The TMO Blog

Instagram Begins Including Ads In Your Photo Stream

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Many considered it only a matter of time before advertising would find its way onto Instagram, since Facebook purchased the app. However it took much longer than most expected. Instagram has remained ad-less until now, but over the next few…
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Matt Cutts Says Not To Hold Out Hope For PageRank Update Before 2014

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It remains incredibly unclear what Google's thoughts or plans are for PageRank, as Matt Cutts, Google's head of search spam, commented on Twitter yesterday that there won't be any updates to PageRank or the toolbar anytime before 2014. Neils…
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Google AdWords Gains Web UI Copy and Paste Functionality

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AdWords Editor is one of the best tools available for editing and building out campaigns and ad groups, but it has its limits. For example, it would be convenient to be able to break up an ad group, clone a campaign, or copy keywords right into…
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Facebook Updates News Feed and Search Abilities

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Facebook is revamping its News Feeds ads as part of their continuous efforts to make advertisements on their site more relevant to users. They released an announcement late last week stating, "When deciding which ad to show to which groups…
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New Study Disputes Bing It On Challenge Claims

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Do you remember last year when Bing aggressively marketed their "Bing It On" challenge? Back then, Bing also made the claim that searchers prefered Bing in the blind test 2:1. Now, a recent study from the "Freakonomics" blog harshly disputes…
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5 Minute Animation Tells The History of Typography

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Typography has become a fundamental part of design in every way, even making its way into web design over the past few years. You can't just spill out words and letters onto a page and expect it to look good, and designers have turned the art…
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The 6 Things SEO Con Artists Will Tell You

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Just as with any field, there are plenty of supposed SEO experts who are more than happy to offer your services and guarantees they can't back up in order to get you to sign a contract. There are a few different ways these scammers operate,…
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New AdWords Update Includes Estimated Total Conversions

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Google AdWords announced yesterday a major reporting update to conversion tracking called Estimated Total Conversions will be rolling out over the next few weeks. The new feature provides estimates of conversions which take place over multiple…
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Missing Keyword Data to Return to Webmaster Tools

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Last week SEO and online marketing professionals all had a collective freakout as keyword data stopped showing up in Webmaster Tools. They even made memes! Well there is good news, Google has said the issue was an unintended bug, and should…
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