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13 May 2008 - Google launches Friend Connect with mixed reviews
Google announced last night that it will be launching Friend Connect -- a tool that website owners can use to give their site a more social feel. Don't worry if you have a website but you are not comfortable integrating with advanced APIs, integrating couldn't be easier. ...
06 May 2008 - The recruitment sector is the leader of advertising market with 25.7% share
The recruitment sector continued to lead the market with 25.7% market share, up 0.9 points on the second half of 2006, according to Internet Advertising Bureau. Second was automotive with 11.9%, while Technology (10.4%) overtook Finance (10%) for the first time to take third place. Other areas of growth were...
05 May 2008 - Stane or Ballmer?
Obadiah Stane description from the Iron Man website: "As ... a top executive in Stark Industries, Stane is a calculating genius who is willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done." From the people...
04 May 2008 - Top URLs in March 2008
Rank Website Market Share 1. www.google.com 5.6% 2. mail.yahoo.com 5% 3. www.myspace.com 4.5% 4. ww.yahoo.com 3.78% 5. mail.live.com 2.33% 6. www.ebay.com 1.98% 7. search.yahoo.com 1.63% 8. www.msn.com 1.24% 9....
04 May 2008 - What people do after seeing an ad with an URL
Consumer Activity 2007 2008 Point Change Visit a web site specified in the ad 29% 26% -3 Use search engine to find a website for the company 14% 22% 8 Visit the company website to find the name/phone number of a...
29 Apr 2008 - 76% of young adults say they find Internet content targeted
76.0% and 73.9% of the 18-24 year and 25-34 year segments, respectively, say online content is aimed at their age groups, according to Burst Media. Most (55.7%) of those age 35-44 also say so. 35.4% of those age 45-54 year say internet content is focused on people their age. The...
29 Apr 2008 - Turns out it's harder to be green when you have a lot of green
Turns out there's some truth to that phrase "filthy rich," at least when it comes to your environmental footprint. Web site TGDaily reports today about a new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that proves (surprise, surprise) that your typical billionaire like tech titan Bill Gates...
28 Apr 2008 - Is Google locking up historical works?
Google provides funding to universities and researchers around the world who scan and digitize books for them. Many of these books have considerable historical significance, although Google's real goal, according to a CNN piece on the effort, is to create Google Inc.'s Book Search, a portal...
28 Apr 2008 - Google Product Search gets a bit smarter
Google Product Search -- the latest name for the Google service that was originally called "Froogle" -- recently received another update that makes the service a lot more useful. Instead of simply indexing individual product listings from online stores, Google has now started grouping similar products together....
25 Apr 2008 - Weekend Gadget Guidance: Save on shipping online purchases
Ah, the bane of a Toybox reader's existence: online shipping costs. You've narrowed down which gadget you want to buy, you've found the most inexpensive vendor that's still trustworthy, you've put the item in your shopping cart and....wait, 12 bucks for shipping?! Highway murder!! ...