By looking at the search rankings of 500 influential technology writers, this study aims to gain a better sense of how Google ranks social networks – including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ – in its search results for personal brand queries. Read more »
Twitter Makes HTTPS the Default Setting for Users
Twitter will use encryption by default when users sign in. Although Twitter is making HTTPS the default setting for users, you can turn it off in your account settings. Twitter joins Facebook and Google+ in giving users the option sign in via HTTPs. Read more »
Want Guest Post Links? Find Them Via Twitter [TOOL]
Posted by Ethan Lyon This post was originally in YouMoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc. For a long time I’ve been pulling an RSS feed from Twitter for the query: “guest post” OR “guest author” [TOPIC] into my Google Reader. Read more »
Twitter Buys Startup Dasient to Fight Malicious Advertising
Twitter has acquired security startup Dasient, which describes itself as an anti-malware vendor for large enterprises in the financial services, media, and online sectors. Its technology will be housed within Twitter's revenue engineering team Read more »
Twitter Enhanced Profile Pages: Brands Share Wins & Tips
Companies may have just one chance to convert a Twitter brand page visitor to a follower and need to make best use of the new page features, according to a recently released eye tracking study. Brand page features include a large header banner and... Read more »
Indian Government Pressure Facebook, Google, Twitter to Censor Content
Facebook, Google, Twitter and other web firms are facing pressure from the Indian authorities to censor their sites for content which may defame the government or offend religious sensibilities. According to reports, Indian telecoms and IT minis... Read more »
Twitter Finally Tests Self-Serve Advertising Platform
Fourteen months after CEO Dick Costolo proclaimed his company would launch a self-service advertiser platform during 2011, Twitter has confirmed that select marketers began testing such a platform in November. "Earlier [in November], T... Read more »
Twitter Testing Top News & People in Search
Some Twitter users may notice new highlighted people or news at the top of search results. The feature appears limited to a small test sample right now Read more »