Instagram Ad Platform Available to Everyone CapturedTech - Technology - Patrick Stevens Sep 10 2015 6 0 Online Marketing Ads instagram Marketing Instagram is making it easy for anyone to place ads on the popular photo sharing/social platform. Previously, only major brands in the US could place ads. Now anyone in over 30 countries has the ability through a self-service interface to run advertisements. The new ad system comes into place as Facebook faces pressure from investors to make their investments in companies like Instagram more profitable. Additional Facebook purchases Oculus VR and WhatsApp have yet to make money. Read more ...
Google Shows Tweets In Search Results CapturedTech - Technology - Patrick Stevens Aug 24 2015 5 0 Online Marketing Social Media google search results Twitter Earlier this year, Google and Twitter partnered to bring tweets to Mobile search results. The results have been good for both companies and now Google is adding Tweets to its desktop results also, according to an article update from the company. Twitter gets new users from the partnership as search users want to be a part of the conservation they see in their search results. Read more ...
Building Your Site With GoDaddy Hosting CapturedTech - Technology - Patrick Stevens Jul 15 2015 4 0 Online Marketing Wordpress GoDaddy hosting You might have seen one of GoDaddy's Superbowl ads or the GoDaddy girls on the Internet. They're really everywhere. GoDaddy is one of the leaders in the domain name and hosting market. They make it easy to get your own site up and running. This could be the solution for a better blog with WordPress or a better site for your thriving business. Here are some things you should know about GoDaddy hosting. Read more ...
Google Rolls Out Mobile Based Search Results CapturedTech - Technology - Patrick Stevens Apr 23 2015 5 0 Online Marketing Web Development google mobile friendly update Google announced that it would be rolling out a Mobile Friendly Update this week based on the mobile qualities of a website. Early Wednesday morning, there was not much change in the search results of many sites leading some to wonder if a change had been made at all. Google has stated that the roll-out will be a one week process, so changes might still be coming. Companies such as Search Metrics and SEOClarity were not able to pick any winners or losers as they did not see any significant change in the search results from Google. Sites such as WikiPedia.org might see better results within mobile searches as their site is fairly friendly to mobile devices. Websites should not see any change in ranking when searching from a desktop as this update only affects mobile searching. Google started informing webmasters in their webmaster tools dashboard if their site had mobile issues. But no action was taken against those sites until this week and the announcement from Google. Read more ...
Microsoft's And Yahoo's Search Partnership CapturedTech - Technology - Patrick Stevens Apr 17 2015 3 0 Online Marketing Bing Search yahoo Microsoft and Yahoo are going to continue their 2009 partnership in order to increase Yahoo search potential and add value for its advertisers. The two companies have a goal to make their partnership even stronger. They want to make the search engine experience even better over various platforms. They also want to add value for their advertisers and make the platform stronger for other partners that are involved. The Microsoft and Yahoo partnership began back in 2009 when the two CEOs of the companies Carol Bartz and Steve Ballmer made it official. The companies want to compete with Google and in order to do so, they collaborated with a plan in which Yahoo would get more into sales while displaying Microsoft's search tools. This would happen over a 10 year period. Read more ...
Mobile Development Tools Presented By Yahoo! CapturedTech - Technology - Patrick Stevens Feb 19 2015 3 0 Conferences Online Marketing alibaba Mobile Conference Yahoo! Flurry Inc. has provided a suite of mobile development tools for Yahoo! that it is encouraging others to use to developed new applications. Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer presented the tools today at Yahoo!s first Mobile Developer Conference in California. Outside developers can include marketing, video, search, along with content in new apps they develop using the suite. Read more ...
Instagram Has More Engagement Than Twitter CapturedTech - Technology - Patrick Stevens Dec 17 2014 17 0 Online Marketing Social Media instagram Twitter Data released this week by Socialbakers showed that Instagram photo posts had 50 times the engagement for big brands as similar posts on Twitter. This follows a story that the photo app surpassed Twitter in total number of accounts, 300 million to 284 million. The study looked at the top 25 brands on each network and then compared user interaction with the brand’s posts. Twitter feels that it has more reach that is not easily tracked in such reports since it allows tweets to be viewed by non-account holders. Read more ...
All You Need Know About Wordpress Remote Code Execution Flaw CapturedTech - Technology - Patrick Stevens Dec 10 2014 7 0 Online Marketing Web Development Wordpress Remote Code Execution Sucuri WordPress is easily a very popular blogging online platform. Knowing how to operate the software properly makes running a blog easier and more effective. Follow these simple suggestions on while using the platform to take full advantage of your blogging experience. There was an exploit discovered just this month that allows remote code to execute on the popular content management system (CMS). A popular file download plugin could be used by a hacker to execute code on your site. If you are running WP Download Manager 2.7.4 or lower, you should upgrade right away. Sucuri discovered the issue and the plugin developers but a new version out to protect against hackers gaining access to your admin accounts. Read more ...
LogoGarden Grows to One Million Customers CapturedTech - Technology - Patrick Stevens Nov 26 2014 7 0 Online Marketing Graphic Design LogoGarden logos If you want make-it-yourself logos for you website or company startup, one millions customers are telling you that LogoGarden is a good place to start. The company recently reached the milestone after a period of rapid growth. The company is reporting 2,000 new accounts each day and sees customer growth reaching 2 million users in the company year. Read more ...
Web.com Might Alter GoDaddy’s IPO CapturedTech - Technology - Patrick Stevens Nov 12 2014 8 0 Online Marketing Web Development Domains GoDaddy Web.com Web.com reported their earnings for the third quarter this month and provided information about the registration business. David L Brown of Web.com reported that the increase in domain names has led to a reduction in the amount of income they were able to generate. Overall registrations have declined at the same time. Non-domain name registration services have also been hurt as companies offering package deals at rock-bottom prices. Web.com took aggressive steps to support its share price after their earnings report by starting a $100 million stock buy back plan. That plan will purchase 12% of the company’s outstanding stock. Read more ...