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Cashing Out: Week of January 29th – February 4th 2012 in Online Marketing News

It’s official: Facebook’s $5B IPO filed

As anticipated, Facebook finally filed for its much-hyped IPO February 1 – one that could set the company’s valuation somewhere between $75 billion and $100 billion, the New York Times (NYT) reports.

According to

Cashing Out: Week of January 22nd – 28th 2012 in Online Marketing News

Is ACTA the new, global SOPA?

Last week will be remembered by some as the week that SOPA died, though that hardly means the issue of online piracy is going away any time soon. Mashable reported  January 27…

Cashing Out: Week of January 15th – 21st 2012 in Online Marketing News

Plug pulled on SOPA, PIPA postponed

Internet companies and users who opposed two bills aimed at stopping online piracy are celebrating two victories this week, with the January 20 withdrawal of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act…

Cashing Out: Week of January 8th – 14th 2012 in Online Marketing News

Google integrates Google+ into search

Google unleashed a major update to its core search engine this week – one that angered Twitter, had marketers concerned for their SEO, and finally put the importance of Google + into perspective.

January 10,…

Cashing Out: Week of January 1st – 7th 2012 in Online Marketing News

Among Google’s new IBM patents, “semantic social network” stands out 

A January 3 article from SEO by the Sea reported that Google started off the new year with 217 new patents acquired through IBM.

Google has since…

Cashing Out: Week of December 26th – 31st 2011 in Online Marketing News

Under pressure, GoDaddy changes stance on SOPA

What a difference a few days makes.

Last week, ReveNews reported on GoDaddy’s change of stance regarding SOPA, following a warning that Cheezburger would move its domains away from GoDaddy if…

Cashing Out: Week of December 18th – 26th 2011 in Online Marketing News

SOPA battle continues over holidays

As the House Judiciary Committee adjourned for the holidays December 23, a decision had not yet been reached on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). The proposed legislation, supported by both Republicans and Democrats,…

Cashing Out: Week of December 11th – 17th 2011 in Online Marketing News

Zynga’s IPO less than stellar

Social gaming company Zynga made its stock market debut December 16, and its disappointing performance has led some, like Mashable, to question whether the the IPO signals “the end of the social…

Cashing Out: Week of December 4th – 10th 2011 in Online Marketing News

Twitter shakes things up with Brand Pages, self-serve ads

Twitter announced a major redesign December 8, and it seems the social network has seen fit to tweak nearly every area of its platform. Among the changes, some will…

Cashing Out: Week of November 17th – December 3rd 2011 in Online Marketing News

Facebook IPO coming in 2012

As the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported November 29, Facebook is setting a time frame between April and June of 2012 for its stock market debut.

Citing “sources familiar with the matter,” the WSJ says Facebook…