Category

Mark Zuckerberg at F8, the Facebook developer conference held last week, exhorted people to “tell their life story” on Facebook via its new Timeline feature. Facebook also promoted new Open Graph apps integration and so-called “frictionless sharing.” But frictionless sharing is...

Facebook is being sued over allegations Instagram is spying on users via their phone cameras. The lawsuit was filed against Facebook on behalf of Brittany Conditi, a New Jersey Instagram users. The lawsuit alleges that Instagram is accessing the camera even when the app is not...

There is an ongoing discussion trying to better understand what Google+ brings to the table. Recently, the stats were released that Google+ now has 90M users and about 60% log in every day. Will Google+ ever be that “Facebook killer” that everyone keeps speculating? That has yet...

Pages also now have an ‘Events’ tab for to feature their (virtual) events. LinkedIn rolled out new features for Pages Wednesday to help companies promote their events, learn more about their followers and facilitate communication among employees directly on the...

Facebook announced users will soon be able to delete their search activity under their “Activity Log.” The feature is being released over the next couple weeks to all Facebook users. Currently, Facebook users are able to delete other activity, like status updates, under the...

Last Friday, Lars Rasmussen, Facebook’s Director of Engineering, did an AMA (ask me anything) on Reddit to discuss the ins-and-outs of Graph Search. Lars answered 20 questions from fellow Redditors shedding some light on the history, importance and technology behind Graph Search....

The social media marketing week in review: A round up of news and announcements you may have missed. Twitter ad engagement suffers. Snapchat user gains slow Twitter’s ad engagement declined along with a steep drop in ad revenue. We’re starting to get a clearer picture of how the...

Earlier today, Twitter announced that it was bringing a number of new search filters to the site. These include: people, photos, videos, news. There are also “people you follow” and “near you” filters that further refine results. If one were to search for “Super Bowl,” results...

oin us next week at Marketing Land’s SocialPro conference and discover advanced tactics and strategies that yield returns on your social media marketing efforts. SocialPro kicks off next Wednesday. Secure your seat today! Here’s what you can look forward to: Results-driven...

BuzzFeed’s Matt Dorville shares what his publication is thinking about ahead of Google’s Page Experience update. Next year, Google will lift the AMP restriction on its Top Stories section and instead use page experience factors to determine what content shows up in the Top...