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All That GDPR Consent Spam? In Many Cases It's Unnecessary
Too many organizations are sending panicked, re-consent campaigns in light of GDPR. There are other ways to comply.
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Do Right By Your Email Subscribers and They'll Do Right By You
Every marketing team worth its weight in retweets knows the value of email marketing. Even those who believe that email is dying a slow death admit that — for now at least — email marketing still works. But for the naysayers, here’s where email marketing stands in 2017. The Abridged Case for Email Marketing Building an
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What's Going to Solve the $20B SPAM Problem?
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Should You Allow Commenting on Your Blog?
The Guardian recently found that of the 70 million comments left on its site since 2006, it blocked only 2 percent and deleted another 2 percent as spam or because they replied to blocked comments.
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Canadian Marketers, Listen Up: Now Recipients Must Opt-In
American marketers may think they have it tough with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. But maybe they should look to their northern neighbors. On July 1, Canada's own anti-spam act became law. Canada's anti-spam legislation (CASL) puts marketing credibility to the test with a focus on opt-in for those receiving
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Talkin' Trash: Curbing Comment Spam and Crazy People
Addressing comment spam is a frustrating and time-consuming task for organizations. Typically, companies are required to manually edit spam out of content after it has been posted or rely on moderators to filter individual posts to ensure they are legitimate, Internet security firms concur.
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Twitter to Expand Report Abuse Feature
Twitter plans to expand its report abuse feature, and a wider swath of users will be able to report abusive behavior that could lead to a suspension of accounts. Beyond Reporting Spammers Twitter clients like Hootsuite and Tweetdeck (now owned by Twitter ) have long had the ability to
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Typepad Adopts Impermium, Social Anti-Spam Service
Typepad has announced they are retiring the in house Typepad anti-spam service in favor of Impermium, a social spam protection service. Spam: The Unwanted In any form of communication, spam or similar content has always been a problem.
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Twitter Targets Spam Toolmakers With Lawsuit
Twitter Inc. said it's going to court to block five of the most aggressive "spam tool makers" that create software making it easy to spam its community of 140 million active users that generate 340 million tweets per day.
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The War on Spam: Google, Facebook & Microsoft Join the Fight
A shot was heard 'round the world this week, as Microsoft, Google, AOL, Yahoo!, and Facebook teamed to lead the fight against email spam scandals. It's news even the least savvy of Internet consumers can understand. Finally, justice for all! Or at least a step in the right direction.
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Google to Use +1 Data in Search Ranking, Tweak Algorithm to Fight Content Scrapers
Google is always on the lookout for ways to combat search and web spam. In an effort to include crowdsourced information in its algorithm, the company is asking for user input, and is likewise considering adding Google+ +1 shares as a factor in search engine results page (SERP) ranking.
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Social Networks Getting a Lot of Malware, But How Can We Deal With It?
Have you ever been tagged by fellow Facebook users for photos that don't actually include you, but are of products of dubious origin? Have you been invited to install an application, but find your account spamming everyone in your contact list afterward? Have you fallen for tricky login boxes that
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Social Media Minute: Say Goodbye to Blogger, Twitter Town Hall
Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up.
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Facebook Offers Its Comment System to Any Website
Facebook (news, site ) offers a way to make posting messages easier for all sites and users, and improve the visibility of comments, but is this really a good thing? Go Ahead, Punk, Make Your Comment This story has more sides to it than a rhombus in a
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