Waze. Who? Waze. They may be new on the scene, but you’re going to be hearing a lot about them from here on out. Waze is an iOS map and navigation app that was just purchased by Google for an estimated, and whopping, $1.1 to $1.3 billion. Who or What is Waze? As we stated, [...]
Qiigo is pleased to announce Harry N. Palles has joined the team as Director of Sales. Harry brings to Qiigo more than 20 years of technology executive management and sales experience. He has held a variety of positions in companies both large and small including IBM Global Services, Unisys, Bank of America, and most recently [...]
Qiigo was invited to attend the Google Engage for Agency All Stars conference held November 14 and 15, 2012. The event was held at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, CA. Attending on behalf of Qiigo were Christian Pillat, Marketing Coordinator, and Jay Huffman, Mobile Search Analyst. The Engage for Agency All Stars is an exclusive [...]
Ginny Hornby, Qiigo’s Director of Content Strategy, was recognized for her outstanding work in the field of Social Media Marketing at the 2012 Tech Marketing Awards. Presented by the Technology Association of Georgia, the Tech Marketing Awards recognize Georgia’s most innovative marketing leaders, those individuals whose ingenuity, vision, leadership, and foresight in the usage of [...]
Google announced this week that it has acquired well known and respected travel company, Frommer’s, from John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Google will bring together the Frommer’s brand with the Zagat brand to expand the power of its Google+ Local listings. Zagat was acquired by Google in September 2011. Terms of the deal were not [...]
It’s a new day for Google’s local search initiative. Google Places has been retired in favor of the more robust, more social, more local Google+ Local. The approximately 80 million Google Place pages have been converted into Google+ Local pages. Here’s what you can expect from the new social and local focused Google+ Local. Those [...]
Mobile handset use for retail and commerce is one of the fastest growing activities for US mobile consumers according to the analyst firm comScore. At first glance, this would seem to be good news for the retail industry which has been struggling in the recent down economy. However, upon closer examination, it is clear that [...]
So you got an iPad or Kindle Fire. Or you thought you did, but it turns out that Junior has his hands on your tablet more than you do. How exactly did that happen? Turns out you are not alone. Research recently released by Nielsen reveals that the tablet is all the rage in the [...]
The results are in and consumers are in love! In the days leading up to Valentine’s Day, consumers relied on their mobile devices and tablets for help with finding that perfect, romantic gift or dinner location for their Valentine. According to the information released from Google, in the days leading up to the Valentine’s Day [...]
Following what was a record setting ratings day for Super Bowl viewership, with 111.3 million people tuning in to the big game, statistics are rolling in on how mobile ad searches corresponded to TV ads during the game. Global ad network, inMobi, reports 39% of survey respondents “used their mobile device in response to a [...]