As 2013 draws to a close, we at Akismet would like to let you know just what we’ve been up to — and, of course, wish you a very happy holiday season. For the abridged version, we’ve prepared a nif……

The Nearby feature from Twitter uses proactive location to increase geographic relevancy. Is this positive or a negative? Jay Baer weighs in on The Baer FactsFacts. In this edition of The Baer Facts, I talk with Kyle Lacy of ExactTarget…

Customer service used to be handled either in person or over the phone. These days though, consumers are turning more to social media for their customer service needs. See on socialtimes.com

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The adage over the past several years has been that analog dollars become digital dimes, which then become mobile pennies. In 2013, mobile ad spending reached an estimated $8 billion to $10 to bill… See on pando.com

A new study suggests that up to two-thirds of Web traffic comes from bots, not humans. Do you know where your clicks are coming from? (Are You Wasting Your Marketing on Bots? See on http://www.inc.com

Mobile accounted for 48 percent of all online traffic on Christmas Day, a figure that was up 28.3 percent from 2012 and marked a new high for the nascent channel, IBM reported on December 26. See on http://www.pymnts.com

3 ways to use Internet marketing to build your brandBusiness Journal (blog)Brand recognition is one of the most important competitive advantages that a business has. See on http://www.bizjournals.com

American Express to issue refunds as part of fraud settlement New York Business Journal American Express has been ordered to pay more than $75 million to settle claims by regulators over improper fees and promised add-on services, such as identity……

SlashGearAngela Carella: For credit card fraud, entire nation is a ‘target’The AdvocateIt’s bad enough that hackers infiltrated Target for the first three weeks of the holiday shopping season, stealing 40 million credit and debit cards. See on http://www.stamfordadvocate.com