You may scoff at that coworker who brings a newspaper into the bathroom at work, but we know the truth about you now. According to Atlanta-based AIS Media, a survey of 500 people found that 27% of Americans report using mobile devices to check Facebook while in the bathroom. “While it may seem humorous to …
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — It turns out Facebook is a lot like Google after all. As the social network steams past 650 million global users, its business is looking more like Google’s in that the majority of its ad sales now come from small- and medium-size companies that make use of its self-serve ad system, …
SINGAPORE: The Singapore government will roll out more initiatives in the next five years leveraging on social media to facilitate two-way communication with its citizens. A recent study by Nielsen found that more than half of the Singapore population participates in at least one social media website, with the most popular being Facebook, followed by …
Global – Microsoft’s devotion to Bing is straining some of its MSN partner relationships and has even cost the company some cash. The portal’s sales staff has been irked for some time by Microsoft posting myriad links to Bing on the home page rather than to MSN properties, the New York Post reported. And more …
UK spending on SEO efforts for 2010 saw a 16% increase compared to 2009 numbers, an eConsultancy report noted. The eConsultancy 2011 SEO Agencies Buyer’s Guide found the UK natural search market had grown from $590 million in 2009 to $684 million in 2010. The report also noted companies surveyed planned on increasing spends for …
The early part of the year, especially the 1st quarter, is a time to make resolutions, and then promptly fail to follow them. That said, it’s also a time to for new beginnings, a chance to correct the mistakes of the past. Within search engine optimization (SEO) there are plenty of mistakes that people make …
Yesterday, the YouTube Blog buried its lead. Midway through a post that proclaimed “Music videos now on YouTube app for Android,” was the really important news for marketers: “YouTube now exceeds 200 million views a day on mobile, a 3x increase in 2010.” Now, don’t get me wrong. Making VEVO’s extensive library of official music …
The majority of Americans oppose bringing in Government regulation to prevent search companies from tweaking results to their advantage, according to new findings released by Rasmussen. Released on Sunday, the survey found that over three-quarters (77%) of U.S. adults were against any government regulation of how Google and other search engines rank their results. Just …
New York, N.Y., Jan. 12, 2011 — Experian® Hitwise®, announced today that Google accounted for 69.67 percent of all U.S. searches conducted in the four weeks ending Jan. 1, 2011. iClick Media investigates. Bing-powered search received 25.77 percent of searches for the month, with Yahoo! Search and Bing receiving 15.17 percent and 10.60 percent, respectively. …
BEIJING (AdAge.com) — Chinese shoppers are going beyond popular online e-commerce categories like apparel, cosmetics and books. Sales on Alibaba Group’s Taobao for home furnishings and food surged last year by 120% and 95%, respectively, and diapers, mobile phones and light fixtures are fast-growing categories. At 420 million, China is the world’s biggest internet market …