More than 1 million calls were placed from Gmail's free calling service in its first 24 hours, according to Google, which launched the service Wednesday. When we tried it out, we found that Gmail calling has remarkable ease of use, making it almost phone-like, despite originating from an e-mail program.
6.7% of all US online ad spending to go toward social networks this year
Social network advertising is getting renewed attention in 2010. The US’s gradual economic recovery, combined with marketers’ incessant focus on reaching consumers in social media, has led companies to make big increases in social network ad spending in the first half of 2010.
Want to buy an ad on Twitter? Now there's someone to call.
The micro-blog service, which still classifies itself as "pre-revenue," has an enormous user base and a few fledging ad units - with more on the way. And now it has started building out a sales team starting with two hires: Facebook veteran Dan Coughlin and Yelp's first salesperson, Amanda Levy.
Craigslist came under fire again Monday when a human rights group took out an ad that detailed the ordeals of two women it described as survivors of Craigslist sex trafficking, and asked the site to shut down its adult services section.
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Google just issued a response to the Federal Trade commission’s staff discussion draft on potential recommendations to support the reinvention [read: preservation] of journalism [read: newspapers]. (here was my reaction). It’s a wonderful document that takes the FTC - and the news industry - to school on the First Amendment, copyright, fair use, antitrust, media history, business, and technology.
When Niki Lunsford moved to Minneapolis from Mexico in May, she needed two things: a home and a job. Lunsford, like millions of others, turned to Craigslist.org. Two months later, she hasn't landed anything but a surprise credit card charge.
If you have a sofa or desk to sell, it’s hard to beat Craigslist as an Internet service that gets the job done fast and easy. Yet, the site is coming under increasing fire for a set of ads that critics say are promoting prostitution. And that’s a dilemma for the website because those ads generate huge amounts of money.
Digg is a popular social news website whose main purpose consists of letting people vote stories up or down, termed as digging and burying, respectively. There are millions of stories submitted daily basis, but among them only the most Dugg stories appear on the front page. Digg’s popularity has encouraged the creation of other social networking sites with the same story submission and voting strategies.
With more than 400 million Facebook users worldwide, the site has quickly become one of the most popular marketing tools among businesses. Social media marketing campaigns may become even more popular during the next four years - a new study conducted by eMarketer indicates that 65.8 percent of American internet users will be using social media sites.
Google has publicly released a list of the top 1000 websites in the world, raking the Facebook social networking site as the leading Web property by unique users.
According to Google's AdPlanner stats, Facebook scores more than 540 million unique visitors per month, reaching a sizeable chunk of 35.2 percent of the Internet population.
When it comes to finding a niche to get in front of real estate buyers and sellers, there are very few to choose from.
As we know, most real estate agents currently run print ads in local publications, input listings in their local MLS
Savvy Consumers Realizing That Now Is The Right Time To Go Used
Incentives are through the roof with some automakers and Americans could be forgiven for thinking that now is the right time to buy. Look a little deeper and it's becoming clear that hidden costs could sink car buyers, and why choosing a trusted used car marketplace like LemonFree.com is critical for today's savvy consumer.
Here’s the latest data by Compete.com. Updated: May 24, 2010
Is your site not getting as much traffic as you had hoped or planned for? You’re not alone. Attracting visitors is easily the least understood aspect of building websites among new site and blog owners
Computerworld – Apple Inc.’s iPad is about twice as fast as the current iPhone, according to recently-published benchmark tests. The results fit the assumption that the iPad is powered by a single-core ARM processor, an Apple product repair expert said today.
Friday, August 27, 2010
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