Groupon will report its fourth-quarter earnings in two weeks. Is the worst over for the troubled daily deals stock?

One analyst seems to think so. Arvind Bhatia of Sterne Agee upgraded Groupon (GRPN) from "neutral" to "buy" on Wednesday morning. Shares popped 5% on the news.

Groupon has enjoyed a stellar run in recent months. The stock has more than doubled from the 52-week low it hit in November.

I'm sorry. I've been missing for almost 2 weeks. I am really struggling to get back into the swing of blogging and I'm at that stage of doubting whether anybody ever reads my writing. I don't write for other people though really, I write for me. I want to become a better writer and I want to get used to writing a lot about myself and music mostly and if nobody reads it then that's fine.

I wonder, do you live by a set of rules? Not the rules set by society, I hope you live by those anyway, but rules you set for yourself, such as 'treat others as you would wish to be treated'.

It's been a while since I blogged, and that last blog was just an excuse for me to blog about total hotties.

Link building is not an easy task, but it is a task made a little easier if you know how to manage your links more efficiently. Managing your links can be both tricky and time consuming, especially if your links number in the thousands. Realistically, there’s just no way of manually finding out just how many inbound links and the quality of each link that you already have.

‘Tis the season, right?  My wife and I were talking at dinner last night. I said, “Gee, It’s been kinda cold these past few days. I think I will try getting a guest pass at the indoor gym down the street.” She said, “Wait until next week; all the folks who made New Year’s fitness resolutions will have dropped out, and you’ll have the place to yourself.”

While out running recently, I let this thought tumble about in my head: Is it possible to keep the "social" in social media without sacrificing brand integrity?

In other words, can a buttoned-down conservative business or organization keep its well-heeled reputation while trading punches with the T-shirt wearing gang that trades barbs and casual conversations in the social media world?

By: Vanessa Horwell, Chief Visibility Officer

As I dug into NBC’s recent coverage of Boeing Co’s 787 Dreamliner jet, which had suffered its third mishap in as many days, I was ready for action. Here comes another blog post chastising corporate America for failing to be transparent in their PR missteps.

But the story made me cool my jets.

First, let me share one overriding resolution we should all have for 2013.

Have more fun.

Social media isn't international espionage, heart surgery or driving an ambulance.  As the Joker wistfully snarled at Batman in the movie The Dark Knight, "Why so serious?"

Try to remember that social media is exciting.  It's fast, interesting and really fun.  Mistakes will happen - and guess what?

Bank on these predictions coming true in 2013.  Guaranteed.

(Or your money back.)

Facebook can't monetize and decides to shut down operations

• Every gray-haired CMO says, "I told you so"
• Zuckerberg announces new social network called Stalkbook for guys to share photos of girlfriends in bikinis
• All the cows die in Farmville

Twitter increases character count to 212,758, which is the same number of words in…

The Web comes in all shapes and sizes. Designers and developers are tasked with building sites capable of shifting from 3-inch smartphone displays to 92-inch (yes, really) "smart" television sets and everywhere in between. Yet supporting an ever-expanding array of screen sizes is only half the battle. Developers also have to account for all kinds of Web browsers -- and there are more of them than you might think.