Google Changes Its Mind About Money-Back SEO

Business makes strange bedfellows. Just in time for the FTC to approve Google's acquisition of DoubleClick, and with it an SEO firm called Performics, the company has changed its tune a bit about how to deal with SEO companies.For the longest time, Google advised webmasters to be wary of SEO companies, and put up this warning at the Webmaster Help Center:

Google, DoubleClick Get FTC Approval

UPDATE: No sooner had I hit “publish,” I get an email from Google confirming the deal has been approved by the FTC. The announcement reads in part…

Social Media Can Lead To Better Companies

With every new development in social media, communications departments are faced with new challenges. If the end goal is to control the message – and that is the boiled-down purpose of communications departments – then the expansion and adoption of social media is a direct obstacle to that goal.

FTC Gives Google, DoubleClick Thumbs Up

A 4-1 vote by the Federal Trade Commission wraps up its eight-month investigation of antitrust concerns over Google's purchase of DoubleClick and approves the acquisition.

More TV Viewers Watching Online Videos

More television viewers are going online to watch videos, films and TV episodes according to a new poll from Harris Interactive.YouTube has expanded its lead as a site for online video viewing, while search engines and TV network sites are holding their own. Online video viewership has increased overall in the past year (81% versus 74%). Approximately 65 percent of the 2,455 U.S. adults surveyed…