we’ll take a look at what is involved in starting up your own search marketing business, the opportunities you could grab, and the pitfalls you should avoid.But first , why are people leaving SEO?Is SEO Dead?There’s no question Google makes life difficult for SEOs. Between rolling Pandas, Top Heavies, Penquins, Pirates, EMDs and whatever updates and filters... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Mobile Advertising Prices Up 50% in Q4”.Samantha Murphy says, “Mobile advertising prices rose dramatically in the fourth quarter of 2012, as the advertising season kicked into high gear. In fact, the metric for effective cost per thousand impressions (eCPMs) was up 50%, new data suggests.A new report from MoPub — a real-time bidding exchange where advertisers bid on ad inventory from smartphone apps — tracked its network of 30 billion ad impressions in the fourth quarter of 2012 to reveal spikes in mobile ad prices.“By looking... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Facebook’s Graph Search: What It Means for Businesses”.Todd Wasserman says, “Facebook’s Graph Search isn’t just for looking up your old buddies and potential new friends, it’s also designed for Business Pages.The company gave the example of a search for “sushi restaurants that my friends have been to in Los Angeles” and “TV shows my friends like.” Though these are largely organic results rather than paid ads (“There are no new ad formats available today,” Facebook noted on its marketer-friendly Facebook... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “China’s Online Population Rises by 51 Million in 2012”.Stan Schroeder says, “China has added 51 million new internet users in the last year, the Associated Press reports citing data from the China Internet Network Information Center.Compared to 2011, China’s internet user population rose 10 percent, bringing the total number to 564 million. That’s more than the entire population of Russia and the U.S. combined.The increase is largely due to a surge in mobile web surfing. The number of Chinese web surfers who access... [...]

The latest article on ‘‘Business 2 Community’’ is titled “Is Your Business Ready For Social Search?”.Ros Wilson says, “2012 saw a big shift in many search engines towards a more social search. With Google’s search engine integrating more social information from Google+ and other social networks, and Facebook’s plans to introduce new social search features, 2013 should lead to an even more social SEO strategy.What is Social Search?Social search uses the social network activity from the person performing the search to deliver more personalized and relevant search... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Microsoft to Issue Critical Internet Explorer Patch Today”.Stan Schroeder says, “Microsoft will issue a critical security patch for Internet Explorer today, Jan. 14, the company has announced.The patch fixes an issue with a severity rating of “Critical”, and affects Internet Explorer versions 6-8 but not the latest two versions, 9 and 10. The vulnerability allows a malicious hacker to remotely execute code on the victim’s machine.Microsoft has already released a quick, downloadable fix for the issue, but now... [...]