Ed GubbinsYesterday half my Facebook page appeared in Arabic. When I returned to it later, there was a notice that Facebook is available in other languages, inviting me to try it. So I had to wonder if the Arabic glitch was actually a marketing promotion. Given the news coverage that outages get, I won’t be surprised when in-house ads are disguised as denial-of-service attacks.
Yahoo overhauls marketing unit 
Yahoo is decentralizing marketing and it sounds like the CMO is getting ready to exit gracefully.
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Groupon’s loss narrows, spending declines
Pre-IPO, Groupon seems to be getting its financial act together. It still needs to demonstrate that its data collection can help offer targeting, and it still needs more marketing services to sell to its merchants.
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NYTCo’s Robinson: paywall hasn’t dented pageviews — much
But About.com is dragging down digital ad revenues, as its sales shrank 21 percent. The company says it's overhauled the About sales force.
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Flailing daily deals site says it’s a victim of shrinking capital markets
BuyWithMe laid off half its staff after it couldn't raise money. Social commerce is one of the least attractive near-term investment environments, according to our survey analysis.
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Upcoming changes to Reader: a new look, new Google+ features, and some clean-up
The next Google+ integration target: Google's RSS reader.
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