It's an issue that requires thinking outside the box--and if you can't, that's part of your problem.

A well-designed website can lend a helping hand to SEO efforts, increase conversion rates, and improve interaction and engagement with site visitors.

This guide will help you understand the definition of SEO, why it matters and how you can measure it in terms of your own business.

Comprehensive European research has found that teens are leaving the service in droves - and the biggest deterrent is their parents. By Jemima Kiss

The best data on social media engagement, and where social audiences spend their time. Plus, what do they like to do on social networks?

In August 2011, Search Engine Journal published an infographic on the Growth of Social Media. Today, over 2 years later, we've created an updated version.

With Facebook and others making billions off our social media activities, some startups are pushing business models that give users, in some cases, a majority of ad revenue. Will this change the landscape of social media as we know it?

Every day, there are more than 500 million tweets sent out onto Twitter. Approximately 30 billion pieces of content are shared on Facebook each month. On a social networking website that has loads of traffic, how do you attract attention? Continue reading →

Unless you're Justin Bieber, your brand needs money in order to be relevant on sites like Facebook. There's no other way to look at it.

The infographic is certainly not a new tool for those looking to boost search engine optimization. In fact, the popular infographic is close to celebrating its 10th birthday as a useful and meaningful way to provide readers with new knowledge and real value while boosting a website’s overall profile in the process. This leads many people to simply assume that the infographic is yesterday’s news, last year’s tool, and no longer a valuable part of SEO strategy and planning. That simply could not be further from the truth. While many tried and true methods of search engine optimization have fallen by the wayside during the infographic’s rise and reign, the graphic itself still contributes meaningfully to user experiences, website SEO performance, and backend processes for website owners.… Read the rest

There are social media strategies to employ and they’re constantly changing so you need to keep up. Have you ever noticed that some businesses thrive on social media while others shrivel up and die, like-less? You probably know instinctively if a post is “good” for business or not, but beneath those gut reactions are strategies at work. Try out these five successful tactics that every social media user needs to know.

Fewer men use fewer social media networks for fewer reasons, a new infographic shows.

Facebook has had wild success with its push into emerging markets.

Now Jana CEO Nathan Eagle is predicting that it will only be months before India supplants the US and becomes Facebook’s largest market in terms of users. Eagle earlier this month had forecast that most of the social networking company’s revenue could come from emerging markets by 2015. Today at the Paley International Council’s IC Summit 2013, he discussed his predictions for India.

When it comes to referral traffic from social networks, there's Facebook and Pinterest, and then there's everyone else.