These 11 trends range from broad design approaches to smaller design features. Many of them overlap or complement each other. You don’t need to – and maybe even shouldn’t – implement them all, but it’s good to recognize them when you see them.

The technology around communication is constantly evolving -- I can still remember when cellphones looked like ridiculously large play toys. We've come a long way since then!

Google and Twitter are teaming up to allow the search engine to surface tweets directly in search results, the two companies announced Tuesday. To start, the update will appear in mobile searches — both on browsers and in Google's iOS and Android apps.

The importance of loyalty in social media marketing can't be underestimated. It's relatively easy to attract a bit of initial attention through the use of humorous, entertaining, surprising, or otherwise captivating content, but if you don't hold your followers' attention for the duration of your relationship, you're bound to lose them.

Forrester Research found that few marketing leaders know how to convert their social media data into meaningful insights that help them gain, serve, and keep their customers.

A year ago, Google’s commerce initiatives finally seemed to be clicking. Its same-day delivery service, Google Express, was a hit with consumers in San Francisco and its business selling paid product ads in search was, by most accounts, a big success with big retailers.

Tweets now appear for trending topics in a new carousel format. Twitter doesn't earn directly off display but will gain new traffic.

'Don't believe everything you see online,' and 'if it's too good to be true, it probably is.' These warnings are often voiced by the Problem Solvers. A recent online video shows why.

Social media marketing has become a necessary and valuable marketing tool for businesses today. It’s one of the best ways to increase awareness and connect with an audience, but it can also help you grow your business and generate leads—if you do it right.

Leading UK online marketing company, Website Marketing Lancashire, has recently commented on the news that Facebook have been cracking down on companies selling fake likes to businesses looking to appear popular on the major social network.

From clever keyword strategies to real-world stunts, website experts from question-and-answer site Quora have come up with some ingenious ways to generate a real and consistent traffic boost to your website.

Social media marketing and advertising solutions firm Brand Networks is to acquire cross-network social ad and collaboration platform SHIFT for $50m in cash and stock; and is launching RelevanceRank, a proprietary measurement and prediction technology for social media content.

As the usage of mobiles and mobile internet services demand pick up speed, marketers need to keep themselves on their toes regarding the implementation of mobile marketing. Mobile marketing is changing the way marketing is being carried out. Some of the advantages it provides include bringing down the costs you incur on marketing, easier to monitor and track, easy to tune to your requirements, using lesser resources and manpower and making the business more streamlined and efficient.

Another week of intriguing data points has come and gone, and we've curated the 12 most interesting and fun stats that we saw. Check 'em out:

People love to follow trends. And there is nothing bad about that. In fact, in order to be “cool” following trends is a must. This is very important for web designers in order to keep up with the growing competition. But when it comes to following trends, web designers sometimes tend to overthink or overlook some of the most important details, especially for usability.