Author Archive: Doug Bonderud

Doug Bonderud is a freelance technology writer specializing in the rise of social media, the changing face of marketing interaction with consumers and how companies thrive and survive in the new, global tech market.

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Imgur API Update Offers Visible Potential for Content Marketers

Imgur API Update Offers Visible Potential for Content Marketers

| December 10, 2012 | Reply

An upcoming Imgur API update offers new tools for developers, allowing them to control almost every aspect of their hosted images. According to CEO Alan Schaaf, “building our image hosting business alongside our image sharing community means we’re looking at the long-term goal to be sustainable and not reliant on any single revenue stream.” Coming…

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Prismatic Gets $16.5 Million to Make News Relevant and Intelligent

Prismatic Gets $16.5 Million to Make News Relevant and Intelligent

| December 7, 2012 | Reply

Bradford Cross of news and social site Prismatic has raised $16.5 million in series-A funding for his relevant, intelligent news service, and the investment might just pay off. In a world where services like Facebook and Twitter deliver a near-constant feed of information – but with scattershot relevance – a content delivery system that offers…

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Sponsored Stories: Facebook’s Content Gamble Under Fire

Sponsored Stories: Facebook’s Content Gamble Under Fire

| December 4, 2012 | Reply

It looks like Facebook may have to pay users affected by their recent marketing effort, once a California judge gives final approval, likely in June of 2013. The social giant has now agreed to reimburse those affected by Sponsored Stories up to $10 apiece from a $20 million settlement fund. So, what’s the big deal?…

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Foursquare, Google, and the SEO Sea Change

Foursquare, Google, and the SEO Sea Change

| November 29, 2012 | Reply

High-quality SEO drives traffic to websites and creates consumer relationships; unfortunately, the road map to effective search is often lined with hype-filled road signs and black-hat backroutes. But new Google algorithms and the recent success of Foursquare’s oddball search strategy indicate a sea change is coming in content marketing. Foursquare and 70,000 Searches Ago… A…

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Google Says No Panda #22, but Expect SEO Update “Soon”

Google Says No Panda #22, but Expect SEO Update “Soon”

| November 26, 2012 | Reply

Websites were crying foul last weekend after a supposed Google update, with some saying the search company pushed Panda #22 on November 16, but forgot to tell everyone exactly what was included. But even as site owners said they would see huge traffic drops – search engine results pages (SERPs) for Google did show fluctuation…

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