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Tweet Roundup | 07/02/10

July 6, 2010 by Darrin Widick Leave a Comment

Tweets on social media optimization, search engine marketing and digital media for the week ending July 2, 2010.

  • Hadn’t heard about The Quisenberry Tree in Kansas City. Which proves Joe Posnanski’s point.
  • BP’s display URL in AdWords didn’t match the destination URL. [Hey, Google, can we do this, too?] Search Engine Land
  • Will the combined 30% marketshare of Microsoft and Yahoo make a difference in search? These 2 guys hope so. AllThingsD
  • ‘Google is giving users ability to promote sources they’d like to see in results, demote unworthy ones..’ AllThingsD
  • Jeff Jarvis on the concept of ‘hot news’ and legacy media (NYT, Gannett, etc.) vs. new news (Google, Twitter).
  • Call tracking: Some businesses seeing online marketing drive more conversions via phone than on the web. SEWatch
  • With Buzz not enough, Google said to be modeling a social network on the target it is pursuing: Facebook. InsideFB
  • ‘Users fear ads more than identity theft’ says eMarketer as ‘privacy concerns fail to slow social activity.’
  • comScore: JPEGs represent 42% of display ad impressions in US; Flash, Rich Media ads are 40%.
  • When it comes to ‘less is more minimalism, it looks like MSNBC.com’s redo actually means it.’ paidContent.org
  • Will Google’s new workaround for China’s censoring work? AllThingsD
  • Great video from a Lincoln, NE bar focused on fan reaction to The Goal. Shared by @greghall24 YouTube
  • Google Ad News offers ‘coverage of the media and advertising industry.’
  • Twitter is ‘improving our Find Friends section to make it easier to find and follow the people you already know.’
  • ‘Bing is making a first step today to help make entertainment on the web easy and fun.’ New Bing release
  • Inside Facebook updates on a location service and social plugins news.
  • Upgrades in LinkedIn Groups platform improves commenting, allows liking, improves communication.
  • ‘SEO should be an invisible layer beneath a smart site architecture and fabulous user experience.’ SE Land
  • Google Content Network becomes Google Display Network. Inside AdWords
  • New study finds that where you start your digital day can say a lot about you. Mashable
  • Promoted Tweet for Toy Story 3 appears in Twitter’s trending topics. SE Land
  • You can now edit video online with the YouTube video editor.
  • WSJ reports that newspaper ad revenue dropped 28.6% last year to $24.8 billion while online (excluding mobile) rose to $24.2 billion. Online ads will grow to $34.4 billion in 2014 while newspaper will fall to $22.3 billion. Compiled by PricewaterhouseCoopers and reported in Wall Street Journal. Only TV surpasses Web.
  • Inside Facebook: ‘FB users can now record voice messages, post them on the walls of friends through Voice Wall.’
  • Sprint may suspend laptop customers using excessive data … while Starbucks offers free Wi-Fi
  • With Twitter places, ‘You can tag Tweets with specific places.’ Includes 4square and Gowalla integration. Twitter blog
  • ‘Dear iPad User: We apologize for the incident. And we blame hackers.’ AT&T via WSJ

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