Data: Top 10 countries for social networking (time spent)
Average number of hours spent on social networking sites, per visitor in August 2010.
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Top 10 domain name sales of all time
The sale of the world’s most lucrative domain name, Sex.com, for a record $13 million has been confirmed this week. The sale, brokered by Sedo enters the record books as one of the web’s most famous sites, and now ranks as commanding the single highest recorded price paid for a domain name not just in … [Read more…]
Brands need human face to avoid being ‘foreigners’ in social media
Consumers value brands being honest on social media sites, and prefer to deal with a human face rather than anonymous messages, according to a new study.
Search drives US online ad revenue up 17%
Online ad spend in the US continued to accelerate in the third quarter, as the market rebounds from a slowdown last year, according to new data.
US holiday spending: Tech trumps travel in 2010
As the US marks ‘Black Friday’ today, signaling the start of the Christmas shopping season, how will the country’s fragile economy affect shoppers buying habits online? Andrew Eisner, Director of Community and Content for Retrevo.com takes a look at the latest survey stats to find out.
OpenAmplify lets advertisers classify content for publishers
OpenAmplify has launched a new content management platform that lets marketers and publishers decide how they want to classify content across its ad network.
Help Fix the Web: Campaign aims to mend inaccessible sites for disabled people
An new campaign called Fix the Web is being launched this week to tackle the problem of inaccessible websites on a massive scale. Fix the Web is an initiative of Citizens Online, a national charity that campaigns for internet access for all.
Two speed internet? Govt. mulls charging bandwidth-hogging sites
Popular streaming sites such as the BBC, Youtube and LoveFilm could be forced to pay for the data traffic they generate under plans floated by the Government culture minister yesterday.
Google Googles: Mobile pics converted into web ads via product recognition
Google is running a test on its Google’s photo recognition tool, that will display adverts to users based on pictures taken by their smartphone cameras.
Top 10 advertising networks: UK
The top 10 advertising networksin the UK, based on thousands of unique visitors, July 2010 vs July 2009.