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Search marketing was already a big business, but it’s poised for even more growth this year, according to Econsultancy’s State of Search Marketing Report, published with the not-for-profit Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization. According to the report, search marketing hit $16.6 billion in North America in 2010, up 14 percent compared with 2009. This year, [...]

LinkedIn announced today that it now has 100 million users. According to the professional-networking site, approximately 44 million of its users are in the U.S. LinkedIn said that it’s adding about 1 million new users to its service every week. The company reported that 20 percent of its members are in the service industry, while [...]

If you tend to fall for Facebook posts like “Lose 18 pounds now!” or “WTF I can’t believe this picture of you is online!” I can’t help you. But if you’d like to secure your Facebook sessions from hackers and spies, you’re in luck. Facebook is now rolling out a new security feature that enables [...]

(AP) — Facebook users who check in to a store or click the “like” button for a brand may soon find those actions retransmitted on their friends’ pages as a “Sponsored Story” paid for by advertisers. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

A view of the Facebook homepage taken in Washington DC on January 3. Facebook, in its latest privacy flap, on Tuesday delayed a plan to share home addresses and mobile phone numbers of its members with outside developers of applications. Facebook, in its latest privacy flap, on Tuesday delayed a plan to share home addresses [...]

The Twitter homepage appears on a screen in Washington 2010. The US Army issued soldiers a new handbook on social media this week, warning troops to think twice before divulging some information on Facebook or Twitter that could be exploited by adversaries. The US Army issued soldiers a new handbook on social media this week, [...]

CityVille has surpassed FarmVille as the most popular application on Facebook. (c) 2010, Los Angeles Times. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

Facebook’s new online messaging service makes users of the social networking site more vulnerable to identity theft by cybercriminals, computer security firm Sophos warned Thursday. Facebook’s new online messaging service makes users of the social networking site more vulnerable to identity theft by cybercriminals, computer security firm Sophos warned Thursday. (c) 2010 AFP

Facebook said a bug in a system designed to detect fake profiles had disabled a number of legitimate accounts on the social network. Facebook did not say how many accounts were disabled by the bug, which primarily affected women’s accounts, according to technology blogs. Facebook said a bug in a system designed to detect fake [...]

(AP) — Facebook is holding a mysterious event Monday in San Francisco. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.