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Google-Groupon Faceoff: Google Daily Deals Enter The Arena As Other Social Media Backs Off
Just four months after jumping into the daily deals pool, Facebook abandoned its efforts with regard to small business space (at least those not related to check-in services). Given that the business in question had to have a Facebook profile and only about 15% of the average business’ fans are …
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Savvy Online Business Builders: The New Snake Oil Salesmen
A Look at the Growing Trend of Internet Marketing Con-men We’ve all seen these people at conferences, pimping out their extra shiny business cards and talking like late-night infomercials – the online business strategists and social media experts. They claim to have the secrets to creating a successful online brand …
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Search Influence Named to Inc. 500 List — Get the Scoop!
As we’ve announced, Search Influence was recently included on the 2011 Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies, and we couldn’t be prouder!Silicon Bayou News was nice enough to give us an in-depth writeup, and you can read it right here! We also get a shoutout in their recent …
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5 For Friday — Links, Stories & Posts For Your Weekend
Top 10 Actually Useful Tweets about Hurricane Irene — Social Times While Twitter by its very nature lends itself to split-second buzz and instant information sharing, sometimes that buzz is neither constructive nor informative. If you’re in the predicted path of Hurricane Irene, here’s a collection of up-to-the-minute resources (in …
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$500 million Google Pharmacy Ad Probe Settlement Should Have Little Effect
As expected from page 21 of the May 10 quarterly report to the SEC, Google will pay for a Department of Justice investigation into the use of American ad space for illegal Canadian pharmaceuticals. Finding that from 2003 to 2009, Google “both allowed and helped” Canadian pharmacies that tried to …
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Influencer Profile: Jeff Ramos
Originally from the New Orleans area, Internet Marketing Associate Jeff Ramos lived in Atlanta for 7 years before taking a job at a high school in San Francisco coaching the Varsity Boys Soccer Team. He stayed in San Francisco for about a year before moving to Lake Tahoe and working …
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Search Influence Named In 2011 Inc. 500
NEW YORK — Today, Inc. magazine released the 30th annual Inc. 500, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at America’s independent entrepreneurs, an integral segment of the economy. This year, New Orleans-based internet marketing company Search Influence was included as …
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Facebook Canvas App Bug – Should You Have Been Concerned?
On August 11, Facebook was voted as the worst API for developers, in part due to “APIs that… break frequently.” Just the day before, a bug was reported regarding the function of landing pages on Facebook Fan Pages. Canvas Apps, the ones governing FBML and iFrame tabs, are becoming a …
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5 For Friday — Links, Stories & Posts For Your Weekend
12 Incredible Internet Activists Changing the World Through Social Media — Mashable In honor of World Humanitarian Day, Mashable has assembled a collection of 12 movers and shakers in the human rights world who are using social media to pitch campaigns and raise awareness about issues from illiteracy to world …
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Local SEOlé!
Dealing with local SEO from an international perspective can be quite the challenge. And, if you haven’t been keeping up with your Rosetta Stone lessons, it can get ugly fast. But here at Search Influence, we love a good challenge. Our current goal is to improve an international client’s local …
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