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AG Wants to Strengthen Policies for Obtaining Lawmaker Data

US Attorney General Merrick Garland wants to strengthen policies for obtaining lawmaker data and has vowed swift action regarding recent revelations. A furor broke out when it was discovered that Trump administration prosecutors subpoenaed Apple in 2017 and 2018 for...
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Bing’s Satori Adds Timeline Data For About 500k Famous People

Satori, Bing’s knowledge index, is expanding with the addition of timeline-style facts about important individuals. The new “Timeline” section is now showing up in the right-side search results for famous people such as Abraham Lincoln and Isaac Asimov (shown above), along with...
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Google Search Console Insights is now available to all

A year after launching the limited beta, you can now access this new set of reports. Google has launched the Google Search Console Insights reports to all those with Search Console verified profiles. You can access the Search Console Insights report...
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Twitter Helps You Find More Friends Via LinkedIn & Facebook

Twitter announced two new ways to find new friends on Twitter. Twitter added to the find friends section, a LinkedIn and Facebook tab to allow you to connect with your LinkedIn connections via Twitter and friends on Facebook. The only issue is that as soon as Twitter announced...
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It’s here! ‘Enterprise SEO Platforms: A Marketer’s Guide’ is all new for 2018.

MarTech Today’s “Enterprise SEO Platforms: A Marketer’s Guide” has been updated for 2018. Compiled from the latest research, this 55-page report is your source for the latest trends, opportunities and challenges facing the market for SEO software tools as seen by industry...
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The way-too-early AdWords holiday testing guide

Looking to run some tests in preparation for the holidays? Columnist Todd Saunders suggests some helpful ideas to get you started. I know, I know, it’s still summer. But before you tell me to get lost, hear me out: Now is the best time to test new strategies, find that perfect...
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Bing Ends Sponsorship Deal With WNBA’s Seattle Storm

After a four-year sponsorship deal with the WNBA’s Seattle Storm, the Seattle Times reported yesterday that Bing will no longer be the marquee sponsor for the team co-owned by Microsoft executive Lisa Brummel. The report claimed the deal had been valued at $1 million per year,...
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Google released Google Ads API version 8.0

This is an upgrade from version 7.0 which was released on April 28, 2021, six-weeks ago. Google has released version 8.0 of the Google Ads API, announcing the key highlights of what is new in version 8.0. The previous version, version 7.0 was released about six-weeks ago on April...
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User Data at Heart of Roku and Google/YouTube TV Dispute

Roku has accused Google of “predatory, anti-competitive and discriminatory” actions regarding its YouTube TV streaming service. Roku is the number one streaming platform in the US, making it a major factor in the success of TV streaming services. Meanwhile, Google’s YouTube TV...
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The Divorce is Final: eBay Sellers Can No Longer Use PayPal

The end of an era has arrived as eBay is ending its support for PayPal for sellers. eBay first bought PayPal in 2002 before splitting the company off in 2015. The two companies continued to work together, but that appears to be coming to an end, at least for eBay sellers....