Small businesses on the West Coast of the U.S. are far more social-media savvy than those on the East Coast — with companies in San Francisco and Los Angeles leading the pack, according to a new study. Small business analytics accompany has released an infographic that looks at the top 85 U.S. cities and... More»

Over the last few days we’ve been talking about taking your blog to the often-elusive “next level.” We’ve seen tips for developing your voice and message, creating stronger calls to action, and increasing traffic. If you’re already working on those aspects of your blog, and are happy with your approach, you’ll probably be hungry... More»

If you’re a fan of Zynga’s game ZombieSmash, then get ready for the next installment — Zombie Swipeout. ZombieSmash is a tower-defense game where you flick, drag, scrape and smash zombies to protect Joey, the only human survivor in the zombie apocalypse. Joey is back in the newest installment, as are the zombies. Taking... More»

It’s been a long road for Facebook. What began as an intimate platform has turned into a social networking giant serving more than 900 million users. Facebook may be cashing in on its intial public offering this week, but it wasn’t the first to introduce the world to online social networking — many other... More»

Donna SummerDisco Legend Donna Summer died early Thursday due to complications from lung cancer. The five time Grammy winner’s hits include songs such as “Last Dance,” “Hot Stuff,” “Bad Girls,” and “She Works Hard for the Money” and “This Time I Know It’s for Real.” After Twitter exploded with the news, first reported by... More»

Facebook officially files its long-awaited IPO Friday. To help the company celebrate, we decided to put together a playlist on Spotify. Many people are going to make a lot of money when the company goes public with a valuation of approximately $100 billion. This includes Mark Zuckerberg, who stands to make upwards of $1... More»

This is a picture very worthy of the fridge — and of the Google homepage. Second grader Dylan Hoffman from Caledonia, Wisconsin won the 2012 Doodle for Google contest open to U.S. students from kindergarden through 12th grade, it was announced Thursday. Hoffman’s doodle will be displayed on Google’s homepage on Friday, May 18... More»

With so many marketing channels now available to reach consumers, what’s a marketer to do? Whether it’s juggling across the new channels like mobile and social, or just trying to incorporate the more ‘traditional’ marketing channels like display and search — it’s... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article. Read the original... More»

The Modern Media Agency Series is presented by IDG. IDC Infographic: Big Data Market to Grow 40% Per Year. Technology vendors of all sizes across hardware, software, and services stand to gain in the explosion of big data spending over the next three years. IDC predicts Big Data will become a $17 billion market.... More»

A giant printer is painting 40-character life-size tweets about world hunger and poverty across roadways — it’s all part of the ONE Street Tweet campaign. The street-tweeting campaign launched on Wednesday. The advocacy group ONE started the machine’s engines in Maryland and will continue printing tweets for two days until May 18. People in... More»

Facebook has confirmed that it will price its stock at $38, raising $16 billion to $18.4 billion in its IPO. The IPO may be the second-largest ever in the U.S., next to Visa’s. It will also be the biggest tech IPO. Facebook will start trading Friday on Nasdaq under the symbol “FB,” Facebook confirmed... More»

In music, it was Pete Best, the original Beatles drummer who was replaced by Ringo Starr in 1962, just as the band was taking off. In tech, it was Ronald Wayne, the guy who helped co-found Apple with Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs in 1976, but sold his 10% stake in the company for... More»

About a month ago, Microsoft informed us the Bing API would no longer be free and today is the day they migrated the Bing Search API to the paid platform. Microsoft said for the time being, the Bing API will still be free – to try out. But those with over 5,000 queries per... More»

You’ve heard about SEO. You’re convinced SEO works very well for different kinds of online business. What you probably wonder is why it’s so powerful. That’s why I wrote this report – to show you not one, not five, not ten… but twenty-eight different reasons to... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.... More»

Twitter announced Thursday it will take part in “Do Not Track,” a cookie-blocking feature found in Mozilla’s Firefox browser that’s promoted by the Federal Trade Commission. What does that mean for you, the user? When a Firefox user enables Do Not Track, the browser prevents websites from using cookies to track the user’s behavior... More»