Author Archive: Sharon Hurley Hall

Sharon Hurley Hall is a professional writer with 20+ years' experience in the writing business. She has worked as a reporter, sub-editor and editor as well as blogging and writing web content for the past 7 years.

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Facebook to Acquire Waze

Facebook to Acquire Waze

| May 13, 2013 | Reply

Facebook to acquire Waze Facebook is in discussions about acquiring Waze for between $800 million and $1 billion. Founded in Israel in 2008 by Uri…

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Google Tag Manager Announces 300 Percent Traffic Growth

Google Tag Manager Announces 300 Percent Traffic Growth

| April 26, 2013 | Reply

Google Tag Manager has experienced growth of nearly 300 percent in traffic and 120 percent in enterprise users since the start of 2013, according to the Google Analytics blog. Launched in October 2012, the free self-service tool helps digital marketers manage the addition of tags (snippets of code) to their websites so they can gain…

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Google Announces Quick View for Mobile

Google Announces Quick View for Mobile

| April 19, 2013 | Reply

Google has announced the Quick View badge for mobile search results. The badge, which is an experimental feature, appears next to some search result listings and allows mobile users to see a preview of the search listing. At the moment, Quick View is available for Wikipedia pages and for U.S. users searching in English only,…

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Updated Facebook API Offers Engagement Help for Brands

Updated Facebook API Offers Engagement Help for Brands

| April 5, 2013 | Reply

The Facebook API has been updated to allow developers to create tools that help brands monitor and respond to comments on their Facebook pages. The new API allows developers to set up different comment views for Facebook posts, says the Facebook Developer Blog. The available views include standalone comments, called “top-level comments”; replies to other…

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Mobile Search Moves Beyond Google

Mobile Search Moves Beyond Google

| April 5, 2013 | Reply

Current mobile search trends reveal that Google is getting increasing competition from apps when it comes to search. Though Google continues to dominate the search market, mobile users tend to use a dedicated app to find the content they need in a particular area. As Claire Cain Miller points out in the New York Times,…

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