Did all those 2011 marketing predictions come true?

As new year rolls around the prophets come out in force and anyone who is anyone in the world of digital marketing starts talking about the future. But looking ahead isn't easy - especially in these days of smartphone proliferation and Panda updates.

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DirectNews analytics: 2011's top news stories and blog posts

If you publish content and you don't get a kick out of checking your Google Analytics stats, then you should ask yourself if you're doing it right.

Digital: Best of 2011 and some 2012 predictions

The digital industry must be among the most rapidly changing sectors. Just in the last year, Google has made more than 300 updates to its search algorithm, Google+ was launched and became a major contender in the social networking arena and Facebook's population overtook that of Europe.